Custer, KY

A former Leitchfield resident arrested after officials found dead and emaciated dogs on his property has been again arrested for torturing and abusing animals in Edmonson County. On Thursday around noon, the Edmonson County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins and Grayson County Animal Control Officer...

LEITCHFIELD, Ky. — A young Leitchfield mother of four is dead, and her husband is charged with killing her. Orbay Wilson is now behind bars in Grayson County. He's charged with murder and tampering with evidence. Officers responded to a suicide call on Decker School Road in Leitchfield Wednesday...

Grayson County sheriffs reached out to KSP to assist with a suicide investigation where evidence of foul play was found

George Cecil, 94, of Bardstown, died Friday, July 1, 2022, at Windsor Gardens. He was born April 21, 1928, in Bardstown to Francis and Mary Thompson Cecil, and was the eighth of nine children. He was a graduate of St. Joe Prep and married Anna Rose Hagan on April 26, 1948 at St. Thomas Church. He owned Cecil Electric Company for 50 years, working throughout Nelson, Washington, and Marion Counties, and maintained electrical maintenance at Heaven Hill Distilleries for many years. He was a magistrate for 12 years in Nelson County, and was a member of Kiwanis Club, Lions Club, Bardstown Jaycees, a Kentucky Colonel and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, where he helped with the bereavement team.

LEITCHFIELD, Ky. (WAVE) - A Grayson County man was arrested in connection to a man’s death in Leitchfield, Ky. Orbay Wilson, 28, was charged on Thursday with murder and tampering with physical evidence. Kentucky State Police said they were called to assist the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office with a...

The U.S. reported over 573,000 new cases of coronavirus over the seven days ending June 28, bringing the total count to more than 85.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 1,005,000 COVID-19-related deaths — the highest death toll of any country. New cases continue to rise at a steady rate. In […]

Kentucky State Police was contacted by the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office requesting assistance with a suicide investigation at 252 Decker School Road in Leitchfield. The sheriff’s department was able to obtain evidence that foul play was involved and not a suspected suicide as originally believed. Kentucky State Police...

President Joe Biden is poised to nominate a conservative Republican anti-abortion lawyer for a lifetime appointment as a federal judge in Kentucky, a nomination strongly opposed by fellow Democrat and U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Louisville. The nomination of Chad Meredith appears to be the result of a deal with U.S....

Paxton Boyd joined the ABC 36 family as an evening anchor in June 2022. The move marks a bit of a homecoming for Paxton, who was born in Elizabethtown and raised in nearby Vine Grove! You can watch Paxton on weekday evenings for News at 5, 5:30 and 6 alongside his co-anchor, Erica Bivens. He also solo anchors the 11 P.M. newscast Monday through Friday.

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our Matriarch Margaret Ann Wise. She left this earth on June 29, 2022, as she wished, in her home with loved ones near. She was in her 97th year. Margaret was born to William and Myrtle Witten on Dec....

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (WAVE) - Elizabethtown police have made an arrest in connection to an armed robbery where the suspect was caught on camera. Richard McDaniel, 60, was arrested in connection to a robbery at “The Bug’s Ear” boutique store on Monday morning, according to Elizabethtown Police spokesman Chris Denham.

A Leitchfield man has been arrested after being accused of driving drunk on a moped and falling over in the middle of the street. Wednesday afternoon at approximately 5:45, the Leitchfield Police Department and EMS responded to the intersection of West Main Street and North Claggett Drive on the report of a moped accident. Upon arriving at the scene, a witness told police that the moped operator, 61-year-old Roger L. Burks, was traveling east on West Main Street when he “just fell over in the middle of the street.”

Elizabethtown Police helped convict a Texas man accused of making and selling fake debit and credit cards. According to court documents, 35 year-old Bronson Meador briefly lived in Elizabethtown in 2021. During that time, he was engaged in a months-long scheme to obtain and use counterfeit and unauthorized credit and debit cards, as well as, other personal and financial information for his own personal benefit, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky.

Soccer starts in the back. The glory comes to the players up front that put the ball in the net, but a team will struggle without stability and leadership at the base of any formation. For the Todd County Central Rebels, it all starts with senior goalkeeper Jonah Rager. Jonah...

More than 1 million Americans have died from COVID-19 – more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined. In the Elizabethtown-Fort Knox metropolitan area, located in Kentucky, a total of 584 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 388 fatalities for every 100,000 people. […]