Lexington police have found similarities but no clear causes in three recent accidents in which two people were killed and one was critically injured. The victims, all adults dressed in dark clothing, tried to cross busy roads of four or more lanes. The victims were not in crosswalks. All of the drivers stayed until police arrived and told officers there was nothing they could do to avoid the ...

Marco Antonio Flores-Benitez, 38, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion. The guilty plea on such a count is a first for Kentucky.

Five years ago Saburah Dixon was released from prison to a halfway house in Lexington. Her orders were to get a job or return to prison. She didn't realize how difficult that would be.

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Do you ever wonder what was on the minds of local folks 20, 50 or 200 years ago? What would prompt someone in 1890 or 1950 to pick up pen and paper and write a letter to the editor of the local newspaper? Now you can find out as one book takes you back in time with a unique window into the minds of people in the Lexington area.

One of the leaders of a prostitution ring that operated in Lexington pleaded guilty to charges today, marking the first sex trafficking conviction in Kentucky. Marco Antonio Flores-Benitez, 38, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. He agreed to a sentence of 180 months that will be imposed in July. Under federal law, sex trafficking is defined as a ...

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A Lexington man has been arraigned on several sex-related charges involving minors in cases that go back more than 40 years. Stanley Gene Glass, 69, was indicted by a Fayette County grand jury on nine counts of indecent or immoral practices and eight counts of first degree sexual abuse. The indictment says glass carnally used the bodies of three girls all younger than 15 between 1965 and 1973 ...

A bill that would require law enforcement agents to obtain a probable-cause warrant to collect geolocation data on an individual would be burdensome to criminal investigators and prevent them from gathering the evidence they need to make a case, according to law enforcement witnesses at a hearing on Thursday.

We're less than a week away from the unofficial start of Summer; Memorial Day. State and local police began their annual "Click It or Ticket" campaign. They'll be patrolling highways across the bluegrass looking for drivers and passengers not wearing seat belts. Officers say it's not about giving tickets, but they want people to be aware of how important wearing seat belts can be.