A former corrections officer at the Southern Regional Jail pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy in which he and other officers used unreasonable force against inmates, including pretrial detainees, as punishment and retaliation.
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Team Kentucky’s documentary chronicling the aftermath of the deadly 2022 floods in Eastern Kentucky is now streaming on Prime Video.
Families looking for something fun and educational this weekend can check out the Lexington Children's Museum annual STEM Day on Saturday.
The Nitrous Oxide Safety Act received its first subcommittee hearing and two mothers advocated for the bill.
(ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is encouraging Kentuckians to watch a new documentary highlighting the recovery and resilience of Eastern Kentucky communities following the historic 2022 floods. In a post on X, Beshear shared that “RISING,” a Team Kentucky documentary about the region’s rebuilding efforts, is now available to stream on Prime Video. “Looking for something...
BOURBON CO., Ky (ABC 36 NEWS NOW via LEX NEWS) — North Middletown Elementary School has served its community since 1948, but a district recommendation could shut its doors within four years. Supporters of keeping the school open packed a meeting Thursday evening to share facts, numbers, and testimony, building a unified plan to present at next week's Bourbon County...
A 14-year-old hiker was found safe Thursday evening after becoming separated from his group in the Indian Staircase area of the Red River Gorge in Kentucky.
The pain of losing a baby during pregnancy or shortly after never goes away, but a group of nurses is changing the way a hospital cares for grieving families.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW via LEX NEWS) - The World Cup may be over in North America, but soccer's growing popularity in the United States is showing no signs of slowing down. A Soccer Night event Wednesday at Gainesway Park in Lexington brought parents and kids together to learn the sport, eat pizza, and spend time outside. The...
Lexington firefighters responded to a hazmat incident Friday morning after a hazardous substance was reported at a property on Lansdowne Drive.
Authorities believe the victim was sexually assaulted multiple times while the suspect was supposed to be providing music lessons.
Gradually warming up through the weekend
Sharon Kulovsek and her husband moved to the Rowan County woods to be closer to nature and family. What she didn’t expect was to have a gas company representative tell her a planned 30-inch diameter pipeline would run through her yard. The proposed pipeline route, cutting across their front yard, wasn’t disclosed when they bought [...]
Katherine Jackson is charged with one count of fraud.
Kanawha Valley Tourism also presented its annual report at Thursday’s meeting.
By Judith Victoria Hensley Plain Thoughts In our cynical world, faith is often in short supply. According to the PEW Research Center in a December 2025 survey, only 17 percent [...]
With an area of Canadian high pressure locked into the Ohio Valley, it was a splendid Thursday of weather across Central and Eastern Kentucky, especially for the late stages of July. A northeast wind continued to push unseasonably mild and very dry air into the commonwealth so combined with lots of sunshine in place, it was a pretty ideal day...
By Paul Lunsford Harlan Enterprise The Benham Power Board will conduct a power outage on Saturday only from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The outage will affect customers from Pine [...]
Black Mountain School Begins: 7:45; dismissal: 2:35 Bus TBD – Disney down KY 215 to the school. Bus 202: Jason Farmer – Holmes Mill, Cotes, Dartmont to Evarts on KY [...]
A federal judge has dismissed a case from the U.S. Department of Justice against Kentucky election officials that sought to gain access to voter registration data, including sensitive information such as driver’s license and Social Security numbers. In an opinion released Thursday, District Judge Claria Horn Boom cited a recent ruling regarding Michigan voter data [...]
SALYERSVILLE – In a petition filed on July 14, Salyersville Mayor Stanley Howard filed a petition to challenge the candidate status of former Mayor James “Pete” Shepherd, who is running against Howard for the top city seat this fall. The petition, filed by attorney John C. Collins for Howard, claims Shepherd is not a resident [...]
A road dedication honoring a fallen soldier was held this past weekend, remembering the life and sacrifice of Hargis Salyer, Jr., who died in battle in Germany during World War II. A portion of Ky Rt. 1635 in Magoffin County is now designated as "Private Hargis Salyer, Jr. Highway." The following resolution, passed by the [...]
SALYERSVILLE – A Magoffin County man was arrested after multiple alleged burglary attempts. According to the arrest citation, Magoffin County Sheriff Department Deputy Tyler Lafferty got a complaint from Allen Drive reporting that a man had attempted to gain entry into several apartments and a nearby residence without permission. While Lafferty was en route to [...]
PIKEVILLE — Magoffin County reached the semifinals of the UPike 7-on-7 Tournament on Saturday, July 18. The Hornets compiled a 5-2 overall record in the UPike 7-on-7 Tournament, which was hosted by the University of Pikeville football program. Nathan Perkins was named Magoffin County head coach in early-May and is preparing to guide the Hornets. [...]
SALYERSVILLE — Volleyball tryouts will be held in the Magoffin County High School Gym Thursday, July 23 and Friday, July 24. The tryouts will be conducted from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. each day. Any girl interested in participating in the tryouts must have a current physical. A volleyball open gym session was held in [...]
KY 840 in the Watts Creek area of Harlan County is closed for embankment failure repairs. The road will be closed to traffic at mile point 1.4, between George Leith [...]
