LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) -- A visit to Red Mile racetrack on Friday was the place to be for one guest who hit the largest jackpot in the venue's history.

LOVELY, Ky. (LEX 18) — Kentucky State Police were investigating after a one person was found dead following a fire. Authorities said officials were alerted about 9 a.m. by a 911 caller to a structure fire along Kentucky Highway 292 in Martin County. Officials said after the fire was put out that one person was […]

RICHMOND, Ky. (LEX 18) -- Authorities said a barricade situation that began Monday morning has been resolved.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) -- Emergency crews were on the scene Monday morning after a three-vehicle crash killed three people on Interstate Highway 64.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) -- Police in Hopkinsville were searching for suspects after an officer was shot early Monday morning during a chase after a vehicle was stolen.

PIKE COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18)– An investigation is underway after a man was shot and killed in Freeburn. It happened around 5:29 a.m. Saturday in the Johnson Bottom community. Kentucky State Police say they were called out to the scene for a report of shots fired. When troopers arrived on scene, they discovered an altercation had […]

WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (LEX 18) -- Police in Williamsburg are seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect seen on surveillance video stealing several TVs from a Walmart.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18)– A survivor of a Cincinnati mass shooting is desperately fighting for a new law that would add a checkpoint for gun-owners. The “Red Flag Bill” was brought to the floor in Frankfort on Friday by Kentucky Senate Minority Leader Morgan McGarvey of Louisville. This bill is an extreme risk protection order […]

FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18)– Classes are cancelled Monday at an Eastern Kentucky school due to widespread illness. Floyd County Schools is joining the ranks of those districts that are closing due to sickness. Officials posted the announcement on their social media pages Sunday afternoon. It’s unclear what kind of illness is going around.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18)– A man has been arrested in connection to a violent armed robbery that followed a crash. Police arrested Jarrin Davis just after 6 p.m. Sunday in the 1300 block of Winchester Road. Police say Davis and another driver crashed into each other. The other driver tells police that Davis threatened to […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18)– Investigators are trying to figure out what caused an apartment fire in Lexington. It happened just after 11 p.m. Sunday on Dinsmore Drive near the intersection of Richmond Road and New Circle. Fire officials say a witness saw smoke coming from a unit on the second floor. Firefighters say when they […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) -- Lexington police were investigating Sunday after an early morning single-vehicle crash on the city's southwest side left two teen brothers dead and the driver seriously injured.

(LEX 18) -- Gov. Matt Bevin has order a tribute for a Fort Campbell green beret who recently was killed in Syria.

ASHLAND, Ky. (LEX 18) -- Police have arrested an Ashland man on charges of child exploitation offenses.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) -- More than 400 pieces of real Kentucky history are on the auction block in Lexington, and they have a connection to President Abraham Lincoln.

GARRARD COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) -- Two Garrard County police cruisers were damaged Saturday evening when police forced a person fleeing in a vehicle to stop.

CLAY COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) -- Officials in Clay County are investigating after firefighters were called to the same locations three times in a 24-hour period.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) -- Officials said two people were hospitalized after fire crews responded Sunday morning to a fire at duplex on Lexington's north side.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) -- Multiple crashes in icy conditions early Sunday morning closed the southbound lanes of Interstate Highway 75 near Lexington.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) -- Firefighters in Lexington will pause Sunday to remember one of their own.