Kentucky officials have several identified homicide victims and suspects by matching their DNA to potential relatives.

Kentucky law enforcement agencies are increasingly using forensic genealogy to identify crime victims and suspects.

In September 1980, skeletal remains were found on the Indiana side of the Ohio River near Switzerland County ... been implicated in Kentucky homicides thanks to forensic genealogy.

Kentucky's Office of the Medical Examiner recently landed an $800,000 grant that will go toward ... 1971 in the Ohio River in Union County. "Forensic genealogy is a critical tool in obtaining ...

We have some eighty of them now in 75 counties throughout the Commonwealth (of Kentucky), including one in Boone County ... growth in the nearly twenty-year history of the Kentucky Mesonet ...

Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton delivers her annual State of the City address before the Lexington Forum on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, at the Central Bank Center, Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky.

“These investments boost economic development while helping to educate visitors about Kentucky’s rich history and encouraging ... historic properties. Grant recipients in the fiscal year ...

A Cincinnati-based bank will help fund 124 new apartments in Greater Cincinnati. STORY HIGHLIGHTS The Federal Home Loan Bank is providing funding for 124 new apartments in the region. Gloria’s ...

Southern textbooks altered historical facts ... Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Lee County in Florida formed in 1887 from Monroe County ...

More and more projects across Kentucky are uncovering Black history through historical documents, then putting them online ...

Established by the state legislature on January 12, 1825, Edmonson County was named after Captain John “Jack” Edmonson.

BESHEAR ADDRESSED THE ONGOING NATIONAL DEBATE SURROUNDING BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND DIE, WHILE OTHERS MAY BE DOING WRONG. TODAY IN KENTUCKY, WE ARE COLLECTIVELY DOING WHAT’S RIGHT. BLACK HISTORY ...