MAYFIELD, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - A 13-year-old remains hospitalized after being stabbed during a confrontation with another juvenile in Mayfield, according to police. The Mayfield Police Department said officers responded about 4:45 p.m. Saturday to both Jackson Purchase Medical Center and the Scott Thompson Tennis Courts along Kentucky Highway 121 after receiving reports of a stabbing. Investiga
Read full story →LONDON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - London Police Chief Bobby Day resigned from the London Police Department Monday, with his attorney citing a political environment that he says has shifted away from the department's core public safety mission. Day's attorney, Gregory A. Ousley of Ousley & Wiese, PLLC, delivered a formal notice of resignation to London Mayor Tracie Handley....
Deputies say they responded to a one-vehicle accident on Old Nicholas Road in Mt. Nebo.
The mother accused of shooting a man to death after finding him in her daughter’s bedroom appeared in court Monday morning.
Four teenagers from Lexington are putting a fresh spin on a time-honored musical tradition — and they're just getting started.
Commissioner Bryan Davis pleaded guilty to felony counts of theft in office, receiving stolen property, and filing an incomplete/false tax return.
The Lancaster chief of police was cited for driving under the influence and criminal mischeif on Friday night in Somerset.
Kimberly Keagy has a look at the top stories for Monday, July 20th.
Kentuckians are feeling the strain as residential energy bills sky-rocket and historic heat waves grip the region. Families need solutions that will lower energy burdens and monthly costs. For that reason, Sierra Club Kentucky – alongside six other community advocacy organizations – submitted a letter to the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) asking that the [...]
(ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Former Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear senior advisor Rocky Adkins has taken the first formal step toward a campaign for governor. According to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, Adkins has filed campaign finance paperwork indicating he intends to run for governor. The filing includes a statement of spending intent, stating that he expects to raise...
High gas prices are keeping more Americans home this summer. A WalletHub expert shares tips on how to plan a staycation that feels like a real vacation on a budget.
New paperwork filed with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance lists Rocky Adkins as a Democratic candidate for governor in the 2027 primary.
The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department is providing free HIV testing July 21 for Zero HIV Stigma Day.
Where in the tri-state is Andrew Colegrove heading this week? Watch us spin the wheel and decide!
FEMA announced more than $27 million in funding to support disaster relief in Kentucky.
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 .
A former US Army soldier set off fireworks and started a fire Monday morning outside a New York building housing an immigration court and other government offices, according to federal authorities.
The Do's and Don'ts of college move-in.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Pop-A-Lock has helped free more than 4,600 children from locked cars over the past 31 years — about 150 per year — and the service is completely free. Doug Barnes said the company can unlock a car in about 30 seconds, but stressed that calling 911 should always be the first step when...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has secured compensation for Kentuckians whose personal information was compromised in a 2023 data breach at genetic testing company 23andMe. Coleman joined 41 other attorneys general to resolve allegations stemming from the breach, which reportedly compromised the genetic data of 6.9 million customers worldwide, includin
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear appointed his former senior adviser, Rocky Adkins, to the Kentucky State Fair Board, which is embroiled in controversy after the governor gained control of the board following a recent Kentucky Supreme Court opinion. Adkins, who left Beshear’s administration earlier this month amid speculation that he will run for governor in 2027, [...]
Renee Shaw, a notable Kentucky journalist who has worked at KET for 29 years, will retire from the state’s public television network at the end of July. Shaw, the director of Public Affairs and moderator at KET, hosts Kentucky Edition weekly and Kentucky Tonight, the network’s public policy discussion series. Ahead of elections, she moderates [...]
FRANKFORT - The rainfall of the past week has put quite a dent in the ongoing drought areas of Kentucky, according to the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor report that was [...]
In 1996, the Cigarette Papers was published, revealing how Kentucky’s Tobacco and Health Research Institute at the University of Kentucky presented itself as an independent arm of a publicly funded university, but in fact it was run by tobacco manufacturers and their highly paid lawyers. Although the purported goals of the institute were to conduct [...]
By Paul Lunsford Harlan Enterprise WHITESBURG — Kentucky State Police Post 13 received a 911 call on Saturday around 4:40 p.m., about a shooting at a laundromat located on Jenkins [...]
The Harlan Senior League All Stars suffered a pair of losses to Henry County in the state tournament on July 11 in Lawrenceburg, falling 6-4 and 10-0. Addyson Patton led [...]
By Paul Lunsford Harlan Enterprise Benham officials have added a police cruiser for the city's police department with help of the Robert E. Frazier Tri-City Area Charitable Grant Foundation. It [...]
