WSAZ’s Joseph Payton got in the middle of all the action Friday morning at Huntington High School.
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Two individuals, Camryn Moore, 26, and Corey Armstrong, 29, were found dead in the vehicle with gunshot wounds, OSHP says.
WVDOT says the lane closures will be between Leon Sullivan Way and Greenbrier Street in Charleston from 5 a.m. Saturday to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Marshall University students walked to remember the lives lost in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
A school social worker from Topeka, Kansas, was hit and killed by a vehicle while helping people involved in a crash.
Students, staff and firefighters took part in a walk of remembrance beginning at 8:46 a.m. to honor the 2,977 lives lost on 9/11.
While the early-season clash is sold out, verified resale tickets are still available through Ticketmaster’s official resale marketplace.
Baseball entertainment act makes first-ever stop in the city, while Lexington Opera House hosts two rock tribute shows
One person was killed and two others were hurt after a tractor-trailer crashed into a home in Missouri.
Maggie Grace Howard was crowned the new Miss Magoffin County Friday night. Howard, seen here being crowned by the now former Miss Magoffin County Erin Grace Rudd, will go on to compete in the 2027 Miss Kentucky Scholarship Pageant, alongside Rudd, who is the newly-crowned Miss Nelson County.
SALYERSVILLE – A Magoffin County man was sentenced to three years for rape, sodomy and sexual abuse charges. In court on Thursday, September 3, Justin McCoy Caldwell, 35, of Salyersville, appeared for sentencing, with Circuit Judge Kimberley Childers accepted the plea agreement entered into court records in June, finding him guilty on the charges of [...]
A mother is under arrest after police say her 4-year-old son was alone, crying in a driveway off a busy road.
Long-time Louisville reporter and anchor Mark Vanderhoff died Friday after a nearly two-year battle against a form of brain cancer, glioblastoma. He was 50. Vanderhoff joined WLKY, where he was part of the newsroom for about a decade, in 2014. Before that, he worked at numerous outlets, including the Louisville Courier Journal. He had a [...]
By Jeff Phillips Harlan County Schools For Joey Mosley, the recently completed reconstruction of U.S. 421 near the Virginia state line is much more than another highway project. It is [...]
More than 2 million bottles of Ricky Joy Sour Crush Rolling Liquid Candy have been recalled because of a choking hazard.
SALYERSVILLE – Magoffin County Schools District now officially has its own police department. As of September 1, the school system now has a fully-operational police department, with four officers, complete with vehicles and equipment. The officers have been sworn in and are employees of the school district. Magoffin County Schools Superintendent Chris Meadows thanked the [...]
A judge has rejected an emergency effort to block the reunification of a one-year-old girl in foster care with her birth mother who is scheduled to be deported to Guatemala and currently is in custody of U.S. Immigration and Enforcement. In an order released Friday, Judge Sara Walter Combs, with the Kentucky Court of Appeals, [...]
(Frankfort, Ky) Chris Meadows, superintendent of Magoffin County Schools, has been selected to serve on the Kentucky Association of School Administrators Board of Directors as the representative for the Mountain Region. In this role, Meadows will represent education leaders across the region and help guide KASA’s statewide priorities. Regional directors connect members with the association, [...]
SALYERSVILLE - The Magoffin County Animal Shelter recently received a large donation of chew-proof dog beds from Bubba’s Beds for Shelter Friends. Melissa Hines, with the animal shelter, tells the SI that every dog at the shelter now has a bed that they cannot chew through, while also serving as an elevated place to sleep. [...]
SALYERSVILLE – A school board candidate pulled off the ballot last week. On September 1, the Magoffin County Court Clerk’s office announced that Vincent Minix had withdrawn from the school board District 4 candidacy. Minix was running against the incumbent, Jesse Rudd II, who now runs unopposed. Also in the school board race, Rodney Ward [...]
MAGOFFIN COUNTY – Last month ceremonial road dedications honoring fallen soldiers from Magoffin County were held, remembering the lives and sacrifices of two local World War II heroes. The following resolutions were read at their respective road dedications, naming portions of Magoffin County roads after the two soldiers. MAGOFFIN COUNTY FISCAL COURT RESOLUTION Honoring Private [...]
