Posted: 4:56 PM Police officers in Barbourville took part in the season of giving in their first "Shop with a Cop" event.

Updated: 10:23 PM It may be an Un-Merry Christmas for some alleged drug dealers in Bell County who are behind bars Thursday afternoon.

Posted: 4:17 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Steve Beshear is set to deliver the annual state of the commonwealth speech early next month.

Updated: 11:26 PM EKU officials say crews discovered a mercury leak in a room in the Moore Science Building Thursday afternoon.

Posted: 12:22 PM The United Mine Workers of America and Virginia-based Alpha Natural Resources have settled on new 5½-year contracts for five former Massey Energy coal preparation plants.

Posted: 10:59 AM WASHINGTON (AP) - The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell back down to 3.94 percent, the record low set earlier in the fall.

Posted: 10:43 AM Five more Amish men have been convicted in western Kentucky of not displaying a slow-moving emblem on their buggies.

Posted: 10:37 AM Public officials in Kenton County say they're looking at containing the cost of animal control and also improving services to residents with a new agreement.

Posted: 10:34 AM The Southern Baptist Convention's publishing division is recalling pink Bibles, saying some of the money raised through their sale was being given to Planned Parenthood.

Posted: 8:40 AM A man wanted in connection with a stabbing in Ashland in September was arrested in Lexington, according to an Ashland Police Department news release.

Posted: 8:30 AM Several high level U.S. leaders took part in the ceremony, which retired the U.S./Iraq forces flag.

Updated: 12:31 PM Officials there tell us two inmates escaped through the ceiling of the Powell County jail overnight.

Updated: 12:53 PM Investigators say 24-year-old Josh Abner and 26-year-old Phillip Wells escaped from the Powell County Jail Thursday morning.

Posted: 8:42 AM Someone may land on Santa's naughty list after they stole baby Jesus from a Lawrenceburg nativity.

Posted: 11:13 PM A long-time newspaper and television journalist and former spokesman for the coal industry has died.

Posted: 11:05 PM Four people are flown to a hospital after a head-on crash.

Updated: 8:37 AM Arch Coal, Inc. announced 117 layoffs which went into effect Dec. 2. Knott County Judge Executive Randy Thompson said that it is more than just the counties people are working in that are affected. He said he believes they need to pull together as a region to make a difference in the future of jobs for eastern Kentucky.

Posted: 7:55 PM Several local children are receiving a valuable lesson in the power of giving.

Posted: 7:50 PM MOREHEAD, Ky.---Morehead State University’s Transition Center in the Office of Enrollment Services has announced its spring 2012 Diversity Day will be Saturday, Feb. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Posted: 7:46 PM Transferring to a four-year institution became easier for Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) students today with the signing of a statewide agreement with the University of Pikeville (UPIKE).

Posted: 7:15 PM A former eastern Kentucky mayor has been appointed to fill the council seat left open by the current mayor.

Posted: 6:57 PM An eastern Kentucky attorney has filed to run for commonwealth's attorney.

Posted: 6:52 PM Ohio regulators on Wednesday approved a $300 million base-rate increase for American Electric Power to generate electricity, about half of what the Columbus-based company had asked for.

Posted: 6:52 PM Arch Coal Company has laid off more than 100 eastern Kentucky miners.

Updated: 6:56 PM Police in Laurel County arrested two people in connection with a crime spree.