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.

Posted: 5:56 PM Five people are arrested on various charges after a tip about a fugitive in southern Kentucky.

Posted: 11:16 PM "We were just in awe because usually when we go into the community, we're not accepted a lot. We get stared at and different things tend to happen. So it was such a blessing," adds Case.

Posted: 5:31 PM A newspaper says it is asking a judge to hold officials with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in contempt for redacting files related to child deaths before releasing them.

Posted: 5:29 PM Gov. Steve Beshear's inaugural day push for a constitutional amendment to allow more kinds of gambling in Kentucky has run into immediate opposition from conservative pastors who are promising a fight.

Posted: 5:01 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - Over and over, the Iraq war is over. President Barack Obama, who opposed the war all the way to the White House, can't remind people enough that he is the one ending the conflict and getting every last troop home.

Updated: 1:00 AM Six months has passed since flooding tore through the area destroying many homes and businesses. Although many places are still rebuilding one organization is not letting their renovations stand in the way of spreading a little Christmas cheer.

Posted: 2:48 PM Children are receiving a valuable lesson in the power of giving.

Posted: 12:32 AM Continental Refining Company announced Wednesday it has purchased the refinery in Pulaski County.

Posted: 12:34 AM The Lexington Republican's plan would bring major changes to the way income taxes and sales and use taxes are assessed.

Posted: 11:27 PM The magazine cited dissent across the Middle East that has spread to Europe and the United States and says these protesters are reshaping global politics.