Updated: 9:07 AM A public health network of 13 Appalachian states, including Kentucky, are targeting high rates of heart disease and stroke for study and action.

Posted: 8:48 AM It may be two-and-a-half years before the federal government requires underground refuge chambers that could save the lives of coal miners following an accident. That was the estimate heard at a hearing in Washington yesterday.

Updated: 7:03 PM Police in southern Kentucky say a reported attempted carjacking and stabbing in the London Wal-Mart parking lot was made up. Police say the man stabbed himself.

Posted: 11:27 PM Residents of a neighborhood near downtown Georgetown have a big bird problem on their hands. Vultures have roosted over homes in Deshea Estates.

Updated: 11:17 AM Thieves are targeting cars in parking lots in a central Kentucky town. In a matter of minutes, they can slide underneath and take your catalytic converter.

Updated: 11:17 AM Danville city officials will consider an ordinance that would ban karaoke, dancing, and pool in all restaurants.

Updated: 8:40 PM They're designed to grab the attention of drivers, but new billboards popping up in Lexington and across the state may be a little too flashy.

Posted: 5:44 PM Eligible farmers in Boyd, Lawrence, Martin and Pike Counties are going to qualify for federal disaster assistance, including Farm Service Agency emergency loans.

Updated: 8:24 AM With the warm temperatures we've had lately, it's hard to believe that just last month, temperatures dipped into the 20's. That cold snap damaged fruit crops here in Kentucky.

Posted: 5:34 PM Lake was lowered because of leaky Wolf Creek Dam. Some marinas are still high and dry.

Updated: 5:31 PM Democrat Steve Beshear picked up endorsements today from three state senators and other prominent Democrats in his bid for governor.

Posted: 4:22 PM Because of a wiring problem that could cause fires, General Electric Company is recalling two-and-a-half million dishwashers.

Updated: 1:28 AM The last of the nation's top high school recruits made it official Wednesday afternoon as Patrick Patterson announced he would play his college basketball at Kentucky.

Posted: 12:41 PM Police say it started when an officer tried to pull over a man suspected of stealing a debit card in Corbin.

Posted: 12:27 PM This afternoon, Patrick Patterson will announce his college decision. UK is one of the top options.

Updated: 10:24 AM An eastern Kentucky traffic accident has claimed the life of an eastern Kentucky lawyer and racetrack owner who was accused of setting a rival raceway on fire last year.

Posted: 11:07 AM There's an effort to extend the life of the eleven-hundred employee Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Congressional leaders are being asked to require the U-S Department of Energy to transfer control of spent uranium to the global energy company U-SEC.

Updated: 5:48 PM Wednesday marked the one year anniversary of a horrific accident that claimed the life of a young woman and her unborn child.

Updated: 12:37 PM Some stations are selling gas for as high as $3.19 a gallon this morning.

Updated: 1:29 PM A man is rushed to the hospital after his van and a semi collide. The crash shut down a large portion of Georgetown Road.

Posted: 11:19 PM A Bath County man says he was car-jacked just minutes after he left his house.

Updated: 3:52 PM The search has been called off in southern Kentucky for a plane that some witnesses thought had crashed.

Updated: 8:02 PM Police will be on hand for the rest of the year at Grant County High School after reports of a possible suicide pact among some students.

Updated: 6:18 PM The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority and built the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University, a school executive said. He was 73.

Updated: 6:48 PM Search crews are on the scene this evening where a military aircraft has crashed.