Saturday, May 25 2013 10:38 AM EDT2013-05-25 14:38:46 GMT
Illinois State Police are the scene of a car wreck on U.S. 51 near DuQuoin.Du Quoin State Police and the Perry County Sheriff's Office tells us U.S. 51 is shut down near Highway 14.
Illinois State Police are the scene of a car wreck on U.S. 51 near Du Quoin.
Saturday, May 25 2013 10:18 AM EDT2013-05-25 14:18:36 GMT
Jason Ellis (Source: Bardstown Police)
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
Officials in western Kentucky are taking a cue from Tennessee in their effort to make Owensboro synonymous with bluegrass music.
Officials in western Kentucky are taking a cue from Tennessee in their effort to make Owensboro synonymous with bluegrass music.
Former LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson is back in jail. The judge handling Jefferson's charges stemming from last year's bar fight ruled that Jefferson's arrest on drug charges violated his bond. WAFB's Jim Shannon will have more on 9News at 5.
Later, on 9News at 6: Less than a day after hunters discovered a skull and bone fragments in Ascension Parish, authorities were able to identify the remains as those of Robert Alexis. WAFB's Tyana Williams talked to his family and will have more tonight at 6.
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After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.
After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.
Saturday, May 25 2013 7:00 AM EDT2013-05-25 11:00:14 GMT
(KTXL/CNN) - A California man scarfed down more than 11 pounds of apple pie ... and somehow lived to tell the tale. Jamie "The Bear" McDonald consumed two giant apple pies in an attempt to break two world
Authorities say they have found a child's body believed to be that of an 18-month-old girl as they continue to investigate a series of Kansas farm deaths.
A body recovered amid an intensive search is believed to be that of a missing 18-month-old girl whose mother was found dead along with two men on a Kansas farm days ago, authorities said Sunday.
Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."
The trucker was hauling drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him....
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