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  • Police Search For Men Behind Violent Home Invasion

    LEX 18 Lexington – 1 min ago  

       Lexington Police are searching for three men who allegedly tied up a young family while they searched their house for money.    It happened around 9:00 Monday night at the home on Stoney Park Lane off Leestown Rd.    The victims told police that three masked men forced their way inside the home, tied the couple and their three young children up with duct tape while they scoured the home for ... Full Story »

  • Fire Destroys Home, KIlls Pets

    LEX 18 Lexington – 2 hrs 31 mins ago  

    A Madison County family is struggling to get through the holidays... because of a weekend fire. James Smith says his family is lucky they weren't home when the fire tore through their mobile home... destroying everything, including all of the Christmas presents for his, and his fiancee's, young children. Two pets died in the fire. There's no official cause... but Smith says he thinks faulty ... Full Story »

  • Family Burned Out Of Two Homes, Then Robbed

    LEX 18 Lexington – 2 hrs 31 mins ago  

    A Mason County family, struggling to put their lives back together after two destructive house fires... has taken another hard hit. Someone broke into their storage building... stealing all their Christmas presents. Barbara Underwood and her daughter, Amber, have lost two homes in two months to fire. What little they had left, they put into storage... along with their Christmas gifts. But ... Full Story »

  • Lexington Police Investigate Shooting

    LEX 18 Lexington – Mon Dec 14, 8:35 pm ET  

    Police were called to the scene of a shooting in North Lexington Monday night. It happened just before 7:30 on Anniston Drive and put a man in the hospital. Police say a 20-year-old man, his mother and a 2-year-old child were home when someone knocked on the door. The man says when he opened it, 2 people burst in and shot him several times in the legs. So far no name on the victim who says he ... Full Story »

  • Defense To Begin Presenting Case In Bartley Trial

    LEX 18 Lexington – Mon Dec 14, 5:50 pm ET  

    The defense is expected to begin presenting its case Tuesday morning in the trial of a Montgomery County woman accused of shooting and killing her husband. Pam Bartley is accused of shooting her husband, Carl Bartley, in their home in July 2007. The trial was originally scheduled to begin earlier this year, but officials were unable to seat a jury in Montgomery County, so the trial was moved to ... Full Story »

ABC 36 Lexington

  • Hi-Tech Jobs Announced

    ABC 36 Lexington – Mon Dec 14, 4:57 pm ET  

    In this climate of double-digit unemployment, word of new jobs is welcome news, especially when the work pays well. Governor Steve Beshear says the news is "another victory" in the "jobs war." Beshear and other civic leaders gathered Monday at Summit Biosciences to applaud an extra 22 jobs over the next three years at the high tech start up company. The average annual salary will be $64,000. The ... Full Story »

  • Crash Kills Teen In Laurel County

    ABC 36 Lexington – Mon Dec 14, 1:42 pm ET  

    A teenage girl is dead after a car accident in Laurel County. Police tell ABC 36 News that 17-year-old Carmen Howell died Sunday afternoon in a crash on Highway 490 just north of East Bernstadt. Full Story »

  • Man Killed In Collision

    ABC 36 Lexington – Mon Dec 14, 1:27 pm ET  

    A man is dead after a near head-on accident in Clark County this morning. It happened a little after 7 a.m. on Highway 89 between Winchester and Irvine. Full Story »

  • Pedestrian Hit By Car

    ABC 36 Lexington – Mon Dec 14, 7:27 am ET  

    A pedestrian is recovering, after being hit by a car near the UK campus. It happened around 11 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of South Limestone and Transcript Avenue, just across from UK Chandler Hospital. Full Story »

  • Restaurant Employees Witness Break-In

    ABC 36 Lexington – Mon Dec 14, 7:12 am ET  

    Some vigilant fast food workers call police after witnessing a break-in in Lexington overnight. Police say some employees of White Castle on East New Circle Road near Bryan Avenue noticed people trying to break into Dan's Discount Jewelry nearby. Full Story »

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Louisville Courier-Journal

  • Board won't appeal adverse ruling on Berman evaluation

    Louisville Courier-Journal – 45 mins ago  

    The Jefferson County school board decided Monday night not to appeal a judge's ruling that it violated Kentucky's open-meeting law by conducting Superintendent Sheldon Berman's evaluation in private. Full Story »

  • AT&T reaches agreement with workers

    Louisville Courier-Journal – Mon Dec 14, 7:52 pm ET  

    AT&T has reached a tentative agreement with about 30,000 employees in Kentucky and eight other states represented by the Communications Workers of America, the company said Monday. Full Story »

  • Pro-slots group says it will continue Ky. efforts

    Louisville Courier-Journal – Mon Dec 14, 7:51 pm ET  

    The board of the Kentucky Equine Education Project, which supports slot machines at racetracks, voted Monday to continue its efforts to put the state's horse industry on even footing with other states that use expanded gambling revenues to boost purses and breeding incentives. Full Story »

  • Mills appeals firing, citing political, age bias

    Louisville Courier-Journal – Mon Dec 14, 7:36 pm ET  

    Ron Mills, the state's former director of mine permits, appealed his firing to the state Personnel Board Monday on the basis of political and age discrimination. Full Story »

  • King campaigns on changing police department

    Louisville Courier-Journal – Mon Dec 14, 7:07 pm ET  

    Mayoral candidate and Metro Council member Jim King, a Democrat, outlined a public safety plan Monday that would reinstate police units specializing in gangs and street crimes that were reorganized after the city and county police departments merged in 2003. Full Story »

The Kentucky Post

  • ‘Holiday Wishes’ Delivers In N.Ky.

    The Kentucky Post – 16 mins ago  

    COVINGTON, Ky. -- It was all smiles and thank yous at the elementary schools WCPO granted wishes to this morning. Our 9News team heading to Northern Kentucky for the first day of our “Holiday Wishes” toy delivery. Full Story »

  • Jeff Quinn Hopes To Make It 2-0 As Interim Head Coach

    The Kentucky Post – 31 mins ago  

    CINCINNATI -- He has been working behind the scenes with the rest of the Cincinnati assistant coaches, setting an agenda for their Sugar Bowl preparations. Full Story »

  • Candlelight Vigil Held For Murder Victims

    The Kentucky Post – 31 mins ago  

    CINCINNATI -- Dozens of people attended a vigil at Rockdale and Washington in Avondale Monday night after a recent wave of violence in the city. The Community Initiative to Reduce Violence (CIRV) sponsored the event after two murders last week. Full Story »

  • Westwood Man In Critical Condition After I-75 Crash

    The Kentucky Post – 31 mins ago  

    CINCINNATI -- A Westwood man is in critical condition after Cincinnati police say he lost control of his car on I-75 just south of I-74 this morning. Investigators say Oliver Jones hit a guardrail and then a semi in the southbond lanes. Full Story »

  • Police Say Man, Woman Abandoned Crash Scene

    The Kentucky Post – 31 mins ago  

    CINCINNATI -- Police say two people took off after a crash in Grosebeck overnight. Investigators say a truck flipped onto its side around 2:30 a.m. this morning on Zoellner Road. Full Story »

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A 6-day-old sheep relaxes with its mother at a zoo in Tokyo, Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

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