Lancaster, KY

A lawyer representing an elderly man who was severely injured by Lancaster police is refuting claims that his client assaulted an officer. Attorney Ephraim Helton says the police report states 84-year-old Ronald Maples hit an officer with the closed fist of his left hand, but Helton notes Maples is unable [...]

Ronald's attorney, Ephraim Helton, showed LEX News pictures of blood on Ronald's front porch and just inside his house.

Lancaster Mayor Michael Gaffney says three city police officers are on administrative suspension over an incident that happened last Friday night. The mayor has not detailed the situation, but he did say an internal investigation is underway. The family of 84-year-old Ronald Maples tells WKYT-TV these officers seriously injured him [...]

An interim Lancaster Police chief has been appointed after Chief Ryan Hughes was charged with DUI and first-degree criminal mischief following a single-vehicle crash in July.

LANCASTER, Ky. – A man wanted in a 2013 murder investigation in Christian County was arrested last week. According to KSP, detectives received information on the whereabouts of 55-year-old Jason Patterson on August 12. Patterson was wanted in Christian County in connection with a 2013 murder investigation. KSP says Fay Springfield was allegedly murdered on July 20, 2013. On August...

LANCASTER, Ky., (KBSI) — A man wanted in connection with a 2013 Kentucky murder was taken into custody after authorities say he fired at law enforcement, fled into a wooded area and apparently fell about 40 feet from a cliff. Kentucky State Police said investigators received information Aug. 12 about the whereabouts of Jason Patterson, 55, who was wanted on...

Jason Patterson, wanted for a 2013 in Christian County murder, fell 40 feet from a cliff in Lancaster while fleeing Kentucky State Police.

LANCASTER, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW via LEX NEWS) — A 55-year-old man wanted in connection to a 2013 murder is now facing additional charges after he allegedly fired a weapon at police at home in Garrard County Friday. According to Kentucky State Police, officers responded to a home on Polly’s Bend Road just before 9:30 a.m. with a warrant...

A childcare center in Lancaster has entered a precautionary lockdown and is asking families not to come to the facility until further notice.