The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state improperly adopted a lethal injection procedure used by dozens of other states. The decision probably means more delay before capital punishment resumes in Kentucky.

A fire destroyed a vacant house in rural Independence Friday evening. No one was injured and because of the extent of the blaze,a cause was unknown.

Fired high-school teacher Nicole Howell is suing Kenton County prosecutor Rob Sanders in federal court. A jury acquitted Howell of a charge that she had sex with a 16-year-old student at Dayton High School.

Police raided two strip clubs late Tuesday in Newport. The raids resulted in multiple charges, including prostitution, drug possession and nude dancing.

It was Thanksgiving Day 10 years ago when Philip Ryan experienced the first painful symptom. The 6-year-old's excruciating headache led to a grim diagnosis: inoperable, infiltrative, malignant brain tumor.

86, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport.

88, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, at the Baptist Center in Newport.

49, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, at her home.

A former University of Kentucky basketball player has pleaded guilty in a ticket scam case in Winchester.

The Wesley Foundation is privately operated by the United Methodist Church's Kentucky branch since it bought the three-story brick building from a defunct sorority in 1986.

ERLANGER - Anita M. Thornsburg Nieberding, 85, a homemaker of Denton, Texas, formerly of Erlanger, died Sunday, Nov. 22, at Denton Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Denton.

FORT THOMAS - Edith Thullen Neltner, 91, died Monday, Nov. 23, at Highlandsprings of Fort Thomas Health Care & Rehabilitation Center.

86, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, at Woodcrest Manor Care Center, Elsmere.

PARK HILLS - Cristi D. Bacher Inman, 44, a homemaker of Park Hills, formerly of Newport, died Friday, Nov. 20, at her home.

88, died Monday, Nov. 23, at St. Elizabeth Fort Thomas.