Posted: 7:52 AM U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers has been given the Association of Public Television Stations' Champion of Public Broadcasting Award.

Posted: 12:37 AM A former security chief convicted of lying to investigators about the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 men at a southern West Virginia coal mine has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Updated: 8:07 AM Police in Hazard said community meetings and input from neighbors have led to several drug arrests.

Posted: 12:26 AM The Senate has passed a bill to strengthen Kentucky's seat-belt law two years after a tragic Interstate 65 crash that killed 11 people.

Posted: 12:24 AM Kentucky Tourism Commissioner Mike Cooper has resigned following a flap over a British marketing firm paid to promote Kentucky tourism in the United Kingdom.

Posted: 12:18 AM A couple was caught sleeping inside their mobile home when a storm tipped their house over.

Updated: 9:54 PM Many homes have been transformed into debris, some just brick and mortar with no roofs atop the chaos Mother Nature left behind.

Updated: 9:32 PM An agreement between two eastern Kentucky water districts is expected to be accepted by the public service commission.

Posted: 9:29 PM A compromise about making the University of Pikeville a public school is being worked out behind the scenes in Frankfort.

Updated: 9:22 PM Two people are charged with trafficking drugs after an investigation at a Perry County hotel.

Posted: 9:17 PM A court date is set for March 6th for a London man who faces attempted murder charges after badly injuring his sister's boyfriend.

Updated: 9:13 PM Police in Pike County are still searching for an inmate who escaped during work release around noon Tuesday.

Updated: 7:25 PM A Kentucky house panel passed a bill that will ban the sale of synthetic drugs statewide.

Updated: 7:06 PM Police in Prestonsburg say they made another arrest in their fight against drug crimes Wednesday, this time near a school.

Updated: 9:46 PM Crystal Branham Hall vanished from Pikeville on March 1st, 2009. Her family and police are still searching for her.

Posted: 8:48 PM The Knox County Sheriff's Office has charged a mother with DUI and wanton endangerment after a wreck involving her twin daughters.

Updated: 6:54 PM The wet/dry vote in London is less than a week away, and things are heating up.

Posted: 12:28 AM A proposal by House Speaker Greg Stumbo to battle the problem of addictive pain medicines prescribed by unscrupulous clinics known as "pill mills" has overwhelmingly passed the House Judiciary Committee.

Posted: 12:29 AM A state agency is reporting that Kentucky had substantial job growth during 2011.

Updated: 11:11 PM Several buildings have been damaged in the West Liberty area after witnesses say a tornado touched down.

Posted: 10:56 AM The weather service says on its website that a factory in the Hardin County area was also badly damaged, as well as an area northwest of Hodgenville.

Posted: 10:55 AM Capt. Don Rose, commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Mobile, said the three crew members who are still missing are the pilot, the co-pilot and the flight mechanic.

Posted: 10:51 AM Police say they found the driver of the car, Shannan Messer, who told them she needed help.

Posted: 9:50 AM HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) - A hospital administrator in the southern Illinois city of Harrisburg says at least three people were killed in a severe storm that swept through the region.

Updated: 7:40 AM Especially hard-hit early Wednesday were areas in southwest Missouri, including Branson, Lebanon and Buffalo.