Updated: 8:11 PM An early morning fire destroyed a family's home and killed three dogs in Somerset. The cause is under investigation.

Posted: 11:56 AM Jobless rates have fallen in 99 Kentucky counties as of October, more good news for a still ailing state economy.

Posted: 11:02 AM The son of Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear is representing a company that is seeking $20 million in tax breaks from the state.

Posted: 10:55 AM A state agency is considering loosening regulations that restrict elephant rides.

Posted: 9:27 AM A pair of southeastern Kentucky sisters will get Social Security numbers and cards after settling a lawsuit with the federal government.

Posted: 7:33 AM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Actors Theatre of Louisville will receive $80,000 and four other organizations will receive smaller amounts in grants awarded from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Posted: 7:31 AM All of Kentucky's 100 House seats will be up for grabs as will half of the 38 Senate seats, though it's not unusual for incumbents to go unchallenged in either the primary or general elections.

Updated: 7:18 PM 27 NEWSFIRST took its cameras to Hamburg Pavilion in Lexington early Wednesday, where we found two tents already set up outside Best Buy.

Posted: 7:29 AM West Virginia State Police arrested 40-year-old Jackie Dale Hewlett Tuesday morning.

Posted: 7:21 AM State police say they got a tip about a possible meth lab in a home in the Rockholds community of Whitley County early Wednesday morning.

Updated: 12:23 AM Monday authorities confirmed that Zachary Flower died in a double shooting in Madison County, but they remained tight-lipped about a second victim, Kevin Price's condition. Now Price's mother tells NEWSFIRST her son remains in critical condition at UK hospital.

Updated: 12:29 AM Police arrested 27-year-old Matthew Denholm for allegedly killing Zackary Flower and seriously injuring Kevin Price. Some said that he mad a pit stop on his way to Louisville. Woody Brooks says he was glad he was in the store with his younger cashier when a man he believes was 27-year-old Matthew Denholm walked in.

Posted: 11:12 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential hopefuls warned in near unanimity against deep cuts in the nation's defense budget Tuesday night, assailing President Barack Obama in campaign debate but disagreeing over the extent of reductions the Pentagon should absorb to reduce deficits and repair the frail U.S. economy.

Posted: 10:14 PM Three people in eastern Kentucky have been arrested on meth-related charges.

Posted: 10:09 PM A Laurel County woman, accused in a murder-for-hire plot, was back in court Tuesday.

Posted: 9:03 PM Dallas police have honored a man who led them to a movie theater where Lee Harvey Oswald was hiding on Nov. 22, 1963, shortly after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Updated: 7:05 PM In light of the super committee's failure to meet their deadline to find areas in the United State's budget to cut, WYMT spoke with U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers about his reaction.

Updated: 7:58 PM Officials say 150 well paying jobs and improved healthcare are coming to eastern Kentucky.

Updated: 8:00 PM 20 year old Benjamin Meek admits he killed a man and dumped his body in the river.

Posted: 6:22 PM Shopping malls and retail outlets become war zones on Black Friday morning. So to get what you came for, you have to think like a warrior. That means going in with a solid strategy, and employing some stealthy tactics.

Updated: 8:51 PM A new school in Perry County could be under construction by early next year.

Updated: 6:59 PM They are allegations many consider shocking and disturbing. Monday we told you about a number of child sex abuse charges 26 year old Jonathan Smith is facing - a man who has ties to multiple fire departments in Laurel County.

Posted: 6:09 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A leading children's advocate is urging Gov. Steve Beshear to investigate and overhaul the state's child welfare system.

Posted: 6:07 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - State Rep. Brent Yonts is offering a fresh proposal to fight meth in Kentucky, where lawmakers have been in a stalemate over whether to make cold and allergy medications containing pseudoephedrine available only by prescription.

Posted: 5:59 PM A Laurel County woman facing 57 counts of animal cruelty charges pleads guilty to just one of them.