While 70 cents doesn’t seem like a lot of money on its own, it adds up at the pump. According to a Monday report from Gas Buddy, that’s about how much Lexington’s gas prices have increased since last month.
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The woman who lived here said she'd gone shopping when she got a call that her home was burning.
Jim’s Steak & Spaghetti is serving up green cake in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.
More than 100 business professionals and entrepreneurs gathered Tuesday for the 15th annual Kentucky Women in Business Summit,
A suspect has died after a shooting at a VA clinic in Georgia.
Authorities in Tennessee say a child died last week after he was hit by a vehicle while in the street.
The Kentucky General Assembly has voted to override Gov. Beshear’s veto of House Bill 1.
Dr. Ashley Stephens from Cabell County Schools stopped by First Look at Four to share some ways to keep kids learning over spring break.
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
A 5-day-old baby was killed by a dog near Detroit, according to local news outlets.
Sue Talmage walks her land in Barre, Vermont nearly every day. Twice a week, she drives to Montpelier for Pilates.
The General Assembly has overridden the governor's veto of House Bill 1, paving the way for the law to take effect and potentially unlocking hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for students.
Recently, I spent the weekend away in a little cabin in the woods. Just me and my Father. I spend time with Him regularly, but at least quarterly, I sneak [...]
Our not so subtle reminder from Mother Nature that the winter season is over yet continued on St. Patrick's Day across Central and Eastern Kentucky as the unseasonably cold air stayed locked in. It was a rough morning in the Lexington area as a burst of snow showers covered the ground just prior to the morning commute creating slick roadways and...
FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s Republican-controlled House and Senate overrode Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill that would opt the state into a program of education grants for K-12 students promoted by the Trump administration and benefiting from a new federal tax credit. With little debate, the Senate voted 31-5 to overturn Beshear’s rejection of [...]
A new report from Nielsen shows radio is the number-one way Americans listen to audio, far outpacing digital platforms. The report, titled “Audio Today 2026,” finds radio reaches 93 percent of all U.S. adults each month, making it the most widely used media platform in the country. Nielsen says radio also accounts for the majority of ad-supported audio listening, with about 61 percent of daily lis
With March Madness right around the corner, this time of year brings up a lot of memories for basketball fans around the state. One team that comes to mind is the dominant Paintsville Tigers in the late 90s. This team was stacked from top to bottom, with a front court of Craig Ratliff, JR VanHoose, and Josh McKenzie; the Tigers were an impossible team to stop down low. On top of that, they were le
ASHLAND, Ky. -- A Pike County man has pleaded guilty in a federal child porn case that officials say involved thousands of images. Michael Wayne Hilliary, 58, of McCarr, pleaded guilty Monday to possessing child porn. Hilliary was arrested May 15, after police with a search warrant raided his home and found 20 pictures and videos of child porn on his computer. Later, a forensic examination of the
UPDATE (2:00 PM): Authorities have announced that Amanda King has been found safe. RICHMOND, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) - Authorities in Madison County are asking for the public’s help locating a missing Richmond woman. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office has issued a Golden Alert for Amanda King, who was last seen Saturday, March 14, 2026, around 11 a.m. Deputies say...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) - The Lexington Police Department says it has resumed taking reports and responding to non-injury crashes after handling a large number of incidents Tuesday morning. According to police, as of 11:40 a.m. on March 17, officers are again responding to non-injury collisions. Anyone involved in a crash is asked to call (859) 258-3600 or 911....
LOUISVILLE — The chief elections officer in Kentucky’s most populous county is intervening in a federal lawsuit in hopes of blocking the U.S. Department of Justice from gaining access to Kentuckians’ sensitive voter data. Jefferson County Clerk David Yates, a Democrat, filed a motion to intervene in the DOJ’s lawsuit against Republican Secretary of State Michael [...]
