Kentucky

Rail operator CSX says that a chemical fire at a Kentucky train derailment that caused evacuations has been extinguished and residents can return to their homes.

Kentucky governor Andy Beshear has declared a state of emergency after a train derailed in Livingston, Kentucky, on Wednesday.

A train has derailed and spilled a chemical in a remote part of eastern Kentucky, prompting officials to encourage residents of a small town to evacuate amid concerns about air quality.

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky has won re-election, defying the usual political leanings of the red state, NBC News projects.

Officials continue to search for a worker who went missing Tuesday night when an old coal processing facility collapsed as it was being prepared for demolition.

Louisville Metro police are thanking Cardinals football players for coming “to the rescue” in helping right a flipped vehicle in an accident this week near their L&N Stadium home field.

A Kentucky man died in the emergency room Monday after being stung 15 to 20 times by a swarm of yellow jackets and bees, local authorities said. The insects attacked while he was moving a bag of potting soil on his porch.

A federal jury has awarded $100,000 to a Kentucky couple who sued former county clerk Kim Davis over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

More than 700 gold coins with a value exceeding $2 million were found in a cornfield in Kentucky.

Nicknamed “The Great Kentucky Hoard,” experts say the coins are dated from 1840 to 1862 and are estimated to be worth over well over $2 million.

A Kentucky man was arrested this week on a weapons charge after being investigated as part of the suspected human body parts ring that led to a Harvard Medical School morgue official’s arrest last month. The man, William Nott, had about 40 human bones, including skulls, at his house in Mt. Washington, Kentucky, as well as a Harvard Medical School…

The Louisville Metro Police Department in Kentucky on Thursday released video of a pair of officers chasing a large pig that was on the loose last month.

The Louisville Metro Police Department in Kentucky released video of officers chasing a large pig that was on the loose Thursday.

Police say a 7-year-old child fatally shot a 5-year-old child inside a home in Kentucky.

The Southern Baptist convention rejected an appeal from a California megachurch and the Fern Creek Baptist of Louisville, Kentucky.

Clifton Williams, 64, was charged with assault and pleaded not guilty in the Louisville case. His roommate survived.

The Labor Department found that more than 300 children were working at McDonald’s restaurants, including two 10-year-olds.

Five people were killed and several others injured in the attack by an employee of the bank.

Tributes are growing for the five people slain in a shooting at a Louisville bank.

Kentucky Gov. Any Beshear said two of his close friends were killed in the shooting at the Old National Bank in downtown Louisville Monday morning and another was hospitalized.