Posted: 5:16 PM The companies said in a statement that it is the fifth year in a row that employees have raised more than $1 million to assist nonprofit agencies that help Kentucky families.

Posted: 5:14 PM McCreary County's ambulance service was given nearly $200,000 to be used to buy new heart monitors for their ambulances.

Posted: 5:08 PM The city hired Michael Phillips from Greenville, South Carolina.

Posted: 5:04 PM Officials with the United States Department of Agriculture presented Kentucky River Community Care with a $117,000 grant to advance specialty care to patients living in the area.

Posted: 4:58 PM Officials with the Marshals service say Jerry Allen Parton of Lily and Jonathan Wayne Steward of Corbin could not be located at the addresses listed on the registry.

Posted: 4:55 PM Police say just after two Thursday morning, a man came into the BP station off Highway 15, showed a gun and demanded money.

Posted: 4:49 PM 21 year old Daniel Gillispie is charged with assault and impersonating a police officer.

Posted: 4:46 PM Acting on a tip, the Knox County sheriff's office went to a home at 1264 Johnson Hollow Road.

Posted: 4:23 PM HARLAN, Ky. (AP) - The city of Harlan is planning to install a hydroelectric turbine at its sewer plant.

Posted: 4:22 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - House Democrats say Gov. Steve Beshear told them he will give $1 million in next year's legislative races, according to a published report.

Posted: 4:20 PM The Grammy Award winner will wed fellow musician Cactus Moser, the drummer for country group Highway 101.

Posted: 4:12 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The governors of Kentucky and Indiana have reached a tentative agreement on a plan to build bridges across the Ohio River in the Louisville area.

Updated: 4:50 PM Officials with the company are blaming the closings on weak holiday sales and plan to close between 100 and 120 Sears and K-Mart stores nationwide.

Posted: 4:09 PM The Bell County Sheriff's Office says the victim, 39-year-old Jimmy Carnes, appeared to have died from a gunshot wound.

Posted: 4:10 PM An economist who reviewed a hospital merger proposal recommends establishing a foundation to assure that local interests are served.

Posted: 4:10 PM The Kentucky Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case brought by former clients of three now-disbarred lawyers who once represented them in a $200 million settlement.

Posted: 4:46 AM Officers say the four month olds father, Rodney McDowell, had just laid his son down to go to sleep and went to check on another child.

Posted: 4:42 AM Boyd County Deputies say the incident happened at a house in the 5000-block of Buckhaven Court, in Catlettsburg, about 3:45 Wednesday morning.

Posted: 4:40 AM It took a village to build the Claiborne County facility, the first of its kind in the area. It's intended to be a solution to the abandoned pets problem.

Posted: 4:37 AM Police say they were responding to complaints of a man making the drug at a house in the Flatlick community around 9:30 Wednesday night.

Posted: 4:30 AM Talk is circulating in Harlan County about the possible closing of the Upper and Lower Clover Fork fire departments, which is concerning people who live in that area and officials.

Posted: 1:59 AM The $1 million winner of "America's Got Talent" has already sold out two shows at the theater. The first show was Tuesday night, the second is Wednesday evening.

Posted: 12:18 AM Gov. Steve Beshear says he intends to "very aggressively" push for a constitutional amendment in the upcoming legislative session to legalize additional forms of gambling.

Posted: 12:15 AM The upcoming budget cycle is expected to be the "most challenging" yet.

Updated: 12:12 AM Gov. Steve Beshear is expected to weigh in on a proposed merger of University Hospital in Louisville and two other hospital systems by the end of the week.