Posted: 10:19 PM A federal judge says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency exceeded its authority in revoking permits for what could now become West Virginia's largest mountaintop removal mine.

Posted: 10:14 PM A team of experts says the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration could have prevented or reduced the likelihood of an April 2010 explosion in southern West Virginia that killed 29 miners.

Updated: 3:11 PM Congressman Hal Rogers recognized a boy scout in Morgan County who wrote him a letter just days before the storm hit.

Updated: 8:51 PM The case of three people in Letcher County accused of running a chop shop is waived to the grand jury.

Updated: 2:40 PM Rep. Hal Rogers (R) of the Fifth Congressional District visited several eastern Kentucky cities to address storm damage and meet with FEMA, state and local officials to offer his help and see where they stood just weeks after the storms.

Posted: 6:29 PM The case of a Letcher County store owner accused of allowing the sell of synthetic drugs has been sent to the grand jury.

Posted: 6:26 PM A man accused of burglarizing a grocery store and rubbing syrup all over his body is expected to be in court next week.

Posted: 6:21 PM A traffic stop leads police to a motel room in Breathitt County.

Posted: 6:12 PM Three people were taken to jail early Friday morning in Laurel County after police say one of them tried to run over two officers at a safety checkpoint.

Posted: 6:07 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A federal appeals court has set oral arguments for May 31 in the case the woman convicted of trying to extort University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino.

Updated: 5:19 PM Friday marks the two years since President Obama signed a controversial health care bill.

Updated: 8:58 PM The game may be in Atlanta but fans are still excited here in the mountains.

Updated: 9:02 PM The coal industry is considered by many to be the backbone of eastern Kentucky's economy, but recent layoffs and actions by the EPA are causing growing concern for the future of coal in eastern Kentucky.

Updated: 6:41 PM Authorities have arrested twenty people, all of them suspected of selling drugs. State Police and other agencies spent more than a year investigatng ahead of today's roundup in Laurel County.

Posted: 10:11 PM The Kentucky Lottery is reporting higher sales in February than anticipated.

Updated: 9:13 PM Floyd County schools have a new program giving high school students a head start on college.

Posted: 10:09 PM Police say a man refused to stop at at safety check point and led them on a chase.

Updated: 1:16 AM When the tornado devastated West Liberty it also left the Morgan County football team without a home and a whole lot more.

Posted: 11:48 PM Along with the NCAA Tournament's South Regional semifinals, the Atlanta Hawks have a home game Friday night, and there's a large dental convention going on as well.

Updated: 2:39 PM A Kentucky city is the center of the basketball world this week, literally!

Posted: 11:07 PM The official says charges against Bales also include six counts of attempted murder and six counts of aggravated assault and other violations of military law. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the charges had not been announced.

Posted: 11:01 PM The Kentucky House has approved emergency legislation to provide sales tax relief for those who rebuild homes or businesses in 21 tornado-ravaged counties.

Posted: 11:00 PM Federal grand juries in eastern Kentucky have indicted two men in separate cases for allegedly posing as mine officials.

Posted: 11:01 PM The Kentucky House has approved a resolution to establish a task force to develop a plan for implementing the recommendations of an American Bar Association report on the death penalty.

Posted: 11:02 PM A bare-bones budget proposal approved by the Kentucky Senate late Thursday would cut spending in multiple ways.