Special To The Enterprise Nearly 30 local artists and community members gathered at the Harlan Center on July 21st to learn more about the new Downtown Harlan ArtWalk Project, an [...]
LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) - Our lives are practically inseparable from smartphones nowadays, but our phones do not seem to have been designed with ergonomics in mind, so you may suffer [...]
FRANKFORT - As Kentucky high school students return to the classroom for the start of a new school year, they will have a new resource to help them explore career [...]
In the 1930s, as Harlan County, Kentucky, erupted into one of the most violent labor conflicts in American history, a quiet reality was unfolding two hundred miles to the west. In Crittenden County, men went into the ground every morning to dig fluorspar—a mineral essential to building the steel for Allied ships, the aluminum for [...]
By Sean Daniels Spiritual Gifts One of the most beautiful stories Jesus ever told is the story of the prodigal son. When the son finally decided to come home, his [...]
“I asked God, if he let me live and take care of Jennifer, I’d do his work. He did, so I do,” Eversole said.
A federal judge denied a motion to temporarily prevent a federal judge from starting as the next dean of the University of Kentucky College of Law. Last week, professor Ramsi Woodcock filed a lawsuit against the incoming dean, Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, as well as UK President Eli Capilouto, Provost Robert DiPaola and the university. [...]
Author, local historian and former Pike County Circuit Court Clerk David Deskins, 76, died Sunday, July 19, at the Pikeville Medical Center following an extended illness.
Nearly 41 years after University of Kentucky student Tammy Dee Acker was stabbed to death during a robbery at her physician father’s Fleming-Neon home, the fate of the men convicted in the crime remains tied to a Kentucky death penalty system that has not carried out an execution in nearly two decades. Recent action by the Kentucky General Assembly changing [...] The post Acker killers still await
“I am scared for my life. I need help.” Those six handwritten words, written by Sarah Pendleton Wyatt in a sworn affidavit filed in Letcher District Court on July 16 became part of the public record less than 48 hours before authorities say her former husband walked into the Washboard laundromat where she worked and shot her multiple times. Kentucky [...] The post Ex-husband dies after shooting an
Zo Goodson grew up as a University of Kentucky basketball fan in Tell City, Ind., about two hours north of Lexington. He wanted to play basketball at UK, but when he realized that was not going to happen, he knew the next best step would be to become a student manager at what he considered the “best basketball program in [...] The post Smith’s Hall of Fame honor celebrated first appeared on The Mo
It is definitely the dog days of summer. You can still get outside and enjoy yourself if you can stand the heat. I can’t stay out in very hot weather, so I usually go fishing early in the morning, late in the evening or at night. When it comes to crappie fishing, summer can actually be one of the best [...] The post Hot weather sends crappie to deeper water first appeared on The Mountain Eagle .
While Benny Lee Hodge remains the only person under a death sentence for a murder committed in Letcher County, another person with close ties to the county also remains on Kentucky’s Death Row. Virginia Susan Caudill, 65, a native of Whitco, is the Commonwealth’s only female Death Row inmate. She is housed at the Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women in [...] The post Letcher Co. native is K
Hello, everyone! I hope everyone had a good week. We had another week of rain and heat. Rain and heat remind me of boiling water — lol. I’ve been doing a lot of porch sitting with two fans going because I still want to be outside. The Feel Better List follows. When you have time, please send a prayer or [...] The post Community enjoys summer despite the heat first appeared on The Mountain Eagle .
Juanita Carolyn Mullins Breeding, 78, of Isom, died at her home on Saturday, July 11. Mrs. Breeding was retired from the Letcher County Board of Education after 20 years of service. She loved sitting on her porch and spending time with her family and friends. She also enjoyed doing word puzzle books. A loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend to [...] The post Services are held for Juanita Bree
A data center can be misleading from the road. It may look quiet: No smokestacks, few trucks and little traffic. But the electric system sees something different: A large, continuous load.
For years, too much of the national conversation about rural America has focused on what has been lost. Factories closed. Coal jobs disappeared. Young people moved away.
Last month, New York City shocked the world by nominating three Democratic socialists in the Democratic primary for U.S. Congress. The election has essentially secured the candidates’ general election victories in deep-blue New York.
A Hardy resident was arrested on a felony charge of torture of a dog or cat on July 19, according to court records.
Though the majority of data centers are located in urban or suburban areas, rural communities face unique challenges in the data center development landscape. The post We Mapped Rural Data Center Development – and Opposition. Here’s What We Found appeared first on 100 Days in Appalachia .
Breanna Cantrell, a junior in the dual-credit STEM program, said the project, which she called “Thank a Vet,” was inspired by her great-grandfather’s service in World War II.
According to the Perry County Fiscal Court, two men have been going house-to-house in the community claiming to be employees of the fiscal court.
The show, called “Trooper Talk,” features candid conversations with troopers, crime prevention tips, public safety advice and information about careers with KSP.
At the time she was reported missing, Moore was described as 5 feet 8 inches tall and about 165 pounds, with blue eyes and dirty blonde hair.
Throughout the Ohio River island’s history, flora and fauna have reacted and adjusted to human development like oil and gas wells. As humans abandoned the infrastructure, they've reclaimed their space. The post Muskingum: The End of an Island Refuge's Fossil Fuel Legacy appeared first on 100 Days in Appalachia .