Posted: 10:47 PM Gov. Steve Beshear says he and Attorney General Jack Conway have rejected ideas that officials at University Hospital in Louisville submitted after Beshear decided the hospital could not merge with two large health care companies.

Posted: 10:42 PM House Speaker Greg Stumbo says he's still not sure if a proposal to redraw legislative district boundaries will get through the General Assembly this year.

Updated: 7:43 PM The Mountain Basketball Classic kicks off tomorrow night at Knott County Central High School.

Updated: 10:34 PM A couple thousand customers are without water service in parts of Pike County. Mountain Water District officials say a water pump broke, creating problems from Marrowbone to Elkhorn City.

Posted: 10:28 PM Vincent Swope never thought he'd have the chance to win $10,000 at a UK game. But that's exactly what happened this past Saturday.

Posted: 6:38 PM Two people are dead after a wreck in Pike County. Police say the trailer of a flat bed truck crossed the center line on US-460 and hit a mini-van.

Posted: 5:19 PM C. Wayne Creech has been named the new police chief.

Updated: 6:39 AM Pike County School officials tell Mountain News that due to water issues several of their schools will be closed today.

Posted: 6:23 AM Four churches around Laurel County are broken into in the same night, the thieves took thousands of dollars in equipment, but left behind three odd pieces of property that may connect the crimes.

Posted: 6:22 AM Novartis is recalling some bottles of Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin and Gas-X Sunday over concerns that the bottles could contain stray pills from other medicines, or chipped or broken tablets.

Posted: 6:24 AM The Laurel County Sheriff's Office says Michelle Murphy, 37, and Michael North, 34, tried to rob a Family Dollar Saturday night in Bell County.

Posted: 6:24 AM A deputy coroner tells 27 Newsfirst Shawn Evans, 39, died when he crashed into a car on Highway 192 at 229 in Laurel County.

Updated: 8:37 PM People in one Eastern Kentucky city want to decide for themselves how alcohol sales should be regulated in their community.

Posted: 6:23 AM Brandon Bayes, 6, has been upgraded from serious to fair condition at UK Hospital. Bayes was injured Saturday while trying to go back into his family's burning home in Laurel County to save a pet.

Posted: 6:23 AM A family mourns the death of a young girl while her little brother fights for his life. The children were badly injured in a car crash Saturday afternoon at US-150 and Maretburg Road in Rockcastle County.

Updated: 9:27 AM An explosion spooked many people in the Wheelwright section of Floyd County last night.

Posted: 11:16 PM The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office tells us the crash happened just after four Friday afternoon on Highway 39 north of Somerset.

Updated: 12:20 PM A former volunteer firefighter said he usually takes a midnight stroll through his neighborhood but what he saw this time was anything but normal. “I noticed black smoke and glowing going on,” said Jordan Koskoski.

Posted: 10:36 PM A federal lawsuit filed against the city of Williamsburg's police department is expected to go to trial Monday.

Posted: 2:06 AM Governor Steve Beshear said his inauguration would be a scaled back affair. Now, we know how much money is left following this year's event.

Updated: 10:49 AM A touch of Kentucky is now at NASA.

Posted: 10:05 PM UK Healthcare is hosting a series of seminars and stressing the importance of having certified trauma centers here in rural Kentucky.

Posted: 2:09 AM The public celebration will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Carnegie Center on West Second Street in Lexington.

Posted: 2:07 AM The Kentucky Attorney General's office says scammers have found a new way to get into your computer and steal your personal information It all starts with a phone call that seems legit.

Updated: 6:52 PM An investigation is underway in Laurel County after the death of a five-year-old.