WEST LIBERTY, Ky. -- An investigation into illegal drug activity inside an Eastern Kentucky prison has resulted in the arrest of five people. Kentucky State Police and the Gateway Area Drug Task Force responded to a request to investigate from the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex in West Liberty. That investigation resulted in indictments being returned against two former correctional officer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Johns Creek Archery Team walked away with some bragging rights following the National Archery in the Schools Program state tournament this past Friday. Team member Blake Mullins delivered an outstanding performance, shooting an impressive score of 274 out of a possible 300. Of the 1,585 middle school partipants, Mullins finished in 102-place. While his score fell just short o
EDDYVILLE, Ky. (ABC36 News Now) — A caseworker at the Kentucky State Penitentiary has been arrested after security footage allegedly captured her having a sexual encounter with an inmate, according to Kentucky State Police. KSP detailed that 26-year-old Alysta Mathis of Dawson Springs was arrested and charged with third-degree rape and third-degree sodomy. She was transported to the Crittenden Cou
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 News Now) — The Lexington Police Department is temporarily suspending the taking of reports for minor, non-injury collisions due to high call volume in Fayette County amid the winter weather. The suspension took effect today at 8:45 a.m, police added. Motorists involved in a collision where no one is injured and vehicles are not disabled are asked...
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky men’s basketball senior guard Otega Oweh was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Central District Second Team, the organization announced on Tuesday. It marks the second-consecutive season that the Wildcat star has received all-district honors from the NABC, after being named a first-team selection a year ago. Oweh leads the Wildcats with 18.2 points p
UPDATE: 12:30: Fayette County Public Schools have announced that all afternoon and evening activities for Tuesday, March 17 have been cancelled. FAYETTE COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 News Now) — Fayette County Public Schools announced that Tuesday, March 17, will be an NTI Day due to the weather conditions. District Spokesperson Miranda Scully released a statement regarding the decision to use an...
by CHRIS COMBS COLUMBUS, Ohio – For the 21st time in program history, the West Virginia University rifle team won the NCAA Rifle National Championship after two days of competition inside the Covelli Center in Columbus on Saturday. The win marks the second straight title for the Mountaineers and the second straight season WVU has come from behind to claim it. This season, the Mountaineers came bac
Phyllis Ann Day, 77, of Smith, died March 7, 2026. Eric Hurston Simpson, 46, of Watts Creek, died March 10, 2026. Betty Ann Bledsoe Fee, 62, of Harlan, died March [...]
FRANKFORT — Kentucky's television airwaves are so loud with ads advocating the election of Andy Barr and Nate Morris to the U.S. Senate because Barr and Morris each have access to nearly all the money they want. Barr has been elected seven times as representative to the U.S. House for Kentucky's 6th District. He's well [...]
LOUISVILLE — In the early 2000s, Michelle Warfield worked at a factory, hauling heavy seats for Ford trucks on and off an assembly line. To suppress daily aches in her back and hips, her doctor prescribed opioid painkillers. They worked for a bit. But by 2011, Warfield struggled to walk. And “by that time, I [...]
During this Women’s History Month, in the United States’ 250th anniversary year, it’s worth remembering and celebrating some courageous women who changed Kentucky for the better. Nonhelema Hokolesqua was a prominent Shawnee leader born around 1718. Her height and presence made her well known, but her legacy came from her diplomacy. Although she lived primarily [...]
WHITLEY COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 News Now) — A section of I-75 northbound in Whitley County has reopened following an afternoon injury collision involving 16 vehicles. According to Kentucky State Police, the collision left all lanes of the interstate between Exit 25 and 29 shut down for a period of time Monday afternoon. KSP, alongside the Corbin Police Department, Corbin Fire...
Months ago, about half of my neighbor’s tree fell in the night. I was unaware of what happened until the next morning. It landed right in the middle of the [...]
By Skylar Rutherford Teen Corner Could you envision humanity without the humanities? It’s a colorless, tragic world, yet one not far from reality. I have recently observed that our community [...]
A psychiatric nurse practitioner at Primary Care Centers of Eastern Kentucky says storm-related anxiety is common in the region.
EASTERN, Ky. - Floyd County Central's Whitley Hall signed this past week to play softball at the college level for Crestview Hills' Thomas More Saints. Hall was a double threat by her junior year, batting .358 at the plate with 31 hits and 34 RBIs while tallying 94 strikeouts on the mound, building on that during her standout senior year at the school. In addition to season stats, Hall also hold s
LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) - The Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority (KNEDA), at the University of Kentucky's Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER), announced the first recipients of the Kentucky [...]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) - Fighting in the Middle East continues to impact gas prices, according to Gas Buddy, a crowd-sourced app and website that tracks the price at the pump [...]
