Gilbert "GB" Jones celebrated his 100th birthday Monday surrounded by family, friends, staff, and even a few notable well-wishers, and when asked his secret to a long life, he kept it simple.
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A 15-year-old is being remembered as a hero after he was killed in a shooting months after saving a 12-year-old girl from sexual harassment.
The latest purchase represents an additional vehicle for the HPD's Crisis Intervention Team.
A line of thunderstorms moved its way across Central Kentucky on Monday night and caused power outages in some counties, including Fayette.
Tropical air spells thunderstorms armed with torrents and lightning. Tony spells out the Tuesday morning storm threats.
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office estimates about $1,000 worth of copper were stolen.
A search continued Monday for a murder suspect who escaped custody in Georgia.
A woman was accused of exposing herself during a traffic stop in Tennessee, police said.
Hayden Rodgers, a good friend of Wilson’s, is remembering who he was. “He would give you the shirt off of his back. Like seriously. He was a great dude. Shawn was awesome. He always knew how to make you laugh,” Rodgers said. “He was hardworking, he was a good family man.”
An Iowa man is using a 3D printer to create and donate custom mobility trainers to kids in need, giving children with mobility challenges the chance to experience the world around them.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Lexington Police are investigating 6 unrelated shootings that occurred over four days, with arrests made in four of the six cases. Brian Maynard, assistant chief of the Lexington Police Bureau of Investigation, described the stretch as highly unusual. "Pretty unprecedented weekend that we've had. Six shootings, and we don't normally have this type...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -In a letter sent to Senator Mitch McConnell's office on Monday, Governor Andy Beshear urged the longtime senator to "provide proof of (his capacity) to serve" to the people of Kentucky or resign. The letter comes as news of McConnell's hospitalization first broke over 40 days ago. No official activities or votes have come...
Senate President Robert Stivers (R) of Manchester announced on Monday that he will not pursue the commonwealth’s highest office.
The work will last until late August, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
Chief meteorologist Tony Cavalier joins Kimberly Keagy in the WSAZ+ studio.
Kentucky State Police are investigating two separate fatal crashes on the Hal Rogers Parkway that occurred within hours of each other on Saturday, leaving three people dead.
Mark and Lori Brothers have been coming to the Hope Lodge since 2024. Mark is battling stage 4 rectal cancer, and the couple says they could not have gotten through treatment without the Hope Lodge.
After a frustrating final weekend of July weather wise across the area with plenty of cloud cover along with a few showers and storms, it was a warm and humid start to the week across Central and Eastern Kentucky. After some morning fog burnt off, sunshine helped push afternoon highs into the upper 80s and low-90s with humidity levels making...
By Paul Lunsford Harlan Enterprise A Cumberland infant is dead and Kentucky State Police detectives have opened a death investigation. According to KSP Public Affairs Officer Shane Jacobs, the Kentucky [...]
(ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Gov. Andy Beshear traveled to Eastern Kentucky on Monday to mark the four-year anniversary of the 2022 floods, handing over keys to four new homeowners, breaking ground on 30 new homes and signing an executive order directing $2.5 million to build around 25 homes across high-ground communities in the region. The governor, according to a...
HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Kentucky State Police are reportedly investigating the death of a toddler found unresponsive inside a Cumberland, Kentucky residence Monday afternoon, according to KSP Trooper Jacobs. KSP responded to a call from the Cumberland Police Department regarding the child, Trooper Jacobs reported. A responding ambulance was escorted to Harlan ARH Hospital by multipl
Someone asked me recently for my advice for seniors on activities to keep their minds and bodies fit, and how long they should sleep each night. I replied as honestly [...]
Memories can be wonderful places to visit when they are pleasant and filled with peace and joy. On the other hand, not all of our experiences have been pleasant. Negative [...]
Amid his prolonged absence from the U.S. Senate after he was hospitalized last month, Kentucky Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell said he will not attend the Fancy Farm Picnic this weekend.
Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers said he will not launch a 2027 bid for governor. In a Monday morning statement, the Manchester Republican said he was “deeply grateful for the encouragement and confidence so many Kentuckians have shown by asking me to consider running for governor in 2027.” “After thoughtful discussions with my family, friends [...]
University of Kentucky scientists have discovered the cause of sleep loss in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and how to help restore hours of rest. They originally set out to see how sleep loss worsened over the course of the disease, believing Alzheimer’s patients lost sleep because their neurons were dying or because of amyloid plaques, [...]
FRANKFORT – Ruth Day contributed another $15,000 to the Kentucky Democratic Party on June 16, ten days before Gov. Andy Beshear appointed her to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, according to a report filed by the KDP this week with the Federal Election Commission. That brings the total contributed by Day (and her [...]
This column first appeared in the Northern Kentucky Tribune, which makes it available to other publications with appropriate credit. FRANKFORT – The Kentucky Democratic Party is having a one-on-one primary election for governor, its first in more than 50 years. Those primaries were usually contests between two factions, one moderately liberal, the other more conservative. [...]
By Brenda Ramsey Harlan Enterprise The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved the sale of Black Mountain Utility District (BMUD) to Kentucky American Water (KAW), Judge Executive Dan Mosley [...]
By Paul Lunsford Harlan Enterprise The Kentucky State Police and the Sunshine Volunteer Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle accident in Smith on Sunday afternoon. KSP Trooper Andrew Stephens said [...]
By John Henson Managing Editor Harlan County’s bid for a fourth straight regional cross country sweep got a little tougher recently with changes in the Kentucky High School Athletic Association [...]
Days after launching his bid for governor, Democrat Rocky Adkins will join the lineup of speakers at the upcoming Fancy Farm Picnic, a Kentucky political tradition. Meanwhile, the state’s top Democrat, Gov. Andy Beshear declined to speak this year.
The Pike County Cooperative Extension Services is offering a 12-week series of classes that will lead to participants becoming certified master gardeners.
The Mountain Water District Board of Commissioners will hold a regular board meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday, July 30, 2026. The meeting will be held in the conference room of the district’s headquarters located at 6332 Zebulon Highway.
In a story published in the July 21 News-Express under the headline, “Fiscal court dismisses proposed credit card; tension emerges,” the quote from Dist. 2 Pike County Commissioner Clinard “Bubby” Adkins should have read, “I think, just leave it up to the new incoming judge when
Shaping Our Appalachian Region hosted an event at Brother’s Wright Distillery on July 16 to promote distillers across the region.
IVTYTON – A Magoffin County man was tragically killed in a freak accident on Monday while working to move a mobile home. Malcom Barry, 63 years old, had been employed by Conley's Transport for more than 10 years, died on July 20 while the business was moving a mobile home and were in the process [...]
SALYERSVILLE – The Salyersville City Council met in regular session on Monday, July 20, discussing the budget, tax rates and ongoing projects. Before the meeting began, David Gardner addressed the Mayor Stanley Howard, asking about an action listed in the minutes from a May 2025 city council meeting, that seemingly set the time limit for [...]
An Elkhorn City man has been arrested on charges of felony assault and DUI after a crash in Pikeville.
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 [...]
“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.
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
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 .