Drug smuggling in Kentucky’s prisons has become common, with nearly 10,000 incidents documented in the last five years, but one prison stands out from the rest.

WEST LIBERTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — About a month ago, LEX 18 sat down with the wife of a current inmate at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex (EKCC). She requested to remain anonymous out of fear of ...

Four thousand years ago in Eastern North America, a phenomenon was starting. A suite of plants were being domesticated into the first crops of North America. Seven plants, most of them long forgotten, ...

Cole Allen, the California man charged in the attack at the White House Correspondents' Dinner over the weekend, is being detained at the Correctional Treatment Facility at the D.C. jail complex, a ...

Republican incumbent state Sen. Brandon Smith, R-Hazard, is facing a challenge from state Rep. Bill Wesley, R-Ravenna, in the Republican primary for Senate District 30. Legislative Research Commission ...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky State Police say the Critical Incident Response Team has been requested to investigate an officer-involved shooting that happened early Sunday morning. Troopers ...

The Seahawks bolstered their interior defensive line depth on Day 3 of the draft, selecting Deven Eastern, a nose tackle out of Minnesota, with the second of their three seventh-round picks, No. 242 ...

KENTUCKY (FOX 56) — A highly decorated standardbred mare was recently found alone and starving on a remote Eastern Kentucky mountaintop, her past victories nearly erased by neglect. The Kentucky ...

In eastern Kentucky, Floyd County officials are spearheading several projects aimed at boosting economic and climate resilience in the region. Housing also remains a challenge after years of ...

East Kentucky Power Cooperative's Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station is seen in this photo. Photo provided by East Kentucky Power Cooperative Residential power rates across much of Central and ...