Posted: 11:05 PM The Kentucky Department of Transportation wants to give drivers fewer headaches on a busy road in Laurel County.

Updated: 11:19 PM A longtime state senator, legislator, pastor, radio station owner and great-grandfather died on Dec. 8, 2011 after a long battle with a lung disease.

Posted: 10:44 PM A man stopped for driving on the wrong side of the highway is found with a carload of stolen goods.

Posted: 10:38 PM Kentucky State Police in Harlan hosted their annual "Shop with a Cop" event for children in Knox County.

Posted: 10:08 PM Shop with a coal miner brought Christmas joy to children in Perry County today.

Updated: 7:21 PM MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Don Blankenship virtually vanished from the public eye a year ago this week, but he's kept a toe in the mining business and may be angling to raise his profile.

Posted: 7:14 PM An eastern Kentucky man originally charged with attempted murder could spend three years in prison.

Posted: 6:56 PM Don Blankenship virtually vanished from the public eye a year ago this week, but he's kept a toe in the mining business and may be angling to raise his profile.

Updated: 12:07 PM Two years have passed and a family is still not sure how one of their loved ones died.

Posted: 6:54 PM Appalachian states have seen an increase in marijuana production, and the federal government's man in charge of eradication says a sour economy may have turned some people in need of cash to the clandestine crop.

Posted: 6:52 PM A western Kentucky plastics company where a flash fire injured four people has been fined $26,650 by state labor officials for a series of safety violations that investigators found serious.

Posted: 6:37 PM A trial date is set for five people accused of killing a Leslie County man.

Posted: 6:28 PM A police chase led to the arrests of two people wanted for crimes in two states.

Posted: 6:25 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has voted to ban certain synthetic drugs now sold legally in most states that mimic the hallucinogenic and stimulant properties of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamines.

Updated: 8:24 PM A similar bill never made it to either a House or Senate vote last year.

Posted: 6:15 PM Police found a meth lab inside a home and now three people are behind bars.

Updated: 10:13 PM Emergency workers have spent most of the day trying to pull a vehicle out of a creek in Breathitt County.

Posted: 6:02 PM Sheriff Dwayne Price will pay people up to $100 to be drug informants. He says they need the community's help to find out who is dealing drugs and stop the problem.

Updated: 7:33 PM State police: Va. Tech shooter was not the person pulled over during traffic stop.

Updated: 6:00 PM UPDATE: A law enforcement official says the gunman who fled after killing a police officer on campus is believed to be dead.

Updated: 2:07 PM Compared to other mid-sized cities, Lexington is among the worst for dedicating land for parks.

Updated: 4:43 PM Virginia Tech says gunshots have been reported on campus, and authorities are seeking a suspect.

Posted: 9:25 AM Cold temperatures and icy conditions have led to at least two crashes.

Posted: 9:24 AM Bell County schools superintendent George Thompson tells Mountain News a water outage will lead to the early dismissal at two schools.

Posted: 8:18 AM RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Department of Transportation has reached an agreement with Alpha Natural Resources for engineering work on a section of the Coalfields Expressway in southwest Virginia.