Kentucky’s Judicial Conduct Commission has publicly reprimanded a judge it says presided over a hearing featuring testimony from a witness with whom the judge had a “close personal relationship.”  According to the Tuesday notice of reprimand, District Court Judge Brittany McKenna resigned on April 2. She also “fully cooperated in the matter, agreed to this […]

David Hearn, of Bethesda, Maryland, is charged with destruction of property of more than $1,000 for allegedly vandalizing the newly refinished Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 19, 2026. Shown is construction at the Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., on May 5, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)