A Whitesburg woman was critically wounded Saturday afternoon in a shooting at a laundromat on Jenkins Road, and her ex-husband later died from what Kentucky State Police describe as a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to a news release issued Saturday night by Kentucky State Police Post 13 in Hazard, troopers received a 911 call at approximately 4:39 p.m. reporting a [...] The post KENTUCKY
By Paul Lunsford Harlan Enterprise Kentucky State Police Trooper Colby Amburgey made an arrest Thursday of an Ages man. Billy Jack Hickson, 40, was charged with several violations late Thursday [...]
SALYERSVILLE — The Hornets are back on the gridiron. Magoffin County opened preseason practice after the conclusion of the KHSAA Dead Period, returning to the gridiron on Friday, July 10. Remaining active in the preseason, Magoffin County was attending an event at Morehead State University on Wednesday, July 15. Nathan Perkins is preparing to guide [...]
SALYERSVILLE — Several Magoffin County teams will compete for All “A” Classic Region 15 championships in the 2026-27 schoolyear. Magoffin County is now a member of the All “A” Classic. The All “A” Classic alignment for the 2026-27 schoolyear has been finalized and released. The other All “A” Classic members of Region 15 are Belfry, [...]
Artificial intelligence may sound like something happening far away in Silicon Valley, Washington, or overseas, but AI depends on something very real: electricity, land, cooling, fiber, roads, workers, substations, transmission lines, and industrial infrastructure.
There's totally a solution for that problem. Or should I say there's a Total-T solution?
If you expect life to be cruel, you won’t be disappointed. For the most part, we didn’t ask to be born. We were either planned or an accident. Either way, we are here and are faced with the daunting task of life, which is filled with happiness and sorrow.
Connection Church invites families throughout the region to attend Back to School Sunday on July 19. This is a special event designed to encourage and support students entering the 2026–27 school year.
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.
A trail camera in southern Letcher County captured this remarkable close-up of a young hawk as it spread its wings while landing only a few feet from the camera. The photograph was taken at 11:30 a.m. July 10 at Payne Gap near the headwaters of the North Fork of the Kentucky River, where Pine Mountain rises above the valley. Based [...] The post Young Hawk Makes Dramatic Appearance first appeared
Regional economic development officials are actively recruiting companies to build artificial intelligence data centers in Letcher County and neighboring counties, and one company has already secured an option to purchase land at the Gateway Regional Business Park in Jenkins for a proposed natural gas-fired power plant intended to support a future data center. Diversified Energy, formerly known as
Three people, including a Jenkins man accused of firing a handgun during a domestic dispute and later threatening police officers, have been named in felony indictments returned by the Letcher County Grand Jury. The indictments were returned July 9 before Letcher Circuit Judge James W. Craft II. Jesse James Thacker, 39, of 204 Rocky Hollow, Jenkins, was indicted on two [...] The post Indictment sa
Four-star offensive lineman Dominic Black of New Madison (Ohio) Tri-Village High School had almost 40 major college scholarship offers when he committed to Kentucky over Indiana, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Michigan State and others. The 6-foot-5, 290-pound Black is rated as a top-200 national recruit by both Rivals and 247Sports. Rivals has him as the No. 12 offensive tackle in his [...] The post T
There will always be parts of a lake that hold more fish than others. Fishermen refer to these areas as hot spots or honey holes. But there has to be something about these places that consistently produces better fishing than surrounding water. Features such as quick access to both deep and shallow water, abundant baitfish, several forms of cover at [...] The post The importance finding a great sp
The Letcher Fiscal Court will add another $1,000 per month to the amount it pays the Kentucky River Regional Animal Shelter after the shelter’s board chair told members of the court it did not have enough money to pay its bills. The shelter, located off KY 80 in Perry County, handles stray dogs and cats from four counties, and is [...] The post County to more in support of animal shelter first app
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.
I recently received a call from a reader who expressed concern that my columns, which they believed had previously had an unbiased outlook, had begun to show a bias toward sympathy for the Democratic Party.
COMBS BRANCH – A Salyersville woman was arrested on an attempted murder charge over the weekend after an alleged dispute about someone else taking a small child to breakfast. According to the arrest citation, Kentucky State Police Post 9 was dispatched to an assault complaint on July 5 at roughly 10 a.m. on Combs Branch [...]
ROYALTON – Two were arrested on Monday after a child was found playing in the road on Merlin Taulbee Road. According to the arrest citation, Magoffin County 911 had received a call from neighbors reporting a child playing in the road unsupervised. The neighbors reportedly watched the child to make sure he/she was safe until [...]
SALYERSVILLE – A Magoffin County grand jury released the following indictment, filed on June 18: Brandon R. Howard, 33, of West Liberty, was charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance, first offense, methamphetamine (Class D felony); first-degree possession of a controlled substance, first offense, fentanyl (Class D felony); and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class [...]
In the latest round, eight counties — including Perry, Letcher and Johnson — and two cities are sharing funds to fix or replace 10 bridges.
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 .