It's been a long time coming, but a longtime landfill inspector for the city of Lexington is retiring.

He's been on this hill or nearby for more than 30 years. 

But Friday, Joe Caise will work his last day at the landfill.

And at almost 87 years-old he says he's not retiring, he will find something to do.

An early morning fire destroys a Bourbon County home.

While nobody was hurt, the fire did claim a lot of precious memories. 

It happened just after six Thursday morning on Millersburg Ruddles Mill Road in rural Bourbon County.

By the time firefighters from got to the home flames were already 25 to 30 feet into the air.

Police have arrested three people in connection with a bold shoplifting spree last weekend at a Laurel County Walmart.

The store captured two of the men on video using a pair of bolt cutters to get through the lock in the lawn and garden area and walk out with a computer and two tool kits before driving away.

A Boyd County man is in jail charged with sexually abusing two foster children.

Police began investigating 52-year-old Bobby Owney after receiving a call from the Department of Social Services.
 
They had enough evidence to arrest Owney charges of rape and sodomy.

Police say the victims were 12 years or younger.

Other charges are pending following a grand jury investigation. 
 

TVQ 36 News has some very important information to pass along about a bassinet.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is asking parents to stop using Simplicity 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 convertible "close-sleeper."
 
The CPSC says a 5-month-old was strangled to death when she became trapped between the bassinet's metal bars.
 
This is the second strangulation death connected to the bassinets.