IAN Alerts are used when children under the age of 18 with autism or mental illness go missing and may be in danger.

CUB RUN, Ky. (WZTV) — Kentucky State Police (KSP) confirmed a missing 5-year-old boy was found dead. Officers confirmed the tragic discovery of Silas Chearer, the subject of an Immediate Alert Notification (IAN Alert) after he went missing from his home in Hart County.

A Kentucky man was arrested after the Ionia County Sheriff's Office said he drove across state lines to kidnap a 14-year-old girl from Ionia County.

Ian Alerts are used when children under the age of 18 with autism or mental illness go missing and may be in danger.

A state-appointed doctor in Kentucky ruled that the woman charged with killing her mother in Robertson County is competent to stand trial.

The Ian Alert was named after a 9-year-old who went missing in Covington and was found dead in the Ohio River.

MARSHALL COUNTY, Ky. (KFVS) - A school resource officer has been charged following an investigation in western Kentucky. The Kentucky State Police (KSP) said on May 14, the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office requested KSP to investigate allegations against one of its deputies, 47-year-old James Steven Oakley of Benton, Ky.

After barging into the church and realizing his apparent target wasn’t inside, the killer declared, “Well, someone’s gonna have to die, then” before he opened fire, witnesses said.