Skull Fracture

A Danville man who became a businessman when he was a 14-year-old took an interest in balloons and airplanes and established a reputation as a stunt-flier and aerialist in the days of aviation barnstormers. Thomas Longo built his own bi-plane in a...

The road to recovery for a college student from Wilmore took her back home to her own bed Tuesday after she was hit by a car and suffered a traumatic brain injury a month earlier. Katie Hogan, who graduated from West Jessamine High School in 2009 and is...

A Winchester man admitted to fracturing his wife’s skull during the summer and agreed to serve six years in prison for the assault. James Beschorner, 49, pleaded guilty to a single count of second-degree assault Thursday afternoon in Clark...

A Winchester mother is facing five years in prison for killing her 16-day-old son nearly two and a half years ago. Amanda Tolson, 24, of 348 Hill St., pleaded guilty Thursday morning in Clark Circuit Court to a single count of reckless homicide. The...

STANFORD — Jessica Noble’s tears began almost as soon she took the witness stand, when Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney David Dalton handed her a picture of her 4-year-old son, Nathaniel Knox, sitting on a riding lawn mower. They...

Amanda Tolson began serving five years for reckless homicide Thursday, after she was sentenced for her infant son’s death nearly three years ago. Tolson, 25, of 348 Hill St., pleaded guilty in August after a court mediator met with all sides earlier...

The murder case involving the death of a 17-day-old boy may be resolved through mediation rather than by a jury. Amanda Tolson and Christopher Chandler, the parents of Lucas Chandler, were scheduled to be tried for murder in October, but Clark Circuit...

It will be another six months before the parents stand trial for the death of their 16-day-old son. Amanda Tolson, 24, and Christopher Chandler, 25, were to be tried for murder next month in the death of their son Lucas. Thursday afternoon,...

An 8-year-old Palmdale boy died Friday after being hospitalized for a day with injuries suggesting torture, the Los Angeles County coroner's office said.  Lt. David Smith said the coroner's department had not received the body and cannot yet determine...

MISSOURI CONGRESS Deadline looms to request Mo. absentee ballots JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Voters in southeast Missouri voters are running out of time to request absentee ballots by mail or fax for next month's congressional election. The...

LEXINGTON, Mo. (AP) — An Independence man has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his 10-week-old daughter. Twenty-four-year-old Alex A. Gilbert is being held on a $500,000 cash-only bond in Lafayette County after pleading on...

The 8-year-old boy who was found with a skull fracture, several broken ribs and burns to his body, is in critical condition, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. A Palmdale woman and her boyfriend were arrested Thursday in...