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Police responded to the Letcher County Courthouse on a shooting on Tuesday that reportedly occurred in the District Courtroom, according to The Mountain Eagle on Facebook.

Our last few days of official summer are still pressing into the low 90s and the next few days look to be the same.

(LEX 18) — For the second year in a row, Kentucky saw a decline in overdose deaths. According to the 2023 Drug Overdose Fatality Report, in 2023, there was a 9.8% decrease in overdose deaths from 2022. However, 1,984 Kentuckians lost their lives to a drug overdose, showing that the problem is still significant.

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (LEX 18) — The city of Georgetown is gearing up for its first Memorial 5K run/walk event, which will be held Sunday, Sept. 22 in honor of Caleb Conley. Conley was a deputy with the Scott County Sheriff’s Office when he was shot and killed in May of 2022 while making a traffic stop on Interstate 75.

BOURBON COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — With less than 50 days to go until November's election, a Central Kentucky farm wants to give families a break from the noise of divisive national politics.

Dewayne Smithers knew Father Norman Fischer for 14 years. That's why he says it hurt when Fischer suddenly passed away on July 15.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Back in August, Kasey Dickens was sitting at a red light in Lexington when she says she was attacked through her car window.

LONDON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Kentucky State Police reported Wednesday that they found a body believed to be Joseph Couch in deep rural brush northwest of London, Kentucky.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Complet3D started a new era in 3-dimensional printing today as they opened their new showroom on UK’s campus.

A computer forensics laboratory in Louisville has provided a helping hand on thousands of cases across Kentucky.