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Several hundred people blocked traffic on Broadway and Fourth Street Friday afternoon as they marched through downtown to draw attention to economic and social justice issues.

A judge has denied a Texas oil executive's request that his drunken driving conviction be set aside on the grounds that the arresting officer tainted the case by getting MADD involved.

Despite a recession and high unemployment, Kentucky lottery players bought a record number of tickets in the last year.

The organization that oversees transportation planning for the Louisville area plans to spend at least $5 million to build a new office building in eastern Jefferson County.

Five children were transported to Kosair Children's Hospital Friday morning with carbon-monoxide poisoning symptoms after a garage fire in their southern Jefferson Country home.

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February 8, 2008 is a day that Annettra Jones said she will always remember. At about 9:00 p.m. that night she got the call that her older sister, Rodrika Jones, had been shot at her home on South 41st Street.

(WHAS11) - Kentucky has more smokers and more smoking related deaths than any other state in the country. However, the state's Medicaid program doesn't pay for patients to stop smoking.

(WHAS11) - A Hardin County family is outraged after they say someone shot at their home in a heavily populated residential area near Vine Grove.

(WHAS11) - The Extreme Park is closing up again to clean up more graffiti. The park, near downtown Louisville, is closing from July 21st until the 24th.

Indiana’s preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 10.7 percent in June.

The state of Kentucky this week awarded nearly $5 million in agricultural grants and loans to farmers across the state.

Housing woes cut into second quarter 2009 earnings for BB&T Corp., which said Friday that net income dropped 71.7 percent for the three months ended June 30. (BBT)

Tempur-Pedic International Inc.’s second-quarter profit fell 17 percent as international sales of its mattresses and pillows declined amid the recession. (TPX)

General Electric Co.’s second-quarter profit fell by 49 percent, plagued by declining revenue in its financial services and industrial units. (GE)

A woman died Thursday from wounds she received in a shooting more than a year ago.

A Louisville girl got a chance at stardom when she appeared on "Jeopardy's" Kids' Week

A judge has ruled that prosecutors must turn over any evidence that might favor a western Kentucky man accused of killing three children and raping their mother.

The mother of an autistic child said the YMCA of Greater Louisville discriminated against her son by denying him access to the Child Enrichment Program.

A Louisville man was not convicted of a violent offense, but a federal judge sentenced him to prison for the rest of his life.

Terry Holliday was selected Friday by the Kentucky Board of Education to oversee the state's education system. He was given a four-year contract effective Aug. 5 and will make $225,000 a year.

 The Associated Press has learned that federal agents have a convicted felon under arrest for providing the gun later used to kill ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair.

 About 120 troops returned to Fort Campbell this week after spending more than a year in Iraq.

Jakarta's police chief says several suspects in the bombing of the Marriott were staying at the hotel.

Pope Benedict XVI emerged smiling from the hospital Friday after undergoing surgery for a broken wrist due to a fall at his Alpine vacation chalet. Doctors said his right arm would be in a cast for a month.

Construction at the stadium will continue through the 2009-10 season.

Terry Holliday selected to oversee the state's education system.

51-year-old Wendell Willham was arrested on charges of theft, fraud, and corrupt business.

The girls worked an at autism camp.

The recession has forced many to make major changes in their lives.

Clarkson traffic changes tangle things at city beauty salon

The Clarkson Police Department is finally getting a new car, at a cost of over $26,000. Officials approved the motion on July 13 to purchase a white Dodge Charger from Freedom Dodge in Lexington. ...

The Caneyville City Commission discussed the fourth phase of the sewer upgrade during Monday night meeting, July 12. The commission received an update from Kenviron representative Vern Shanklin p...

A massive manhunt and a five-hour search resulted in a Grayson County woman being found alive. The family of Jean Davis, 63, reported her missing after her husband came home around 1:30 p.m. Wedn...

The human skeletal remains found in eastern Grayson County in April have been positively identified as 81-year-old Edna “Rea” Miller . Miller, who lived alone on Hitchcock road, was reported miss...

New Albany is finally getting some federal stimulus money.

As a kid, Brandon Coats was intrigued by NASA.Now, at 24, the Georgetown native is at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, working in the cardiovascular laboratory as part of an internship through the National Space Biomedical Research Institute.

Though the increase is slim, Indiana’s unemployment rate rose again last month, up to 10.7 percent, according to a U.S. Department of Labor report released Friday.

More than seven months after an Indiana State Board of Accounts report revealed possible misuse of city credit cards by Jeffersonville Clerk-Treasurer Peggy Wilder, prosecution may be moving forward.

The wait for new leadership at the Clark County Solid Waste Management District is over, as the board named a new executive director at its Friday morning meeting.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s unemployment rate ticked up to 10.7 percent in June, a tenth-of-a-percentage point increase from the previous month but nearly twice the rate from a year ago. The state Department of Workforce Development

Reorganization of school boards and their appointments generally take place with little fanfare or discussion. However, Tuesday’s hiring of an attorney for Seymour Community Schools Board of Trustees ended with a 6-1 vote after some

BROWNSTOWN — Students attending Brownstown Central Community School Corp. schools this fall will pay 25 cents more for meals. The corporation’s board of trustees made a decision to increase student lunch and breakfast prices during a

NORTH VERNON Jesse L. Saflicki, 27, North Vernon, public intoxication, $550 bond, 10:20 p.m. Thursday. SEYMOUR Daniel H. Boone, 55, Seymour, operating while intoxicated, blood alcohol content .15 or greater, $705 bond, 8:12 p.m. Friday. Jonathan

JACKSON COUNTY Theft of an air conditioner from a rental trailer, 1200 block North U.S. 31, Seymour, 6:38 p.m. Thursday. Family fight, 8900 block West Indiana 58, Norman, 2:50 p.m. Thursday. Person’s house was egged overnight, 4600 block