Smith was reported missing in 2016. Remains were found in 2021, and confirmed to belong to her three years later.

After 11 days of searching in the woods of north Laurel County, authorities say they are not close to finding Joseph Couch.

A northern Kentucky man was sentenced to decades in prison Friday after being found guilty of child abuse and exploitation.

The unidentified body was found Wednesday in Laurel County, where authorities said Joseph Couch, 32, opened fire at vehicles ...

Now, the 12-day manhunt has ended, and many people in Laurel County slept a little better last night knowing Couch is no longer a threat.

Prolonged dry conditions have prompted a burn ban in another northern Kentucky county. On Friday, Boone County issued a county-wide open burn ban for all areas, residents, and businesses within ...

On day nine of a massive manhunt for a suspected shooter in rural Kentucky, troopers were led to a residence in Laurel County ...

Investigators believe they have found the body of a man they say shot five people and a dozen cars on an interstate highway ...

A West Virginia Music Hall of Famer from Boone County has died. Musician, author and playwright Billy Edd Wheeler passed away at his home in Swannanoa, North ...

Fred and Sheila McCoy, a couple related to the well-known Hatfield-McCoy feud, assisted state police in finding a body near I-75 Wednesday.

Acting off a trail picked up by squads of cadaver canines and bloodhounds, state police moved their field base deeper into Daniel Boone National Forest.

BOONE COUNTY, Ky. (WKRC ... of matter portraying a minor in a sexual peformance charges, according to Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman. According to court documents, Ward began grooming ...