Pazleigh Allen was crowned the new Miss Teen Magoffin Thursday night. Allen is seen here being crowned by the now former Miss Teen Magoffin Lyndsey Wireman, who now holds the title of Miss My Old Kentucky Home’s Teen.
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency is again seeking public comments on a proposal to redefine what waters receive federal environmental protections, a move that could also have a broad impact on state water protections in Kentucky. The Trump administration is allowing public comments until Oct. 9 on a “supplemental” rule to redefine federally protected Waters [...]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) - The Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM Kentucky) and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce are now accepting registrations for the 2027 Best Places to Work [...]
LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) - As farmers face tightening margins, elevated production costs and uncertain markets, agricultural economists from the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAF) [...]
FRANKFORT -- The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Law Enforcement Division welcomed Class 31 of game warden recruits at the new, permanent home of the Kentucky Fish and [...]
By Paul Lunsford Harlan Enterprise A confrontation between a bear and a Kentucky State Police trooper on Thursday night was the latest in a series of incidents reported around the [...]
The parking lot was dotted with just a handful of cars on this comfortable August morning. It was the first week of school for many families, so visitors were a bit more sparse than usual. After a two-hour drive from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to this secluded spot in Somerset County, it was nice to stretch my [...]
By Paul Lunsford Harlan Enterprise Over the Labor Day Weekend, the Evarts High School Alumni & Scholarship Association, announced its scholarships for 2026. The winners received $1,000 each toward a [...]
Saying a judge has “slammed the door shut and thrown away the key,” a lawyer for former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is asking the state Court of Appeals to order his immediate release from jail for contempt of court. Bevin, 59, was arrested Sept. 3 and lodged in the Jefferson County jail to serve a [...]
Woodford County has approved an ordinance this week to permanently ban data center construction, the first Kentucky county to do so and among a handful of local governments across the country to take such a strict stance against the power-intensive operations. The ordinance passed by the Woodford County Fiscal Court on Tuesday bans the construction [...]
LOUISVILLE — Ahead of elections that could determine control of Congress and states for the rest of President Donald Trump’s second term, Democratic governors say they are happy to talk to voters about the president’s policies. At the Democratic Governors Association’s fall policy conference in Louisville, a few governors said Thursday their party’s candidates will win [...]
FRANKFORT - Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced on Wednesday that he joined 25 other Attorneys General in a brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to protect states' ability to [...]
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - A man has been arrested after Franklin County detectives say they stopped an alleged scam that could have cost a resident approximately $235,000. Franklin County Sheriff Dwayne Depp announced the arrest, calling it the third successful scam interception and arrest made by the sheriff's office. According to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office,...
POWELL COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - A 70-year-old Clay City woman died and three of her grandchildren were injured after an ATV crash in Powell County Tuesday night, according to Kentucky State Police. Troopers said they were called around 8 p.m. Tuesday to the 1500 block of Cat Creek Road after Powell County Dispatch requested assistance with a...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Community members are invited to participate in the Lexington 9/11 Stair Climb at Kroger Field on Thursday as part of a tribute marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The event will begin at 7 p.m. and is being organized by the Lexington Fire Department and the Lexington Fraternal...
IRVINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - The search for a man considered armed and dangerous continues in Irvington after KSP said he caused significant damage to vehicles in the area Wednesday morning. Lester Perks, 45, allegedly broke the windows of a dozen vehicles with a claw hammer, WHAS11 reports. Perks is described as 5'11" Black male weighing 160 pounds....
As America continues to celebrate its 250th anniversary, stories of courage, sacrifice, and perseverance remind us of the individuals who helped build the nation we know today. One such story is that of Robert Fleming, an Ulster Scot whose journey from Ireland to the American fro
Another new business will be opening this week in the city of Coal Run.
