BEREA, Ky. (LEX 18) - Berea residents are mourning the loss of two people killed in a shooting at a US Bank on Chestnut Street on April 30, as the suspected gunman faces federal charges connected to the attack. Brailen Weaver, 18, made his first appearance in federal court Monday, where he was read three charges: armed bank robbery, use...
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One Capitol Hill lawmaker is now pushing for the federal government to exclusively buy American-sourced seafood, to help out struggling fishing industries.
The day before the Kentucky Derby, President Donald Trump endorsed Congressman Andy Barr in Kentucky's Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Drivers in Lexington are feeling the squeeze at the gas pump, and some say it's changing how they live. A new GasBuddy report shows average gas prices in Lexington have risen more than 32 cents per gallon, putting the average gallon of gas at $4.16 on Monday. The report links the increase to...
Search and rescue teams credit training, teamwork and 2-year-old dog Chica for finding 76-year-old.
Three teens arrested in connection to vehicle break-ins at Kentucky university
Always a Runner remained undefeated in three career starts after winning the Kentucky Oaks last Friday, and the victory marked a historic first for Three Chimneys Farm in Woodford County.
After an unseasonably cool Derby weekend across Central and Eastern Kentucky, it was a damp start to the week in a few locations as a wave of energy brought scattered showers and a few rumbles of thunder during the morning hours of Monday. As the wave of energy driving the showers moved eastward, skies cleared a bit through the remainder of...
Andy Barr campaigned in eastern Kentucky Monday after receiving an endorsement from President Trump. Democrats in the race say siding with Trump is not siding with average Kentuckians and their needs.
The price of a new or used car is out of reach for many Americans, driving many to go without
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Southeastern Conference softball postseason play begins this week at John Cropp Stadium, which is serving as the host site for this year’s SEC Softball Tournament. It will be the final time the event will be held on a campus site. Kentucky Wildcats softball enters the tournament as the No. 15 seed and is...
Dr. Rebecca Brashears from Ascent Audiology & Hearing stopped by First Look at Four to share some ways we can better communicate with our loved ones who have hearing loss.
You can get health tips from Valley Health Systems every week on First Look at Four.
A Florida woman was arrested after she was seen kicking and throwing a small dog across the street, deputies said.
The sentencing was in connection with a shooting that happened Feb. 23, 2025, on Grant Street in Charleston.
One man died Monday after a stabbing at Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals, following what police said was a personal dispute between two third-party contractors.
Golden Tempo, a 23-to-1 longshot, won the Kentucky Derby Saturday in front of more than 150,000 fans at Churchill Downs, making trainer Cherie DeVaux the first female trainer to ever win the race.
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A Perry County man who is facing a murder charge for his connection to a fatal UTV crash back in February has pleaded guilty to a child exploitation charge. Noah Back, 26, of Vicco, pleaded guilty Friday in Lexington federal court to one count of transporting a minor across state lines for criminal sexual activity. In his plea agreement, he admitted to taking a 14-year-old girl t
FRANKFORT, Ky - Gov. Andy Beshear has announced that 2026 marked the best first four months for economic investment of any year in Kentucky history, with over $7 billion in [...]
By Abby Sherman Contributing Writer The Harlan County Black Bears claimed their seventh straight area title Friday as they hosted the Area 9 Championship. The Black Bears scored 208 points, [...]
A two-day off-road event kicks off Friday at 6 p.m. and continues Saturday starting at 10 a.m. The weekend includes a stunt show, obstacle courses and other family-friendly activities.
The shopping center is expected to bring between 150 and 175 new jobs to Hazard.
Most Christians can easily talk about "The Nine Gifts of the Spirit" found in I Corinthians 12:8-10. But can we talk about the one gift that doesn't require a microphone, [...]
Many credit Addiction Recovery Care with playing a key role in their sobriety. But most also said they felt betrayed by the organization. The post They Needed Treatment for Drug Addiction. The Company They Turned to May Have Used Them to Commit Fraud. appeared first on 100 Days in Appalachia .
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. -- Monday marked the first of five days that murder suspect M.K. McKinney has been allowed to leave his home in order to meet with his attorneys in Louisville. And while that decision has been widely criticized by some in the community, officials say it does not mean he has been given carte blanche to move freely. McKinney is charged with murder for the June 18, 2023, stabbing de
Site has potential for industrial use, depending on variety of tests and surveys. The post Rail site in Allen under review appeared first on Mountain Top Media .
Hager Hill Athletic Complex to develop soccer fields, tennis and pickle ball courts, and more. The post Johnson County receives $2.6 million for sports complex appeared first on Mountain Top Media .
Allen Elementary sixth-grader Diesel Miller died the evening of April 28. The post Floyd County school grieves loss of student appeared first on Mountain Top Media .
First Frontier Appalachian Trails gives updates on their plans for the summer. The post Warm weather brings trail riders appeared first on Mountain Top Media .
Annual event raises money for Jenny Wiley State Resort Park. The post Talk Derby to Me appeared first on Mountain Top Media .
By Paul Lunsford Harlan Enterprise Deputies from the Harlan County Sheriff's Department, as well as Probation and Parole, made several several arrests Friday. Deputy Chauncey Tudor, of the Harlan County [...]
FRANKFORT - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is designating approximately 3,814 river miles of occupied critical habitat for four freshwater mussels in Kentucky and 16 other states. The mussels [...]
OWENSBORO — On a September evening, students gathered on the lawn of Burns Elementary School in Daviess County for a family movie night. “It's an inflatable screen. … It's like going to the drive-in,” said Emmy Woosley, executive director of the Foundation for Daviess County Public Schools. “The kids are all out there playing. They're [...]
