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.

Updated: 1:56 PM Well-known lawyer and political figure Gatewood Galbraith has died.

Posted: 6:18 AM The University of Kentucky's College of Agriculture is leading a study that will provide the answer. The Equine Initiative will conduct a statewide survey of all breeds of horses in 2012. The last comprehensive study of this kind was done in 1977.

Posted: 6:17 AM Country music legend Loretta Lynn has again rescheduled her concert at the Paramount Arts Center, according to a news release from Paramount.

Posted: 6:03 AM DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Mitt Romney eked out a minuscule 8-vote victory over Rick Santorum in Iowa's Republican presidential caucuses, the state party chairman said early Wednesday, ringing down the curtain on an improbable first act in the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama in the fall.

Posted: 12:05 AM Twenty-five hunters from Wallins, David, Hyden, Pineville, Pikeville, Barbourville and other areas in southeastern Kentucky have a second chance to hunt elk in the state.

Posted: 11:44 PM Last year more than 5000 people in Eastern Kentucky qualified for the crisis component of LIHEAP.

Posted: 12:00 AM Tuesday, the state released more than 900 inmates in a cost-cutting, early release program. Kentucky is joining the ranks of about a dozen other states that have tried similar measures to combat government budget cuts and overcrowding in prisons.

Posted: 11:31 PM WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Michele Bachmann's campaign manager says it's hard to tell whether she will continue her campaign after a bleak showing in the Iowa caucuses.

Posted: 6:09 AM The investigation into Monday night's, gas pipeline explosion could take weeks, if not months to get to the bottom of what happened. A preliminary inquiry started by the company that operates the line will likely lead to a federal investigation by the Department of Transportation, which is common in cases like these.

Posted: 11:06 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - House Speaker Greg Stumbo is promoting a plan to use coal severance tax revenue to cover the cost of making the private University of Pikeville a part of the state's system of public universities.