A Millstone husband and wife were arrested when they went to the Letcher County Sheriff’s Office to complain that publication of their names in the newspaper had led to harassment, Sheriff Billy Jones said. Darrell E. Heiston, 38, and Luetta Heiston, 32, had been named in The Mountain Eagle after a Letcher County grand jury indicted them on charges involving [...] The post Couple arrested after vi
Voting rights advocates are encouraging people who vote by mail this year to bypass the U.S. Postal Service and deliver their ballots directly to the ballot box at their county clerk’s office. With 10 days left before Kentucky’s absentee ballot portal opens up on the Internet, the future of mail-in ballots is still up in the air as the Trump [...] The post Early voters are urged to avoid using pos
Property tax revenue is expected to increase for both public school districts in Letcher County under rates proposed for the coming fiscal year, although the Jenkins Independent School District plans to lower its rates. The Letcher County Board of Education is proposing a general-fund tax rate of 68.1 cents on each $100 of assessed value for both real estate and [...] The post Both school district
I have always loved to fish at night. I don’t get to do it as much as I would like, but when I do, I really have a good time. My favorite fish to pursue at night are bass and crappie. They are two of the most active fish after dark. Catfish are also active at night. There are several [...] The post Bass, crappie get active after dark first appeared on The Mountain Eagle .
Loads of coal-miner friends made that trip every year to hunt squirrels, and it seemed almost a requirement that everyone be there. I have always been taught that everything has an expiration date—even an anvil—and our friends’ annual gathering was no exception. The old-timers went on to their reward. The generation that followed never had enough interest to keep the [...] The post Squirrel camp l
What began as one woman’s plan to establish another animal shelter in Letcher County has become an effort to keep pets out of shelters and in the homes of people who already love them. Scarlet ’s Hope of Letcher County distributed free dog food, treats and chew toys in Fleming Neon on August 31. Founder Christy Robinson of Crafts Colly [...] The post Food giveaway helps pets remain with families f
The Kentucky Public Service Commission has reopened a case involving as much as $2 million in Kentucky Power storm expenses that could become the subject of a future request for recovery from customers. The PSC granted Kentucky Power’s request for a partial rehearing of a July 21 order concerning costs the company incurred while restoring service after a major winter [...] The post PSC reopens cas
Kentucky is experiencing its largest measles outbreak in 35 years, with at least 38 cases reported by late August and health officials warning that the highly contagious disease can spread rapidly among people who are not vaccinated. Most of the cases have been reported in western Kentucky, with others appearing in central Kentucky. Christian County had reported 14 cases and [...] The post Measles
Pikeville High School has been ranked among the best high schools in Kentucky by U.S. News and World Report.
The case stemmed from a private Facebook Messenger notification sent to Kentucky State Police Trooper Shane Jacobs from someone two hours away, a stranger to him.
What is it about the current era that makes us so eager to share in the corruption of "good" things?
As the workday was just beginning on the morning of September 11, 2001, our nation was changed forever. At 8:46 a.m., five hijackers flew American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, instantly killing everyone on board and many peop
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Kentucky will receive $358 million from a $17 billion settlement Meta is paying to resolve a landmark case over teen social media addiction. Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, along with several other states, took Meta to court alleging the company knowingly harmed kids' mental health by designing and using harmful features on Facebook...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - A free fidget toy giveaway at 7Brew coffee locations across Kentucky, drew massive crowds Monday, sending lines spilling out of drive-thrus and onto surrounding roads. The promotion was straightforward: buy two medium or large drinks and receive a free "Brew Doh," 7Brew's version of the popular Needoh squishy cube fidget toy, available in...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — Family members of a Lexington woman who was fatally stabbed after police say her ex-boyfriend crashed a FedEx truck into her home are remembering her as a devoted mother whose life centered on her 5-year-old daughter. Candice Mackie, 34, was killed Sept. 3 after authorities say Dario Williams intentionally drove a FedEx delivery truck into...
Legal representation for Shawn “Mickey” Stines filed a brief with the Kentucky Court of Appeals on Monday, arguing that the trial judge erred in three ways in denying Stines’ request for a $50,000 bond.
Troopers said it happened just before 2 p.m. Saturday on Kentucky Route 680 in the Eastern community.
Troopers at Post 9 said it happened around 5:42 p.m. Thursday on an ATV trail off Booker Fork in the Pikeville community.
Chief John Beatsch of the Southgate Fire Department traveled to Hazard to share his firsthand account of the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire.
The Kentucky Historical Society honored the Red Bird Mission with a permanent historical marker on Wednesday, officially making the mission part of the state’s recorded history.
Eight people at Knoxville’s Rhinestone Fest share why they love Dolly Parton The post ‘You don’t have to look far to feel connected to her.’ At Knoxville’s Rhinestone Fest, Dolly Parton is a reason to celebrate. appeared first on 100 Days in Appalachia .
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 .