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.

Updated: 1:10 AM State Police are investigating whether the recent string of robberies the past two months are related and asking the public for information that will lead them to the suspects.

Posted: 6:40 PM The grandson of the founder of an Ohio hot dog diner made famous on TV's "M.A.S.H." has been charged with stealing from the family business.

Posted: 6:11 PM Leaders in one southeastern Kentucky city say they may have to file suit against a local business.

Posted: 6:11 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan says he has a new plan for Medicare. This time his co-author is Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon.

Posted: 6:09 PM NEW YORK (AP) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says private investigators hired by the city found that most private gun sellers they approached online illegally agreed to sell weapons to buyers who said they couldn't pass background checks.

Posted: 6:07 PM KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A 3.1 percent decrease in the Tennessee Valley Authority's fuel cost will bring down average residential electric bills in January by between $2 and $4.

Posted: 11:10 PM It's a debate that's always controversial some education leaders in the Bluegrass say they're concerned about a new test that will appear in high school classrooms next spring. The test involves Biology, specifically evolution. And one superintendent is asking the state to reconsider.

Updated: 6:05 PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Sen. Joe Manchin's gift to a fellow senator is the talk of the U.S. Capitol.

Posted: 6:04 PM WEST CHESTER, Ohio (AP) - Protesters upset over U.S. House Speaker John Boehner's support for a proposed continental pipeline demonstrated outside his office in southwest Ohio.

Posted: 6:04 PM Whitley County has filed a claim against former Sheriff Lawrence Hodge's surety bond company.