Bridal consultant charged with letting her kids grow marijuana

By Shawntaye Hopkins
A Lexington bridal consultant has been charged with endangering the welfare of minors because, police said, she allowed her teenage son and daughter to grow marijuana at their home, according to court records.
Michele Hall Landers, an accredited bridal consultant who runs Bridal Potpourri on Clays Mill Road, has pleaded not [...]

Two treated for smoke inhalation after fire

Herald-Leader Staff Report
Two people were taken to a hospital early Wednesday following a fire in a south Lexington apartment off Wilson-Downing Road, Lexington fire officials said.
The fire was contained to the bedroom of one apartment at Whispering Hills Apartments, located at 3745 Camelot Drive, Battalion Chief Jim Wells said. It started [...]

Ohio man found injured by Lexington roadside

By Shawntaye Hopkins
shopkins@herald-leader.com
An injured Columbus, Ohio man was found lying on a road near the Clark County line Wednesday night, Lexington police said on Thursday.
Jeremy Leeper, 34, was driving from Florida to Ohio with others when the group stopped to let Leeper use the restroom, Officer Ann Gutierrez, a Lexington police spokeswoman [...]

One man found shot, another stabbed in North Lexington

By Shawntaye Hopkins
shopkins@herald-leader.com
Lexington police were investigating a shooting that sent one man to the hospital Wednesday night when they found a second victim, another man who had been stabbed, officials said Thursday.
Police don’t know whether the incidents that occurred in a north Lexington neighborhood are related, said Officer Ann Gutierrez, a Lexington [...]

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W.Ky. officer charged in fatal wreck

The Associated Press
A western Kentucky police officer has been indicted on a charge of reckless homicide.
The Paducah Sun reports that a Calloway County grand jury returned an indictment Monday against 29-year-old Murray police officer John Cooper. The charge stems from a March 18 wreck in which 68-year-old Ray Walker of Murray died.
The accident happened as [...]

Charges against Otis Hensley dropped

By Cassondra Kirby-Mullins
ckirby@herald-leader.com
HARLAN — Felony charges have been dismissed against Otis “Bullman” Hensley Jr., a two-time candidate for governor who was arrested a week ago after he offered to trade “a good fattening hog” for two female children in a supermarket.
Hensley said he was only joking when he made the statement to the aunt of [...]

Five motorcycle deaths included in traffic fatalities last week

Here is the weekly accident report from Kentucky State Police:
Release on:  Monday, August 25, 2008
(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – Preliminary statistics* indicate that 13 people died in thirteen separate crashes on Kentucky roadways from Monday, August 18 through Sunday, August 24, 2008.   Six of the fatalities involved motor vehicles and two of those victims were not wearing seat belts.  Motor vehicle [...]

Morehead food market robbed late Sunday

By Jim Warren
jwarren@herald-leader.com
Kentucky State Police are looking for a man who robbed a food market near Morehead Sunday night.
Police said a man walked into the Cave Run Lake Mart on Ky. 801 about 10:45 p.m. Sunday and demanded cash.
Store employees complied with the demands, and the robber fled with an undisclosed amount of cash, police [...]

2 Fort Campbell soldiers charged in detainee death

The Associated Press
FORT CAMPBELL, KY. — A hearing has been reset for one of two Fort Campbell soldiers charged with premeditated murder for the shooting death of an Iraqi detainee north of Baghdad.
According to the military, Staff Sgt. Hal M. Warner and 1st Lt. Michael C. Behenna, both of Oklahoma, were accused of shooting the [...]