A 39-year-old Frankfort woman accused of complicity to murder and cruelty to animals in the Sept. 4 shooting death of a local man and his dog pleaded not guilty to the charges in Franklin County Circuit Court on Friday.

The following people entered pleas Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court: 

A former Estill County judge-executive pleaded guilty Friday to taking more than $38,000 in county funds.

The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

A Michigan truck driver pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges in Franklin Circuit Court on Friday morning.

The following people were indicted by a Franklin County Circuit Court grand jury on Tuesday:

The following people entered pleas in Franklin County Circuit Court on Sept. 20. 

The following people were sentenced in Franklin County Circuit Court on Sept. 20.

Editor's note: This article was updated at 5 p.m. Tuesday with comments from the Franklin County Board of Education chair and information on Kopp's arraignment.

The following person was indicted by a Franklin Circuit Court grand jury Tuesday:

The following people were sentenced in Franklin County Circuit Court Friday:

The following people entered pleas Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court: 

The following people entered pleas in Franklin County Circuit Court on Sept. 6:

The following people were sentenced in Franklin County Circuit Court on Sept. 6:

The following people were indicted by a Franklin Circuit Court grand jury on Tuesday:

A Frankfort man accused of fatally shooting 24-year-old Coty Lee Brumback and his dog in a downtown parking garage last Wednesday was indicted on numerous charges, including murder, by a Franklin Circuit Court grand jury on Tuesday.

A Michigan man who fled to Franklin County while wanted on a murder charge in his home state has been sentenced to three years in prison for crimes he committed while laying low.

A Frankfort man convicted of repeatedly sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl over the course of almost a year was sentenced Friday to the maximum punishment allowed by state law.

The following people entered pleas Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

A sex offender from Texas who relocated to Franklin County and a Frankfort man accused of passing out from heroin use in a Taco Bell parking lot were among the subjects of Tuesday’s grand jury proceedings.

A Frankfort Police Department officer has pleaded guilty to criminal charges of stealing about $27,000 in gasoline from the city to fuel lawn equipment and his personal vehicle.

The following person was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury in Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people entered pleas Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

An Alabama man faces charges that he stole a $22,000 radar from a former employer and almost crashed into an off-duty officer while hauling the equipment through Frankfort toward his home state.

A Richmond man has been indicted on felony charges after a domestic incident turned into what was tantamount to close-quarters chemical warfare, according to officials.

A western Kentucky man who traveled to Frankfort with hopes of meeting two minors for a sexual encounter faces three years in prison.

The subject of an armed standoff at a Frankfort mobile home park earlier this year has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison.

The following people entered pleas Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

Editor's note: This caption in the photo with this story was updated at 10:43 a.m. Thursday to state that Derek Garten was not the father of Margaret "Meg" Smith's son.

A Frankfort man accused in a domestic violence incident will be the first in the county prosecuted under Kentucky’s new strangulation law.

A Frankfort man facing 80 years in prison for sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl won’t be getting a second chance to plead his case in Franklin County Circuit Court.

The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people entered pleas Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

A judge has denied a request for a lower bond by a former Kentucky National Guardsman accused of child molestation, saying the charges are too serious.

A Frankfort juvenile will be prosecuted as an adult on charges related to a series of shootings over stolen marijuana.

The following entered pleas Friday in the Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

Facing 80 years in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl, a Frankfort man has asked for a new trial by claiming the prosecution’s closing arguments unduly influenced the jury's decision.

The following people were indicted by a grand jury Tuesday in the Franklin County Circuit Court:

A Franklin County Regional Jail inmate has been indicted on charges of smuggling deadly narcotics into the correctional facility, allegedly leading to the overdose death of another inmate.

A former Kentucky National Guardsman accused of child molestation argued that he should get a lower bond because of his lengthy military service and lack of a criminal past.

The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people entered pleas Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

A Franklin County grand jury has indicted seven people in connection with a string of car burglaries in which handguns allegedly were stolen and sold to convicted felons.