A discussion on updating the City of Pikeville’s zoning ordinance was held during the March 9 city commission meeting.
Before you jump to conclusions that I have reverted back to the '70s and started to follow the now nearly all-dead Grateful Dead, my joint issue has a new meaning.
With two-thirds of the legislative session now behind us, lawmakers have already worked through a significant portion of this year’s agenda. By the Wednesday, March 4 deadline to file new legislation, House members introduced 938 bills. As is typical each year, only a small share
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Experienced or retired business owners and managers with a desire to see the economy of Central Appalachia grow are invited to attend a forum at Bit Source on Hambley Boulevard in Pikeville at 6 p.m. on March 24, according to a statement from Bit Source.
The Economic Development Administration recently approved a five-year grant for SOAR, which the organization is using to address community challenges, including population loss in eastern Kentucky.
It was a horrible thing to wake up to. Grover Mark Tussey was eight years old, still asleep with his mother, when someone started banging on the door. It was March 12, 1976, the morning after a second explosion ripped through the Scotia Mine at Oven Fork, adding another 11 men to the death toll. Tussey’s father, Grover Tussey, was [...] The post 50 years later, Scotia mine disaster still haunts fa
A federal judge has ordered both the plaintiff and defendants to pay the costs for a jury that was impaneled to hear the lawsuit against the Letcher County Sheriff ’s Office and former bailiff Ben Fields, after the suit was settled at the last minute, after the jury arrived at the Federal Courthouse in London. U.S. District Judge Robert E. [...] The post Insurance to pay $300,000 in costs for sher
The judge in the murder trial of former sheriff Shawn Mickey Stines says he never had any kind of interactions with the late Judge Kevin R. Mullins, and that characterizations otherwise are wrong. Special Letcher Circuit Judge Christopher Cohron issued the 13-page order on March 6, saying the accusation of bias contained in a motion for him to be recused [...] The post Judge says he had no contact
The Letcher County Central High School Lady Cougars have earned another trip to the Girls’ Sweet Sixteen state basketball tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington. The Lady Cougars, runners-up in the 53rd District, defeated Knott County Central 43-37 Saturday night to win the 14th Region Tournament, which was held in Hindman. Letcher Central is scheduled to open Sweet Sixteen play [...] The post Lady
With the way she plays, Clara Strack is going to win awards. Kentucky coach Kenny Brooks believes his 6-foot-5 junior is the nation’s best center, and she has the numbers to back up her coach’s belief. “Obviously, you want to be the best you can be and live up to your potential, but awards are never on my mind,” Strack [...] The post Clara Strack is a star first appeared on The Mountain Eagle .
It is starting to look and feel more like early spring. We drove by Carr Creek Lake today and saw quite a few boats out on the water. We also noticed several boats on the road being pulled toward the lake. It’s safe to say a lot of anglers are getting out for some early spring bass fishing. I love [...] The post Jigs can be key to early spring bass fishing success first appeared on The Mountain Ea
The year was 2001, and turkey season was in full swing. I had been hearing gobbling behind my house and planned to go hunting the next morning from a blind I had built years before. Sharon told me snow was on the way, but that didn’t concern me much. I had installed a Mr. Buddy heater in the blind so [...] The post A costly lesson after leaving decoys outside overnight first appeared on The Mounta
Hello from good ole Hemphill. This weather is just grand and makes us feel better too. Flowers are blooming and trees are budding out. The Internet has been out all over the community. The old Gibson building across from the Fleming-Neon Middle School burned today. It has knocked the Internet out till you cannot make a card purchase in Neon [...] The post The old Gibson bldg. fire leads to Interne
Family members are remembering Bryson Cottongim, a 19-year-old Clay County native who was killed while working as a lineman in Harlan County earlier this week.
The store sells suits, belts, shoes and other apparel. Co-owners Reda and Nicole Fugate, a mother and daughter, opened the business.
Three different federal judges have ordered four more immigrants picked up in January’s ICE raids released on constitutional grounds The post More ICE detainees ordered released by West Virginia judges: ‘A threat to anyone’s constitutional rights is a threat to us all’ appeared first on 100 Days in Appalachia .