Updated: 8:13 PM PIKEVILLE – Copper theft has been a problem for some time in Appalachia, but a recent spike in these criminal acts has caused Sen. Ray S. Jones II, D-Pikeville, and Pike County Judge-Executive Wayne T. Rutherford to try and curb the increasing problem.
Updated: 11:20 PM Police in Prestonsburg say they had another successful day with their drug interdiction program.
Updated: 8:29 PM For the fifth year in a row, Kentucky can claim a title no one wants to take.
Posted: 5:59 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Lawmakers have been scurrying to file candidacy papers in old legislative districts after a judge tossed out newly drawn House and Senate boundaries because they didn't meet constitutional muster.
Updated: 11:53 PM Abraham Lincoln, the Kentuckian will come back to life in theaters this summer.
Posted: 4:34 PM You’ve probably heard this quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin: “Nothing is certain except death and taxes.”
Posted: 3:17 PM Currently it is against the law in Kentucky for anyone to text while driving for obvious safety reasons. But just how dangerous it is? Well high school students at Pineville Independent now know that answer.
Posted: 8:23 PM A House committee changed courses just one week after rejecting a bill dubbed "Cooper's Law"
Updated: 3:08 PM The former Pennsylvania senator acknowledges Romney has a substantial advantage in political fund-raising, but says, "We feel like going forward we're going to have the money we need to make the case we want to make."
Posted: 8:38 AM Carville was chief strategist for President Bill Clinton's run at the Whitehouse in 1992, at the same time that Matalin was director of President George H.W. Bush's re-election campaign. They married after the election.
Posted: 8:36 AM They say the stabbing happened in the area of 30th Street and Greenup Avenue.
Posted: 8:35 AM Sen. George Barker's bill cleared the Senate on a 28-12 vote Tuesday. It now goes to the House of Delegates.
Posted: 8:22 AM The wreck happened Tuesday night on Highway 363 in Laurel County, near Piney Grove Market.
Updated: 12:34 AM Health and Family Services Secretary Janie Miller has resigned, saying she will pursue other opportunities.
Updated: 12:28 AM Access to potable water will soon be available to 165 households in Perry County.
Updated: 12:30 AM Voters in Barbourville have decided to say no to alcohol sales.
Updated: 7:51 PM Phelps Elementary School will be open Wednesday.
Posted: 7:17 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Legislators have drafted a bipartisan resolution urging the Obama Administration to include burley in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.
Posted: 7:15 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A judge has ruled that Kentucky lawmakers can't implement newly redrawn legislative districts.
Updated: 7:21 PM A Harlan County man who ran twice for governor went around the state capitol in a coffin.
Posted: 7:01 PM Hundreds packed the capitol rotunda Tuesday with concerns of cuts to higher education.
Updated: 7:34 PM He may not be in Frankfort anymore, but former Lieutenant Governor and Hazard native Daniel Mongiardo is still sharing his thoughts on Kentucky politics.
Posted: 6:47 PM Police in Knox County are still searching for a department of transportation truck.
Updated: 7:21 PM Police say a Martin County man involved in a deadly crash admitted to drinking before driving. 26 year old Billie Evans is charged with murder and DUI.
Posted: 6:13 PM Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell tells the Times Tribune 23 year old Eric Shelton is believed to be responsible for the theft of more than $80,000 worth of property, including jewelry.
