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NICHOLASVILLE — A Jessamine County man faces an attempted murder charge after he allegedly tried to fire a handgun at his estranged wife, police said.

State Auditor Crit Luallen's office will examine the finances of Blue Grass Airport after a newspaper story revealed last month that its executive director spent more than $200,000 on travel and other expenses over 27 months.

Many Kentucky school districts probably would have to dip into contingency funds to absorb a projected 4 percent state budget cut, but that might only postpone the pain, public school superintendents say.

The official commemorative painting of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games was unveiled Tuesday at the Kentucky Horse Park.

The University of Kentucky has seen an up-tick in international students this year but not as steep of an increase this fall as the university initially reported.

Well, the economists finally made it official this week: We're in a recession. And, guess what? They said it began a year ago.

A grand jury will hear the case against two men accused of hanging an effigy of President-elect Barack Obama.

While you were digesting left-over turkey last weekend, 14 endangered whooping cranes were making their way across Western Kentucky.

NICHOLASVILLE — Construction won't start on a new city hall as quickly as elected officials had planned.

A builder whose unfinished house on Indian Mound Road in Lexington drew complaints last summer from neighbors has declared bankruptcy. Dudley Scott Baesler and his wife, Shelly, filed a Chapter 7 petition recently in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

RICHMOND — Army officials detected a GB vapor leak Monday from an M55 rocket stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Madison County.

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On a wet and freezing Monday evening, Lillie McGlothen placed a wreath outside her mother's home.

Eastern Kentucky University is launching a new alternative-fuels research program in tandem with a San Diego energy firm that will look at producing diesel — and potentially jet fuel — from plant matter.

When he ran for mayor in 2006, Jim Newberry committed to hiring 150 police officers by 2010.