Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have added several medical exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban.

Kentucky’s abortion ban allows an exception when the life of the mother is at risk, but where does the law draw that line? State lawmakers debated that question at length Thursday before delivering a “clarification” bill to the governor’s desk.

Prosecutors want a former Kentucky sheriff charged with gunning down a judge last year to undergo a mental evaluation before his trial

Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines, accused of murdering a district judge, will receive a psych evaluation before eventually going to trial.

A former Kentucky sheriff accused of shooting and killing a judge in his chambers will undergo a psychiatric evaluation.