By R.G. Dunlop Special to NKyTribune Part one of a two-part series Steve Martin has spent 53 years in prison for murdering a ...

By R.G Dunlop Special to NKyTribune Part two of a two-part series ‘Public safety comes first,’ before costs Both supporters ...

A Kentucky prison official who resigned in 2023 during an investigation into sexually explicit messages she allegedly sent an inmate was hired four months later by the Tennessee Department of ...

The sister of a man who died in a Kentucky prison in 2021 has filed a second lawsuit - this time against the state justice cabinet and its officials for failing to enforce insurance contracts in its ...

In our Reality Check stories, Herald-Leader journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. A combination of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man released from prison after serving less than half of his 20-year prison sentence for stabbing a 6-year-old to death in his bed in 2015 will remain behind bars after ...

Twenty-six Kentucky lawmakers ask parole board to revoke Ronald Exantus' release. Exantus returned to Kentucky after Florida arrest; faces parole revocation hearing. Lawmakers urge denial of ...

UP IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES. JENNIFER. THANK YOU. MO, A MAN INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF A YOUNG KENTUCKY BOY AND GIVEN AN EARLY RELEASE FROM PRISON, IS NOW BACK IN JAIL. RONALD EXANTUS WAS BOOKED INTO THE ...

Mason King, center, speaks to people who were incarcerated during a Second Chance Academy class on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, at Fayette County Detention Center in Lexington, Ky. Christian Kantosky ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Investigators say they suspect foul play after finding a Louisville man dead in his eastern Kentucky prison cell. The Kentucky State Police responded to a call for a death ...