Updated: 6:43 PM Firefighters are always in a race against time but it’s not always to put out a fire.

Updated: 7:35 PM Five law enforcement agencies cooperate in a drug sweep.

Updated: 4:00 PM Alarming new reports show that obesity may decrease life expectancy in the United States by two to five years. What's more there's evidence that childhood obesity in rural areas is quickly surpassing that in urban areas.

Updated: 5:23 PM It's official. March Madness has taken over south central Kentucky.

Updated: 5:14 PM Kentucky's All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting Program was developed to help law enforcement track possible prescription drug abuse.

Updated: 3:53 PM Jury will hear closing arguments and begin deliberating Monday.

Updated: 5:17 PM Kentucky's affordable prepaid tuition program, or KAPT, has only been around for four years. But now there's concern that the program is in dire straits.

Updated: 6:00 PM Over 100 students from South Central Kentucky gathered for a Youth Tobacco Conference.

Updated: 1:41 PM Native American artifacts found in a cave on the Kentucky Tri-Modal Transpark's property are sparking controversy for some environmentalists.

Updated: 5:21 PM This weekend, the cream of the crop in high school and middle school academics met in Louisville for the Governor's Cup. And one school from south central Kentucky did very well at the academic championships.

Updated: 4:35 PM Area judges say they feel safe at work even after the Atlanta and Chicago shootings.

Posted: 4:07 PM Livestock Center gets $72,500.

Updated: 6:59 AM Gov. Fletcher visits Bowling Green, Louisville, Owensboro, Henderson and Madisonville to discuss tax modernization.

Updated: 8:43 PM Defense will begin its case Tuesday.

Updated: 6:49 PM The popularity of the Internet makes it easy for some predators to take advantage of children. In the past there were loopholes that stopped police from posing as children to catch these criminals. But a new bill, passed by Kentucky's senate, will make prosecuting these internet predators much easier.

Updated: 9:24 AM President Bush is proposing cutting the budget of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program, or HIDTA, in half.

Updated: 6:36 PM Local judges say they feel safe in their courtrooms, but no one is completely immune.

Updated: 4:40 PM Allen County authorities say it’s a record number, 8 meth labs in just 12 days.

Updated: 7:37 PM As the number of meth busts continue to rise, so are the number of kids involved.

Updated: 1:43 PM Brian Nichols, the suspect in the shootings of three people at Atlanta's Fulton County Courthouse, has been captured after a massive manhunt.

Updated: 6:12 PM For all counties except Barren, March 14 marks the first day of Tobacco Transition Program Payments.

Updated: 5:30 PM The 2005 General Assembly recently passed a budget for our state, after two years of deadlock. In the proposal, there are several projects that will bring new Judicial Centers to South Central Kentucky.

Updated: 10:22 PM A Bowling Green plant closing will wipe out more than 100 jobs.

Updated: 6:41 PM An area neighborhood is facing serious problems, due to an overwhelming blackbird population. Thousands of the birds are roosting in horse cave.

Updated: 12:12 PM Clarence Martin dies at his Georgia home; an autopsy is being performed.