Posted: 6:06 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's first-in the-nation acceptance of common core standards in education ranks as a "defining step" in its efforts to develop world-class schools, Gov. Steve Beshear told a conference on Tuesday.

Posted: 6:02 PM Joe Hunley tells us he has decided to leave at the end of the school year in June.

Posted: 5:59 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's 8th and 10th graders showed slight improvement last year on tests looking at their progress toward college.

Posted: 12:39 AM In the wake of the deadly school shooting in Ohio, some are now wondering if bullying played a factor.

Updated: 5:50 PM Both sides are working hard in London where voters will decide a week from today whether to allow packaged alcohol sales.

Posted: 12:41 AM People who live along Highway 30 in Owsley County say Billy Smith was a good neighbor and they'll miss seeing him out and about.

Updated: 5:44 PM An Owsley County ambulance hit 62-year-old old Billy Smith as he walked his dog on Highway 30.

Updated: 10:00 PM Officials in Salyersville say the city's water board is significantly in debt, and was almost taken over by the state. Big changes are now in the works to help get the board running properly.

Posted: 5:05 PM Several Kentucky soldiers will get a chance to dine with the president.

Posted: 4:57 PM Last year, more than 64 million Americans received an average tax refund of $2,985, the IRS says.

Posted: 12:41 AM Jackson County School leaders say they're running about 5 weeks ahead of schedule because they've only taken 6 snow days. That means they'll be getting out in early May instead of early June.

Updated: 6:33 PM Rising gas prices have people in the mountains talking.

Updated: 6:45 PM Test results released by Kentucky's Department of Education Tuesday show improvement in test scores among 8th and 10th graders.

Updated: 6:42 PM The House Education Committee in Frankfort continued their hearing Tuesday morning about whether UPIKE should become part of the state public university system.

Updated: 10:24 PM Police say 31-year old James Adams of Pikeville escaped a short time ago.

Updated: 1:54 AM The Very Worst Thing, the documentary film about the worst school bus crash in U.S. history, will be screened at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg, Kentucky on Friday, March 2nd, 2012 at 7:30pm.

Posted: 10:29 AM State Superintendent of Schools Jorea Marple announced Monday that the waiver would give the state the flexibility to offer a well-rounded curriculum that will not focus on standardized test scores.

Updated: 10:28 AM Earlier this month, a WKYT Investigation found only four counties in the state have enacted ordinances to ban the sale of such drugs.

Posted: 10:25 AM More than 60 members of the Agribusiness Development Team 3 are returning to Kentucky.

Updated: 1:12 PM Beshear joined several physicians Tuesday in the Capitol for the unveiling of the newly formed Kentucky Cancer Foundation.

Updated: 10:25 PM Cleveland CBS affiliate WOIO reporting a second victim died overnight.

Posted: 12:12 AM Seven small drinking water treatment systems in Kentucky will receive financial assistance.

Posted: 12:08 AM Americans United for the Separation of Church and State has joined in a call for Gov. Steve Beshear to cancel a prayer breakfast next week.

Posted: 12:02 AM A federal judge has denied a new trial for an Upper Big Branch mine security chief convicted of lying to investigators after the worst U.S. coal mine disaster in four decades.

Updated: 11:52 PM Folks at some marinas such as Lee's Ford in Pulaski County say the warmer weather this winter has resulted in more fisherman patronizing their establishments.