Posted: 6:13 PM Friday was the last day of classes at Beckham Bates Elementary School not only for the semester, but for good.

Updated: 7:06 PM 18-year-old William Smallwood admits he stabbed a man, ran, and then turned himself in!

Posted: 5:42 PM A Perry County man had to be rescued out of a briar patch early Friday morning.

Posted: 5:39 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A southeastern Kentucky bank has filed a foreclosure suit against former Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer and his wife seeking more than $300,000 due on their mortgage loan of 2004.

Posted: 5:37 PM People in one eastern Kentucky town are working together to help a little girl fight a very serious illness.

Posted: 5:06 PM A woman is no longer facing attempted murder charges following an incident where she allegedly shot a man.

Posted: 4:50 PM A woman stabbed in Whitley County on Tuesday is now in stable condition at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

Posted: 4:47 PM A student is in jail after police say he threatened to blow up Knox County Central High School.

Updated: 7:27 PM Police say a man shot his niece in the eye. Sheriff's deputies say the shooting happened because she told authorities about his meth lab.

Posted: 4:36 PM A southern Kentucky organization recently received one big check from 27 different banks.

Updated: 6:10 PM A federal judge helped ARH and Coventry Cares come to an agreement.

Posted: 7:30 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari and assistant coaches Orlando Antigua, Kenny Payne and John Robic have signed multi-year contracts with the University of Kentucky, UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart announced on Friday.

Posted: 7:38 AM West Virginia State Police said in a news release that 55-year-old William David Dumire was killed Thursday evening after troopers found him hiding in a drain culvert near Kelly Mountain Lodge off of U.S. Route 33 near Elkins.

Posted: 7:36 AM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A draft of the state's new plan regarding runoff water pollution is available to the public, and public comments are being taken through the end of the month.

Posted: 7:33 AM Economists surveyed by The Associated Press predict employers added 163,000 jobs in April, compared to 120,000 jobs created in a disappointing March. But the unemployment rate is expected to remain at 8.2 percent - a three-year low.

Posted: 7:30 AM The accident happened just after 3 p.m. Thursday on State Route 5 between Donta Road and Old Buckley Road.

Posted: 7:20 AM Two rooms at Bluegrass Inn on Richmond Street in Mount Vernon were destroyed.

Posted: 12:08 AM TSA agents at Blue Grass Airport say they find a variety of dangerous items in luggage each day.

Updated: 11:56 PM Operation UNITE and other organizations teamed up with actors Kathleen Chalfant, Adam Driver, Peter Frances James and Jesse Eisenberg to help raise awareness about addiction in eastern Kentucky. The actors, part of the group “Outside the Wire” are known for their roles both on the silver screen and the theater.

Posted: 12:10 AM A crash killed a man in Pike County on Wednesday.

Posted: 12:12 AM Governors. Steve Beshear of Kentucky and John Kasich of Ohio have broken ground on a proposed $81 million bridge to cross the Ohio River.

Posted: 10:25 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Executive Branch Ethics Commission hasn't received a financial disclosure form from former agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer that covers his last year in office.

Posted: 10:21 PM Some kids in eastern Kentucky are getting the chance to be on stage.

Updated: 12:57 AM A group of students at Knox County Middle School came together to make a tablecloth to honor their classmate, Shane Smith, who died in a tragic accident in April.

Updated: 1:01 AM It's been some time now since former Whitley County Sheriff Lawrence Hodge pleaded guilty to those charges. Now, with "60 Minutes" set to air a national piece on the story, people here say they welcome the attention.