The "staycation" - an offspring trend of last summer's $4 a gallon gas - has gained an even stronger foothold in 2009 amid the worst economic times of a generation. As families and area attractions adapt to the idea of

Southfork Ranch, the symbol of Dallas and doing things big, is the stage Saturday for the largest tea party in the nation, aimed at attracting 50,000 folks for fireworks, both in the air and from the microphone. Organizers also had

What started as a seed of an idea among artists has grown into an acre-size salute to the country. Tucked in a fallow hayfield off Mustang Road in Pilot Point, a 210-foot-by-11-foot-flag shape - complete with stars and stripes -

Residents worked late the past three nights preparing a 100-year-old home in Fort Thomas' Tower Park for its new life as a history museum.

NEWPORT - Shoulder To Shoulder Inc., a local non-profit, is looking for volunteers to repair, paint and update an elderly Newport woman's home as part of its third annual Excellent Home Makeover on July 13-16.

Charitable groups in Kentucky took in $489 million from gaming during 2007 -- more than was bet on horse racing in the state that year. But the state employs just a few dozen people to regulate charitable gaming.

A boating crash that killed a 28-year-old water-skier on Lake Williamstown on Friday afternoon appears to be an accident, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife officials said.

The weather and the weekend worked together to bring a large turnout to the Fourth of July celebrations around the area.

Visitors to the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore can get a glimpse of new animals that have joined the facility this summer.

U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett plans to file as a candidate for a 10th term this week.

Police have arrested a 17-year-old for shooting a five-year-old girl in Baltimore.

The mother of a 14-year-old Crofton boy who died in an apparent outbreak of gang violence plans to sue the Anne Arundel County school system.

A Baltimore security guard has a personal connection to the "King of Pop."

A day after a 5-year-old is shot by a stay bullet, police still have not made an arrest. The little girl fights for her life at Shock Trauma.

The Little Italy Film Festival begins Friday.

Maryland State Police say a man escaped injury after his vehicle carrying fireworks caught fire near the town of Hancock.

A Dover man died Thursday night when he crashed his motorcycle into a utility pole and fence post on West Denney's Road, state police said.

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican Party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House

Superintendents at Delaware school districts that lost nearly $5 million in state school construction funds said they don't expect it to have a major impact on their projects.

Chain postpones cut-off for patients on Medicaid