Updated: 9:46 AM Ashland Sales and Service President Michael Mansh told The Courier-Journal that he's pushing U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., to persuade the Defense Department to reverse course (http://cjky.it/AtCLpc ).

Posted: 9:12 AM Firefighters are battling a fire involving three different house boats.

Posted: 11:46 PM As environmental crews work to clean up the mess left by an early morning fire that destroyed three houseboats, investigators are trying to find out what started that fire.

Posted: 11:43 PM It will discuss legislation that would make the University of Pikeville a public school.

Updated: 12:10 AM Officials in Rowan County are taking a stand against a proposal to add the private University of Pikeville into the state's higher education system.

Posted: 12:12 AM It's not the weather, but sickness that will keep some Eastern Kentucky students home from school Friday.

Posted: 12:05 AM The state House of Representatives has approved a proposal that would let Kentuckians decide whether to amend the state Constitution to restore some felons' voting rights.

Posted: 12:05 AM The president of a Kentucky factory worries prisoners could force his business to close.

Updated: 11:13 AM One community has seen its fair share of crime recently. Police said three men burglarized a pharmacy in the Minnie community of Floyd County and got away with thousands of dollars worth of pills.

Posted: 7:58 PM Police say in May of last year, 23 year old Trenton Tackett was driving under the influence of pills on US-460 in Magoffin County and hit another car.

Posted: 7:39 PM A Pike County man is charged with assault after police say he used mining equipment to severely beat a woman. Police say the attack was so bad, the woman's skull was visible!

Updated: 7:08 PM One Pike County road is gaining attention after a number of serious accidents. Plans are now in the works to make the road safer.

Updated: 12:28 AM A commercial hits the radio that talks about awareness about the meth problem and is being broadcast across the state.

Updated: 6:49 PM There were some tense moments at Samuel Todd Collier's murder trial Thursday as the defense tried to discredit the prosecution's witnesses.

Posted: 8:37 PM Kentucky lawmakers are one step closer to raising the state's dropout age from 16 to 18.

Posted: 8:39 PM If you're buying an airline ticket in the next few days, get ready to pay a few bucks more.

Posted: 8:38 PM A former meth addict told lawmakers on Thursday they need to make some over-the-counter medicines, prescription only.

Posted: 8:41 PM Kentucky ranks among the states with the weakest gun laws in the country, according to a new report from the Brady Campaign.

Posted: 12:17 AM In a rare look behind the scenes, WKYT followed along with one Army company at the Blue Grass Army Depot as the soldiers completed their final training before going to war.

Posted: 9:07 AM Students were advised to wash their hands frequently and disinfect surfaces. The school also said it would beef up cleaning of commonly used areas.

Updated: 9:05 AM President Obama was holding four fundraisers on Thursday in the Los Angeles area and in San Francisco, courting reliable Democratic donors at a time when the Republican presidential contest remains unsettled.

Posted: 8:52 AM Sen. Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat, announced the agreement late last night. Word of the deal capped a long day of wrangling over final details of the measure.

Posted: 8:51 AM GM'S fourth-quarter profit was flat with 2010. GM earned $500 million, or 28 cents per share. Revenue rose 3 percent to $38 billion. Before one-time items, GM earned 40 cents per share

Posted: 8:47 AM Public viewing is set for Monday from 1:30 to 4 p.m. ET at the state service garage in Frankfort.

Updated: 12:17 AM The total of $1,849,648 in federal grant dollars will go to 38 applicants for hiking, biking, horseback riding and other types of trails.