WILLIAMSBURG -- Law enforcement officials say two people are dead after firefighters extinguished a fire at a home in Whitley County.

BOWLING GREEN -- Cone Funeral Home's newest employee doesn't talk much, but she's a great communicator.

FRANKFORT -- Gov. Matt Bevin says an eastern water district has been approved for a $2 million grant to replace its aging water meters.

FRANKFORT -- A federal appeals court on Monday vacated what it called a "well-below-guidelines" prison sentence for the man who tackled Sen. Rand Paul outside his Kentucky home, ordering a resentencing for the attack that broke the lawmaker's ribs.

FRANKFORT -- Public education grabbed the spotlight in Kentucky's race for governor on Monday as Democratic nominee Andy Beshear and Republican incumbent Matt Bevin exchanged caustic words over whether the state's schools are adequately funded.

HARLAN -- Police in Kentucky have charged two students with making threats toward their high school.

LEXINGTON -- A Kentucky sheriff's deputy is suing a city and its police department after he was paralyzed in a shooting.

LEXINGTON -- A former executive at an oil and natural gas company in Kentucky has been sentenced to five years and five months in federal prison for embezzlement.

MADISONVILLE -- A coal miner has died from injuries suffered in an accident at a western Kentucky mine.

FRANKFORT -- The home of the Kentucky Derby wants to expand into live winter racing in 2020. If approved by state racing regulators, it means overcoats and hot chocolate could come into vogue at Churchill Downs -- where mint juleps and sundresses are in fashion in the spring.

SMITHS GROVE -- Peering through the perceptive lens of a hand-held spot vision screener, Deon Benson instructed students at North Warren Elementary School on Friday to sit still and open their eyes wide.

LOUISVILLE -- Gov. Matt Bevin's administration and lawmakers acted within their authority when rejecting Attorney General Andy Beshear's contract hiring outside lawyers to assist in suing manufacturers and distributors of opioid painkillers, the state's Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

LOUISVILLE -- The host of a popular Kentucky sports talk show announced Thursday that he's taking a step toward running as a Democrat for the seat of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell by forming an exploratory committee.

About one week after his father paid a visit to Louisville, Donald Trump Jr. will visit Eastern Kentucky to support Gov. Matt Bevin and his reelection campaign.

LOUISVILLE -- Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has told voters in coal-producing Kentucky that it's possible to be a friend of coal miners and a believer in climate change and the need for cleaner energy sources to combat it.

LOUISVILLE -- It's finger lickin' fake chicken.

LOUISVILLE -- Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Sunday branded Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as an obstructionist for blocking Democratic efforts to reduce gun violence, bolster election security and raise the federal minimum wage.

PARK CITY -- Aug. 19 marked the 160th anniversary of the start of cave tours at Diamond Caverns, which can be found along Ky. 255 inside the boundaries of Mammoth Cave National Park.

OWENSBORO -- Neil and Vicky Rudy are can-doers.

LEXINGTON -- A high school football game in Kentucky was interrupted briefly and some frightened people laid down in the bleachers when fans believed someone had a gun at the game.

LOUISVILLE -- Kentucky State Police say a teenager has been arrested for allegedly firing a shot into the air at the state fair last weekend.

LOUISVILLE -- Federal appeals judges have upheld a ruling that the state of Kentucky must pay $224,000 in legal expenses stemming from a former county clerk's refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses.

FRANKFORT -- A Kentucky print shop owner who refused to make a gay pride T-shirt argued before the Kentucky Supreme Court that he shouldn't be compelled to promote messages that go against his religious beliefs.

FRANKFORT -- Gov. Matt Bevin this week insulted the challenger he defeated in the May Republican primary, an unorthodox move that runs the risk of alienating a swath of voters he needs to win a second term.

LOUISVILLE -- A prominent gay-rights activist was dragged out of a state fairgrounds building and arrested Thursday during a protest at the Kentucky Farm Bureau's country ham breakfast, an annual event that draws many of the state's top political leaders.

LOUISVILLE -- Democrat Andy Beshear is trying to nudge health care to the forefront of Kentucky's race for governor with a new TV ad.

LOUISVILLE -- Minors entering the Kentucky State Fair at night now must have a parent or guardian 21 or older with them following a disturbance during the weekend.

FRANKFORT -- An extraordinary legal fight between Kentucky's governor and lieutenant governor over a staffing dispute was described in court Monday by the governor's lawyer as a minor disagreement among friends.

LOUSIVILLE -- Gov. Matt Bevin's administration on Friday denied a license for an abortion clinic at Planned Parenthood's downtown Louisville location.

FRANKFORT -- An election-year investigation into teacher rallies at Kentucky's Capitol found more than 1,000 educators violated state law by participating in protests that shut down some schools, Gov. Matt Bevin's administration said Friday.

LOUISVILLE -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell underwent successful surgery to repair a fracture in his shoulder -- an injury he suffered when he fell at his Kentucky home earlier this month.

FRANKFORT -- Environmental officials say untreated wastewater from a distillery in Kentucky has spilled into a creek, killing an unknown number of fish.

FRANKFORT -- A feud at the top of Kentucky's government escalated into an extraordinary legal battle Thursday when the governor was sued by his hand-picked lieutenant governor over a bitter staffing dispute.

When Brittany Pike saw the back of a dollar bill framed at Lexington's Athens Chilesburg Elementary School last week, she couldn't have been more pleased.

ELKTON -- Just a week after students in Todd County returned to school for a new year, the Todd County Schools district has received a threat directed toward the Todd County Central High School campus.

The Burley Tobacco Growers' Cooperative, a cornerstone of Kentucky farming for decades, is at a crossroads.

LOUISVILLE -- U.S. Sen. Rand Paul has started easing back into public activities after his recent lung surgery sidelined him for part of the August congressional break.

LOUISVILLE -- President Donald Trump will headline a fundraiser for Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, who is banking on his close ties with the Republican president as he faces a tough challenge from a Democratic rival in a state that Trump dominated in 2016.

FRANKFORT -- Kentucky's former House speaker on Friday dropped a lawsuit demanding that a woman give back the $110,000 she received in a secret sexual harassment settlement involving them.

FRANKFORT -- Kentucky's lieutenant governor says she has never talked with Gov. Matt Bevin about his administration's dismissal of two of her top staffers without her consent.

LOUISVILLE -- Twitter has reposted a video from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign that showed protesters yelling threats in front of his Kentucky home.

PIKEVILLE -- Another Kentucky coal producer has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.