Leigh Searcy

Three London police officers have been disciplined following the release of body camera footage showing the arrest and alleged mistreatment of a 20-year-old man with autism.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Fayette County Circuit judge rejected a plea agreement Tuesday for a woman charged with stealing more than $30,000 from former University of Kentucky women's basketball coach Kyra Elzy.

SHELBY COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — Opening statements began Tuesday in the murder trial of Shannon Gilday, who is accused of fatally shooting Jordan Morgan, the 32-year-old daughter of a former lawmaker, in her bed in February 2022.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — A former Franklin County Detention Center guard is speaking out for the first time about the 2019 death of 21-year-old Dylan Stratton, saying he believes Stratton's death was preventable.

In April, Lexington police arrested Glenn Doneghy on assault and robbery charges — the same man who received early release in 2019 for the 2010 hit-and-run death of Lexington officer Bryan Durman.

FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — Nearly three years after Amber Spradlin was found stabbed to death in a Floyd County home, her cousin is running for county judge executive, citing concerns about emergency response failures that she believes may have contributed to the tragedy.

MADISON COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — Former Madison County Jailer Doug Thomas will inherit a detention center plagued by wrongful death lawsuits, staffing shortages and allegations of excessive force when he takes office in January. He defeated the current jailer and another candidate in Tuesday's primary.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A woman accused of stealing more than $30,000 from former University of Kentucky women's basketball coach Kyra Elzy is seeking to have the judge removed from her case less than a month before trial.

SHELBY COUNTY, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — After hours of deliberation, a Shelby County jury has decided Shannon Gilday's fate in the brutal 2022 murder of Jordan Morgan. The 12 jurors chose life in prison over the death penalty, sentencing Gilday to life without the possibility of parole for 25 years.

A 22-year-old Georgetown man charged with murdering his father waived his preliminary hearing during a brief court appearance Tuesday.