Posted: 8:15 AM SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) - An organization that works to improve educational achievement in southern and eastern Kentucky has produced a video to encourage students to stay in school.

Posted: 8:13 AM LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish have until the end of the month to apply for emergency assistance if they sustained losses due to disease, adverse weather or other conditions.

Posted: 12:32 AM Gov. Steve Beshear has left revenue from a portion of the state's coal tax unallocated in case lawmakers choose to create a new state university in Pikeville.

Posted: 12:29 AM Gov. Steve Beshear is seeking to avoid cuts to the Kentucky Department for Community Based Services, the agency that oversees child protective services.

Posted: 12:25 AM Government services for military veterans wouldn't be cut under Gov. Steve Beshear's budget proposal.

Posted: 12:06 AM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has $4.25 million for a re-election campaign that's still nearly three years away, a signal to potential Democratic challengers they'd likely enter the race at a distinct financial disadvantage.

Posted: 11:59 PM The Wallins Elementary School in Harlan County has dealt with heating problems for years and while building a new school is not out of the question, staff members do think it's out of their price range.

Posted: 12:27 AM The interchange for I-64 and the Mountain Parkway in Clark county might be getting some much needed modifications.

Updated: 12:28 AM State and local officials from the department of forestry for the Daniel Boone National Forest said that it is a priority to improve the water quality of the Red Bird area.

Updated: 1:07 AM The 2012 Mountain Classic has come and gone, but the scholarship recipients will still benefit in the months ahead.

Updated: 1:34 AM Representative Danny Ford announced Tuesday he'll step down when his term ends in December.

Updated: 10:49 PM Hazard Police say a person driving an SUV allegedly tried to run over a Hazard Police Officer on Morton Boulevard near the Hazard ARH.

Updated: 1:29 PM 20-year-old Dustin Napier's body is now back in Laurel County.

Posted: 12:13 AM The governor announced his budget agenda during an address at the state capitol Tuesday night.

Updated: 1:03 AM A bill that would make the University of Pikeville a public university was filed on Tuesday by House Speaker Greg Stumbo and Representative Leslie Combs.

Posted: 6:43 PM In this tough economy, everyone seems to be looking for ways to save money, even schools. That is why many school systems are turning to more fuel efficient vehicles like hybrid school buses. But one school system is not convinced the bus is worth the two miles a gallon they are saving.

Posted: 12:17 AM After nearly 15 years, a triple murder case in Southern Kentucky is being given a new look.

Posted: 5:34 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Democratic state Rep. Leslie Combs has filed legislation that calls for public funding for the University of Pikeville.

Updated: 4:58 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Spring-like storms have spawned a tornado that uprooted trees and downed power lines in the Louisville metropolitan area.

Updated: 7:31 PM The fire ripped through two homes in the Staffordsville community.

Posted: 11:30 PM A new report says Kentucky leads the nation when it comes to binge drinking.

Updated: 2:31 PM The Laurel County African American Heritage Center and other members of the community came together on Jan. 16 to celebrate the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Updated: 11:55 PM New questions are raised in a triple murder investigation that's more than a decade old.

Posted: 10:41 PM A new study claims expanded gambling would create nearly 11,000 full-time jobs, and have an economic impact of more than $1 billion in just the first year.

Updated: 11:46 PM Mitt Romney's Republican rivals attacked his record as a private businessman and challenged him to release his federal income tax returns Monday night in the first of two debates before a pivotal weekend primary in South Carolina.