WICKLIFFE, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Ballard County Jail inmate has been charged after allegedly attempting to escape the facility and assaulting two corrections employees. Kentucky State Police said at 10:50 ...

A Hazard man died Saturday at the Floyd County Detention Center in what police say appears to be a suicide, renewing concerns about safety at the Eastern Kentucky jail once known for contraband, ...

MORGANTOWN, Ky. (WSMV) - Inmates and other deputies were able to rescue a jailer who was attacked during an attempted escape at the Butler County Jail over the weekend. Morgantown Police Chief Giles ...

Timothy Allen Oliver, the Kentucky man who escaped from the Henderson County jail Tuesday, is back in custody. In a post to its Facebook page Wednesday morning, the Henderson Police Department said ...