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet advises motorists that KY 179 (Slope Hollow Road) at the waterfall (MP 2.41) will be closed to through traffic for a culvert replacement project. 🗓 [...]
Harlan County won its second straight league tournament title in the Kentucky Middle School Fast Pitch Conference by rolling past Lynn Camp, Bell County and Harlan. The Lady Bears defeated [...]
Harlan County homeschool families recently ventured to explore Appalachian Caverns, a little-known cave system tucked beneath a quiet home in Blountville, Tenn. The unique underground destination, hidden in plain sight, [...]
The night before the Kentucky Derby, Republican President Donald Trump placed his bets on two Republicans facing crowded primaries — U.S. Rep. Andy Barr for U.S. Senate and Ralph Alvarado for a U.S. House seat in central Kentucky. Trump said he was backing “Proven Political Winner” U.S. Rep. Andy Barr in a race for Kentucky’s [...]
Residents reported high weeds and damage to headstones at sites including Resthaven Cemetery in Jeff. The Attorney General’s office held the meeting to take formal complaints directly from families.
A Jefferson County judge has struck down part of Kentucky law that defined human life as beginning at conception, clarifying women who sued the state over the issue can pursue in vitro fertilization without fear of prosecution. Five months after he heard arguments in a more than three-year old court case seeking to strike down [...]
Kentucky’s largest utility says it’s partnering with a Maryland-based company building a new generation of small nuclear reactors to “explore” bringing the modular power plants to the state. A release Thursday from Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities (LG&E and KU) states its collaborating with X-energy to bring the publicly-traded company’s Xe-100 small, modular [...]
On Friday morning, Kentucky Oaks Day, I was greatly entertained by a column in the Courier-Journal by Eric Reynolds bemoaning the corporatization of the Kentucky Derby. The opening line, “The Kentucky Derby has been kidnapped and dressed in a seersucker suit,” gives you some idea where he’s headed. He then follows with this banger: The [...]
Two Whitesburg Middle School students were detained this morning after allegedly telling a classmate to kill herself and later threatening a school shooting. According to a statement released by the school, the threat “developed last night,” and was reported to the Letcher County Sheriff’s Department and the Letcher County School District Police Department early this morning. Officers from the [..
The Pike County Public Library District Board of Trustees conducted the second reading of its budget for the 2026/27 fiscal year.
A West Virginia woman is facing felony charges after, Kentucky State Police said, she attempted to bring large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl into the Pike County Detention Center.
The Pike County Schools District is hoping to have its trap range open in the 2026-2027 school year for the growing sport.
A man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years after a shooting in Breathitt County, according to Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman.
Amy Asher Wilson reminisces while looking at photographs taken 50 years ago at Letcher High School and shared by a fellow classmate. She was one of nearly 25 classmates who attended the school’s 50th class reunion, held Saturday at Pine Mountain Grill. A photo of those attending appears inside this edition. The post Letcher High classmates revisit memories at 50-year reunion first appeared on The
The Letcher County Board of Education’s finance corporation will issue more than $1.4 million in bonds to replace roofs on two schools. The finance corporation and the board approved the resolution after a presentation by Lincoln Theinert, a partner with RSA Advisors of Lexington. The bonds will fund reroofing projects at Cowan Elementary School and Fleming-Neon Middle School and are [...] The pos
More than 6,600 Kentuckians — including 17 voters in Letcher County — have already cast ballots in the May 19 primary election, even though Election Day is still nearly three weeks away. As of Monday, 68 Letcher County residents had applied for mail-in absentee ballots. All 68 — 41 Democrats and 27 Republicans — qualified to receive the ballots. Seventeen [...] The post Absentee vote opens as prim
A new childcare option is opening in Jenkins, offering affordable services for families across Letcher County and elsewhere in the region, including those who qualify for financial assistance. Shining Stars Daycare is now enrolling and will provide care in what organizers describe as a safe, loving and educational environment for children. The center is located at 9599 Highway 805 in [...] The pos
DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your column every week. In a recent column, you wrote: “Since age is the major risk factor in getting cancer, it’s likely that some people who were cured of their original cancer will later succumb to a different one.” This statement terrified me as I fall into this category. I had a lobectomy in 2009 [...] The post Cancer survivor has worries first appeared on The Mountain
It’s a busy time of year as we near the end of school and proms and dances and trips. I have always looked forward to this time of year and into the summer vacation. The barefoot days of the time after May 1 have always been so welcome after winter’s cold has melted into spring. Mommy always made us wait [...] The post Mobile brick oven will open catering spaces first appeared on The Mountain Eagl
Hello again everyone. Once more I will ask the question, how is everything in your little corner of the world? There’s been so much sadness. It breaks my heart of passing of Nina Craft. I never met Nina in person, however I know she was one of the nicest people I’ve ever come in contact with. I sure would have [...] The post Nina Craft will be greatly missed first appeared on The Mountain Eagle .
A Pike County man has been sentenced to serve eight years in prison on burglary and endangerment charges.
A Tennessee man was arrested in Somerset on April 16 on multiple charges of rape, sodomy and incest related to a Pike County case and was lodged in the Pike County Detention Center on April 26.
Clayborn was rushed to Harlan ARH Hospital but did not survive. Investigators say her boyfriend, Michael Howard, stabbed her multiple times during an argument inside their home.
Maddie McGarvey has spent her career photographing rural Appalachia. She says she wants to bear witness to the struggle and resilience in forgotten pockets of the nation. The post Q&A: The Photographer Documenting Appalachian Poverty, And Resilience appeared first on 100 Days in Appalachia .