Nearly a year after Kentucky State Police arrested Jason Shelby – a former Murray High School teacher who was being investigated for alleged sexual relations with a former student – he entered on Tuesday a special type of guilty plea in the criminal case against him.

A former Graves County Middle School teacher who was arrested on accusations of grooming one of her district’s students in August is no longer facing that charge.

A Jefferson County judge said Matt Bevin must serve out the rest of his 60-day jail sentence following his Thursday arrest on an outstanding contempt of court order.

The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office arrested former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Thursday at a film set in Paris, Kentucky.

Prosecutors say that an Ohio woman accused in the fatal shooting of a Weakley County sheriff’s deputy could face the death penalty, if convicted.

A lawsuit recently filed in the Trigg Circuit Court alleges that a 6-year-old child in the local public school system was repeatedly sexually abused by an older student while riding a bus during the 2025-2026 school year.

Four people were injured and one killed in a shooting at a park Saturday evening in Lexington.

A now-former Graves County Middle School teacher was arrested late last week after officials with the western Kentucky school received allegations of the employee having inappropriate relationships with a student.

Tennessee executed Anthony “Darrell” Hines on Thursday morning. He was convicted of murder for the 1985 killing of Catherine Jean Jenkins.

Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company. Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical emergencies without calling 911.