Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some Kentucky lawmakers say they plan to end a 15-year-old program that has released thousands of state prison inmates onto parole ...

Republican lawmakers are proposing new abortion bills in Kentucky. What to know about laws in commonwealth, border states.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Marianne Proctor, R-Union, said she wants to stop “any pedophile” from hurting and manipulating children. She filed House ...

House Bill 422 would change rules for insanity defense, life sentences, mandatory early release. Democrats point out that cost is unknown.

HB 422, also known as Logan's Law, passed the House this week with bipartisan support. The bill seeks to ensure that serious violent criminals serve longer, more definitive prison terms in Kentucky.

A Courier Journal investigation found at least one in six of Kentucky’s 120 counties has had a sheriff criminally charged since 2010. Several criminally charged or convicted sheriffs remain in office ...

A number of Laurel County officials are urging the U.S. Justice Department review of the 2024 police killing.

Some Kentucky lawmakers say they plan to end a 15-year-old program that has released thousands of state prison inmates onto parole supervision six months before their incarceration is scheduled to end ...