Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson face life and 25-year sentences for Crystal Rogers' murder. Could others be charged in the future?

Our Commonwealth never forgot Crystal Rogers, her children, and loved ones,” Attorney General Russell Coleman said.

That's it." Nelson Circuit Judge Joe Ballard listened as victim impact statemens were read in court during the sentencing hearing of former Bardstown High School coach Jeremy Dale. June 4, 2025.

Ballard also granted Dale work release to a job outside the county Monday through Friday, which he will leave jail to attend from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. and then return to jail after.

Ballard was killed just over a year later. Ellis died more than a decade ago when he was ambushed and shot while removing debris from the roadway. No one has been charged in Ballard or Ellis' deaths.

BARDSTOWN, Ky. — Every year when the season starts to change, Sherry Ballard sees the tree outside her kitchen window as a difficult reminder. "We would stand at the counter together and we'd be ...

Family of Crystal Rogers speak to members of the media following the arraignment for Brooks Houck at the Nelson County Courthouse in Bardstown, Ky., on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Houck has been ...

When asked what she would say to Ballard, Bardstown resident Libbey Biven said, “Sherry, I hope that they do find whoever has killed Crystal and your husband, Tommy, and we all love you. We truly love ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Sherry Ballard has been searching for her daughter, Crystal Rogers, for six years, but she said the past six days have felt like some of the longest. “Tired, but we’re hanging ...

Sherry Ballard said the six-plus years of searching for her daughter, Crystal Rogers, has been draining on her and her family in Bardstown, Kentucky.

BARDSTOWN, Ky. (LEX 18) — Federal investigators say they are conducting "several searches" in a Bardstown subdivision connected to the 2015 disappearance of Crystal Rogers.

And that's what I did this weekend," Sherry said. Determined to keep the mysteries in the spotlight, Sherry Ballard is asking everyone to wear the bright t-shirts to the festival.