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Ahead of Oscar Smith’s execution Thursday morning for the murder of his wife and two of her children, people close to the case have expressed a wide span of thoughts and emotions leading up to this day.

Tennessee will execute Oscar Franklin Smith this week, while a lawsuit challenging the state’s new lethal injection protocol makes its way through the court system.

In Tennessee, prosecutors can charge people for crimes committed by another person, even if they weren’t directly responsible. Activist groups are working with state legislators to change that.

Another Louisville Metro Police investigation is underway this month after an officer shot a man in Camp Taylor Saturday night.

24-year-old Quintez Brown was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison Friday for shooting then-Louisville mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg.

Louisville Metro Police opened several criminal and internal investigations after a string of violent incidents over the weekend.

As of Monday evening, the mass shooting in Louisville's California neighborhood had no suspects. According to a gun violence watchdog group, it’s the 493rd mass shooting in the country this year.

The murder trial for missing Bardstown mother, Crystal Rogers, is headed to southern Kentucky.

The U.S. Department of Justice restored some felony charges against former Louisville Police officers Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany for their role in the fatal raid on Breonna Taylor’s apartment in 2020.

After a shooting in a high school parking lot, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg wants to enforce a 1983 city ordinance that prohibits people from wearing masks in public.