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Jerry Abramson, mayor of the merged city-county government in Louisville, Ky., will speak to the Rotary Club of Evansville at noon on Oct. 5.

New GPS system helps schools keep tabs on students from the moment they step on the bus.

Study finds office refrigerators are often dirtier than restrooms. 

This weekend will mark the 40th year WFIE has televised the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon on Labor Day weekend. This year's telethon begins Sunday evening during primetime and concludes Monday afternoon at

A 23-year-old man from Princeton was arrested early this morning after Kentucky State Police received a call that he was holding his girlfriend and grandmother against their will.

Hurricane Earl is losing strength as it moves up the Atlantic coastline

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Like many other vets, Don Fosburg marked the anniversary of World War II’s end reflecting on a victory dearly earned and on men who helped make that happen but never came home.

RUSSELL SPRINGS, Ky. (AP) — A south-central Kentucky school has temporarily banned backbacks, lunchboxes and other items after finding bedbugs in the building.

Troopers arrested 43 year-old Tony Dejarnett, and his 21-year-old daughter Talia.

A federal judge has ruled that statements embattled Gallatin County Sheriff Raymond M. Martin made to investigators about an alleged murder for hire plot in his marijuana dealing case can be used at his upcoming trial. Federal Judge J. Phil Gilbert iss…

The Coast Guard says a cutter that's been patrolling the area around yesterday's oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico is not reporting any signs of leaks.

A father and daughter have been arrested on drug charges by Indiana State Police.

BUXTON, N.C. (AP) — A weakened Hurricane Earl delivered only a glancing blow to North Carolina’s Outer Banks early Friday on its way up the East Coast, flooding the narrow vacation islands and knocking out power but staying farther offshore than fe…

The Warrick County Sheriff's Office says a man arrested on meth-related charges died in his cell less than 24 hours later.

An autopsy is scheduled this morning on a Warrick County inmate who died overnight in his jail cell.

Mississippi's Haley Barbour and Indiana's Mitch Daniels wouldn't say whether either has ambitions for the White House.

Some people are criticizing how Illinois is handling the selection process for a first-of-its-kind contract for the private management of the state's $2 billion-a-year lottery.

Not since Rick Vaughn, “Wild Thing” in the movie Major League, has a pitcher entered from the bullpen with such crowd support, and that was a movie, this is real. Fans at their feet the entire inning he pitched Tuesday and Wednesday.

Not since Rick Vaughn, “Wild Thing” in the movie Major League, has a pitcher entered from the bullpen with such crowd support, and that was a movie, this is real. Fans at their feet the entire inning he pitched Tuesday and Wednesday.

State offices in Kentucky will be closed on Friday, Sept. 3, as part of the state's budget balancing plan to furlough state government workers a total of six days in Fiscal Year 2011.

Cedric Peerman had a 93-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Indianapolis Colts 30-28 on Thursday night in the preseason finale for both teams.

Officials say an engineer who conducted an investigation was mainly looking for structural damage that was an immediate danger to students.

More people are expected to travel this Labor Day weekend compared to last year, which will mean more cars on the road and the potential for more drunk drivers.

A loud music complaint led sheriff's deputies to what they say was an active meth lab

A lack of rain is making farmers nervous about this year's yield.