Terri Beth Mays, 32, died Nov. 4, 2021, shortly after she was found unresponsive in her cell inside the Whitley County Detention Center.

Terri Beth Mays, 32, died Nov. 4, 2021, shortly after she was found unresponsive in her cell inside the Whitley County Detention Center.

Donald Johnson, 59, died Oct. 1 inside the Kentucky State Penitentiary, according to the Department of Corrections.

Frontier Behavioral Health is a private company based out of Prestonsburg and specializes in addiction treatment.

Some Kentucky jails have no policies about next of kin notification, while some leave the task to the local coroner.

The driver convicted of manslaughter in the death of Adrian Tucker is expected to be up for parole after less than a year in prison.

In 2020 as Kentucky faced a spike of deadly overdoses, Gov. Andy Beshear set out to help more people access drug treatment by loosening Medicaid spending controls. But as the costs piled up, so did th...

In addition to the Department of Justice settlement, ARC said Thursday it had agreed to pay a loan company for IRS tax credit financing.

It’s the latest in a string of woes for Kentucky-based ARC, which has been under investigation for Medicaid fraud since 2024.

Senate Bill 185 was passed earlier this year, which would transform Kentucky State University into a polytechnic school.

The lawsuits were filed Wednesday in Jefferson Circuit Court by families, businesses and residents affected by the UPS plane crash.

The former professor could be released from prison in less than 8 years because of credit for time served.

The Senate committee voted to table an impeachment effort against Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Goodman but vowed to revisit it if an oversight group doesn’t act.

The Senate suspended the impeachment effort late Tuesday. Senate leadership hopes the Judicial Conduct Commission will act instead.

Kentucky recently signed a $72M contract with the company, despite ongoing lawsuits against the company for fraud, negligence and wrongful death.

For 29 years, Linda Blackford has covered Kentucky. She leaves the Herald-Leader this month for a new adventure.

Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center touts a Christian message and a selfless commitment to helping others. But internally, the organization prioritized money over the well-being of its clients and staff, interviews show.

Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers said the ruling does not stop the impeachment proceedings against Fayette Judge Julie Goodman.

Ella Jackson disappeared in October 2019, and her remains were found in 2020.

A second company has stepped into a lawsuit regarding money owed by the Kentucky-based Addiction Recovery Care.

“She has undermined public confidence in the judicial process,” wrote the former Republican lawmaker.

The lawsuit was filed by Angelica Capital Trust, a company in the Bahamas that claims ARC is unlawfully holding onto $8M in tax credits.

The second trial is scheduled to begin in June, with a first hearing taking place in January.

Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines is “expected to testify about his knowledge of sexual activities with female inmates.”

Family reunification, violence prevention and workforce development have kept formerly incarcerated Kentuckians out of returning to prison.

The lawsuit claims a woman went into labor early because of forced withdrawals when the jail did not supply her prescribed methadone.

ARC and Ethema Health signed an initial intent to sell on Wednesday. It is unclear how much Ethema paid.

Reporter Alex Acquisto will spend the next year on a statewide investigative project that will have wide ramifications for Kentuckians.

Two of the court’s seven justices, Michelle Keller and Angela Bisig dissented in the ruling, issued Thursday morning.

Opponents of the transmission line, including Berea College officials, say the project could harm the city’s drinking water.

Authorities also found about 6,000 pills of suspected oxycodone and more than 1,000 grams of methamphetamine during the search.

Federal prosecutors say they know who killed a witness in Lexington. But no charges have been filed.

The positive reinforcement I got from the photos I took of my friends I made along my travels was the first I’d received without alcohol in a very long time,

The jury will begin deliberations Tuesday morning.

Heather Snellen, the former girlfriend of Steven Lawson, said she heard him and Joseph Lawson discuss moving a body.

Brian Gallagher was charged in 2010 for the death of 2-year-old Nathaniel Jones. He still has not faced a trial for the crime.

A judge ruled this month that a man should remain behind bars, based largely on his connection to a West End gang in Lexington called the Hot Boyz.

A Kentucky appeals court determined a judge abused her discretion when ordering a new trial for the convicted murderer.

The Department of Justice announced Wednesday it was ending a consent decree established in December 2024 with Louisville police.

A Jefferson Circuit judge said a federal law that protects gun manufacturers did not prevent them from being held liable in a lawsuit.

The string of significant weather in recent years has left more than 150 people dead in Kentucky.

Surveyors continue assessments of Laurel County, which saw the heaviest damage and more than 15 fatalities.

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The story of a powerful spiritual alliance.