Posted: 5:30 AM BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The parents of an eighth-grader who was fatally shot by police inside his South Texas school are demanding to know why officers took lethal action.

Posted: 5:29 AM CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Low-income West Virginian residents can apply for help heating their homes later this month.

Posted: 5:27 AM The three resort state parks, Natural Bridge, Jenny Wiley and Lake Cumberland, will have buffets featuring bison and other favorites.

Posted: 12:14 AM Seven education advocacy groups have joined forces to urge Gov. Steve Beshear and lawmakers to provide more funding to public schools.

Posted: 12:10 AM Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the presidential election will boil down to whether voters blame President Obama for making a difficult economic situation even worse.

Updated: 12:21 AM While he ran for office many times, but never won, Gatewood Galbraith always made his campaigns interesting. His colorful comments left quite an impression, and many of them were very memorable.

Updated: 12:18 AM For decades he brought a unique flavor to Kentucky politics while also making waves as an activist and a lawyer.

Updated: 7:59 PM On Tuesday night a ten year old child died as a result of an accident on an icy highway 15 that happened on Monday afternoon in Perry County.

Posted: 11:02 PM Police are looking for a man who robbed an adult store.

Posted: 10:51 PM WYMT has partnered with Home Federal Bank to honor our men and women serving overseas and here at home.

Updated: 12:43 AM London will now join the ranks of other eastern Kentucky cities that are one step closer to selling packaged alcohol.

Updated: 10:25 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Steve Beshear has used his state of the commonwealth speech to again call on lawmakers to pass a proposed constitutional amendment that can be put on the ballots so Kentucky voters can decide whether to legalize casino-style gambling.

Updated: 8:31 AM Some officials in the City of Cumberland are in the middle of a heated disagreement.

Posted: 7:17 PM West Virginia remains on track for a modest general revenue surplus after a rough patch for tax collections.

Posted: 7:15 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Newly sworn in Agriculture Commissioner Jamie Comer has fired the girlfriend of his predecessor, Richie Farmer.

Posted: 7:11 PM The owner of a medical clinic in southern Ohio that authorities allege was a notorious drug house has pleaded not guilty to charges of illegally dispensing thousands of prescription pain pills.

Posted: 7:08 PM A spokeswoman for Gov. Steve Beshear has said the second-term Democrat is declining a challenge from the head of The Family Foundation to debate the merits of a proposal to legalize casino-style gambling in Kentucky.

Updated: 8:00 PM Lexington Political figures as well as friends react to Gatewood Galbraith's death. They say the character had a big heart and smile that will be missed during the campaign season and in Lexington courtrooms.

Updated: 6:04 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Gatewood Galbraith, a lawyer and colorful five-time candidate for Kentucky governor, has died in his Lexington home. He was 64.

Updated: 7:48 PM A new restaurant and bar opened about one month ago in Hazard.

Updated: 12:40 AM Four vacant trailers burn in the same Pikeville neighborhood in less than one year. Investigators call the string of fires suspicious.

Posted: 4:25 PM On Monday, we told you how random people on the street routinely outsmart experts on Wall Street, at least when it comes to market predictions. Their secret? Wild stabs in the dark.

Posted: 3:41 PM The state's budget and gambling were hot topics yesterday as the 2012 General Assembly kicked off yesterday. But another highly anticipated issue that is expected to come up deals with the University of Pikeville wanting to become a part of the state university system. But what needs to happen to make this a reality?

Updated: 7:55 PM 27 NEWSFIRST has just confirmed that well-known lawyer and political figure Gatewood Galbraith has died.

Updated: 5:08 PM It is officially freezing in the mountains, which means people are turning their heat on and up to stay warm.