A man who is a Shelby County Jail employee has been charged with sodomizing an inmate, according to Kentucky State Police.

If we have to start housing out-of-county, we could spend that money right here in Shelby County, building and extending our ...

Another inmate at the Shelby County Jail died Sunday after being found "unresponsive" in the bathroom, the Shelby County ...

A Birmingham man was arrested on drug charges after being found passed out in a vehicle in Shelby County Monday.

SHELBYVILLE, Ky. — A jail employee at the Shelby County Detention Center has been arrested following a Kentucky State Police (KSP) investigation. According to police, KSP Post 12 received a complaint ...

The Senate State and Local Government Committee advanced a bill that would give Shelby County voters a chance to decide on a ...

The local sales tax rate would be nearly 11 percent. But Otis Sanford says that given the problems with the jail, a ...

A Shelby County Jail inmate, Courtney Berry, was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead on Sunday. Berry's death marks at least the fifth inmate death at the overcrowded facility this year.

Shelby County Jail inmate Courtney Berry died after being found unresponsive; a medical condition may be a factor.

An inmate at the Shelby County Jail was discovered "unresponsive in a restroom" Sunday morning, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said in an email statement. The man, identified as 36-year-old ...