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Police: Suspect fires at Lexington officers during shots-fired investigation

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (130+ words) LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX NEWS) " A suspect fired multiple shots at Lexington police officers early Thursday while they were investigating a report of shots fired, according to the Lexington Police Department. Officers were dispatched around 4: 18 a. m. Thursday to the area of Deauville…...

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Flemingsburg Police Department searching for missing 69-year-old woman

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (145+ words) FLEMINGSBURG, Ky. (LEX NEWS) " The Flemingsburg Police Department is actively searching for a 69-year-old woman reported missing, according to a press release issued Friday. The missing individual has been identified as 69-year-old Debra Wireman of Flemingsburg. Wireman was last seen…...

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Police charge a third suspect in a Melbourne synagogue arson allegedly directed by Iran

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (381+ words) The 20-year-old man was one of three masked offenders who broke into the Adass Israel Synagogue, doused the interior with flammable liquid then set it alight in the early hours of Dec. 6, 2024, a police statement alleged. The fire caused extensive…...

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Former Bardstown officer Nick Houck arraigned on first-degree perjury charge

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (391+ words) BARDSTOWN, Ky. (LEX NEWS) " For the first time, Nick Houck, a former Bardstown police officer, walked into the Nelson County Courthouse as a defendant Thursday morning for his arraignment on a first-degree perjury charge. His brother, Brooks Houck, was convicted…...

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Woodford County man indicted on 4 counts of child sexual abuse charges

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (116+ words) LEX18 WOODFORD COUNTY, Ky. (LEX NEWS) " A 41-year-old Woodford County man was indicted by a grand jury on four counts of child sexual abuse charges on June 10. According to the indictment, Aaron Cocke was indicted for first-degree rape- victim less than…...

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Winchester gas station robbed at gunpoint, police asking for help identifying the suspect

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (86+ words) LEX18 Winchester gas station robbed at gunpoint, police asking for help identifying the suspect WINCHESTER, Ky. (LEX NEWS) " Winchester police are asking for the public's help identifying a suspect after an armed robbery at a BP gas station on Rolling Hills…...

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Federal judge delays trial in Berea bank shooting case as death penalty decision looms

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (242+ words) (LEX NEWS) " A federal judge has indefinitely postponed the trial of a teenager accused of killing two people during an attempted bank robbery in Berea while the U. S. Department of Justice decides whether to seek the death penalty. Brailen Lee Weaver,…...

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Demetrus Liggins disputes Fayette County board's claim he resigned

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (438+ words) LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX NEWS) " The attorneys for Dr. Demetrus Liggins issued a press release Friday alleging the Fayette County Board of Education publicly announced a resignation that never happened, cited the wrong Kentucky statutes to justify placing him on administrative…...

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Taylor County funeral home director indicted for defrauding families following AG investigation

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (128+ words) FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX NEWS) " A Campbellsville funeral home director faces felony charges after a state investigation found he allegedly defrauded more than a dozen families. A news release from the Office of Attorney General Russell Coleman detailed that a Taylor…...

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Nicholasville Police Departments apprehends 'armed and dangerous' suspect

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (174+ words) Update: June 18 at 10: 15 p. m. The Nicholasville Police Department has announced that officers, with help of the Jessamine County Sheriff's Office, have apprehended Devin Snow, who was previously described as "armed and dangerous." The Nicholasville Police Department is actively searching for a…...