Lexington Herald-Leader

FRANKFORT — A former staffer of Gov. Ernie Fletcher announced Tuesday that he will seek the Republican nomination for the 6th Congressional District seat. Full Story »

The Kentucky Supreme Court has hired a Lexington law firm to conduct a confidential investigation, said Susan Clary, the court’s clerk. Full Story »

A fire Monday night that burned a Lawrenceburg pet store and killed a dozen dogs and cats started at Full Story »

Stacey Herald of Dry Ridge is having her third child. Check Lu-Ann's Kentucky News Review for more information. Full Story »

A woman has been charged after a stabbing near the University of Kentucky campus Monday night. Poli Full Story »

New pieces of technology called interactive whiteboards are replacing the old-fashioned screech of c Full Story »

FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce recommended Monday that state employees and reti Full Story »

Michael Judy, a well-known Frankfort attorney, died Sunday after a brief illness. He was 63. Mr. Ju Full Story »

Two Science Hill residents have been charged in connection with the death of a 72-year-old Somerset Full Story »

A former office manager accused of embezzling more than $435,000 from Big Brothers Big Sisters of th Full Story »

SANDY HOOK — Cleanup of a Friday crude oil spill in Elliott County was continuing Monday, of Full Story »

FRANKFORT — A citizen's group trying to derail a new Kentucky American Water plant and p Full Story »

Defense attorneys for a Scott County man accused of killing his parents asked a judge on Monday to s Full Story »

The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce recommended Monday that state employees and retirees contribute more for their health insurance. Full Story »

A former Paris High School teacher pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to child pornography charg Full Story »

Lexington police searched Monday for suspects in two separate overnight armed robberies. The first Full Story »

WASHINGTON – Kentucky lawmakers are at the center of a political feud over the best way to derail interstate prescription pill trafficking, including the pipeline from Florida that plays a key role in what many see as an epidemic of drug abuse in Kentucky. Full Story »

The Long Division is the latest novel by Derek Nikitas, EKU faculty member. Full Story »

The University of Kentucky is seeing its own "troop surge" among veterans returning from A Full Story »

FRANKFORT — The state court system gave some of its administrators healthy raises just months Full Story »

A Richmond woman was found stabbed multiple times about 4:30 p.m. Sunday in a room at the Quality Qu Full Story »

A Rineyville man is under arrest after fleeing the scene of a fatal accident in Hardin County. Michael Brunello, 24, was heading east on Kentucky 434 about 8:30 p.m. Saturday when his 1992 Dodge Dakota hit a 1989 GMC Jimmy. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Versailles, who faced sharp pushback from conservatives over his failure to hold health care reform town halls during the August recess, was one of 39 Democrats to vote Saturday evening against the historic health care overhaul at the top of the Obama administration’s domestic agenda. Full Story »

I called Michael J. Phillips last week to ask what he plans to talk about with parents and students Full Story »

NICHOLASVILLE — Sharon Cook is either a hero or a villain. She is either due your thanks for doing everything in her power to protect children from obscenity or she is due your disdain for wantonly taking away the constitutional rights of the people of Jessamine County. Full Story »