State/National

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway says a Washington County woman has been indicted for allegedly operating an online scam to raise money for a fictitious dying child.

McConnell’s end-of-the-year column

Safety Precautions Still Advised When Burning Outdoors

LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a man fatally shot his girlfriend after an argument and then was shot and killed by his own father.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 17, 2015) The venerable Veterans Service Organization AMVETS will present its highest award, the Silver Helmet Rehabilitation Award, to Heather French Henry, Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 17, 2015) — Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate for November 2015 was 4.9 percent, remaining unchanged from the revised 4.9 percent rate in October, according to the Office of Employment and Training (OET).

DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler is recalling nearly 56,000 Jeep Cherokee SUVs worldwide to fix a water leak that can cause an electrical short in the power tailgates.

LONDON, Ky. — Paintsville Mayor Robert Porter and the former general manager of the local, public utility commission have been accused of misappropriating property and city resources.

[TRIANGLE, VA.] United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement on Thursday:

Deputy Sheriff Allegedly Charged a Bullitt County Resident with Crimes He Did Not Commit

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 15, 2015) – The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has affirmed its earlier approval of combustion waste landfills at power plants operated by the state’s two largest electric utilities, despite sharp increases in the cost of the facilities.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Federal investigators say they believe Central Kentucky tobacco farmers, crop insurance agents, tobacco warehouse owners and others conspired to defraud thousands and possibly millions of dollars from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s program that insures crops.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle has filed a notice of appeal in the child pornography and sex crime case that sent him to prison for more than 15 years.

OLIVE HILL, Ky. – Carter Caves State Resort Park will present a weekend of outdoor adventure with its seventh annual Winter Adventure Weekend Jan. 28-31, 2016.

MCHENRY, Ill. (AP) — Funeral services have been set for an Army pilot from Illinois who was killed earlier this month in a helicopter crash near a Kentucky military base.