Updated: 6:49 PM Firefighters in one eastern Kentucky city are upset after a city council meeting Tuesday night.

Posted: 6:25 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Casinos could be built in Kentucky under a proposal that received a thumbs-up from a Senate committee on Wednesday.

Updated: 5:17 PM It's a controversial elected position one a state lawmaker wants to eliminate. A Jefferson County representative has proposed a bill to strip constables of their power. The proposal comes just a few weeks after a grand jury indicted Jefferson County constable for shooting a shoplifting suspect outside a Walmart. While incident lead some to question the need for constables, smaller communities say they're a valuable resource.

Posted: 6:22 PM A Clay County couple is on their way back to the mountains after being on the run for years.

Posted: 6:12 PM A trial is underway for a Whitley County man accused of selling drugs and trying to influence testimony.

Posted: 5:43 PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The superintendent of the West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to defraud the federal government, becoming the highest-ranking employee to face criminal prosecution in an investigation that appeared to be moving steadily up the corporate ladder.

Updated: 11:42 PM Police say an officer shot someone at a house, across the road from the West Liberty Elementary School.

Updated: 7:58 PM A southeastern Kentucky courthouse is undergoing some major renovations to provide more space for elected officials.

Posted: 6:23 PM The survey confirmed that Missouri regained the top spot for lab seizures in 2011 with nearly 3,000 busts. It also found that Tennessee came in second with almost 1,700, followed by Indiana, Kentucky and Oklahoma.

Updated: 6:54 PM Authorities tell us three year old Summer Knasel, and her sister, four year old Lovell Knasel were found safe in Maryland on Wednesday evening.

Posted: 9:18 PM Charles Wells worked in the state's personnel cabinet. Kentucky State Police say he died of smoke inhalation after a spece heater in his sunroom caught something on fire.

Posted: 12:05 AM As we first reported Friday night, Roger Nelson died at a West Virginia hospital.

Posted: 11:59 PM The graying of America is in full swing in the nation's Appalachian region.

Posted: 11:49 PM How will Governor Beshear's proposed state budget affect the University of Kentucky? That was the focus of a panel discussion Tuesday night in the UK Student Center.

Updated: 2:25 PM The number of Kentucky Power customers without electricity is now below 10,000, but some could still be in the dark through the weekend. Hundreds have chosen to wait it out in hotels.

Updated: 1:00 AM Layoffs and cutbacks or new taxes are possibly on the way in Pike County. Leaders say the Fiscal Court must find a way to handle a potential budget deficit next year.

Updated: 7:14 PM At least 10,000 people are still without power as crews work to restore electricity to as many people as they can as quickly as possible.

Updated: 7:44 PM Autopsy results on a Magoffin County man have come back nearly a year after his body was found. The family of Jerry Rowe, Jr., says they are not happy with the results.

Updated: 5:26 PM Clay County sheriff Kevin Johnson tells us Jerry and Rebecca Callahan were tracked to Victoria, Texas through Facebook.

Updated: 5:19 PM Some in the Green Hills district were without water for more than 20 days.

Updated: 7:52 PM The UK Board of Trustees approved a dorm deal with a private company Tuesday. School leaders say new dorms could mean better recruits to the school.

Posted: 5:14 PM A house education committee passed a bill that would allow schools to increase the age to 18.

Posted: 4:55 PM Republican Rand Paul is scheduled to remove cataracts from four patients in Paducah on Tuesday.

Updated: 5:07 PM Dr. Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, will speak to college students in Lexington Thursday.

Updated: 8:15 PM The two snake experts traveled around the world to help a country where a higher percentage of people die of snakebites each year than anywhere else on the planet.