Posted: 6:24 AM Tara Williams, 21, of Logan, was hunting in Ritchie County, W.Va., when she stepped on a copperhead.

Posted: 6:06 AM The fire in the 800-block of Gail Drive in Boyd County was reported just after 1:30 a.m.

Posted: 5:49 AM BEIJING (AP) - Relatives of poor children who were injured when their overcrowded school minibus crashed say they had worried for their safety every time they got in the makeshift bus.

Posted: 12:07 AM A woman accused of killing her husband will stand trial in the county where he was gunned down.

Posted: 12:01 AM The top-ranking Republican in the Kentucky House is urging Gov. Steve Beshear to reject suggestions for a special legislative session to redraw legislative boundaries.

Updated: 12:51 AM A mother and her five month old baby are dead after their car ended up in a creek in Clay County. The accident happened around 3:30 Thursday afternoon on Kentucky 11 South near Manchester.

Posted: 11:24 PM Streets were flooded in the town of Warfield, which caused traffic headaches for drivers.

Posted: 11:08 PM Game between UPIKE and Mountain State, but Wednesday night's game at the Expo Center in Pikeville might be best remembered for a brawl.

Posted: 10:21 PM WYMT has partnered with Home Federal Bank to honor our men and women serving in the armed forces.

Posted: 11:10 PM She burst onto the political scene, receiving more votes than 'any' other Democrat running in the November general election. Voters chose Alison Lundergan Grimes as Kentucky's 76th Secretary of State and she had a little help from her grandmothers! A week after winning her first election WKYT's Amber Philpott sits down with Grimes to talk about those feisty little ladies and why she is committed to getting Kentuckians moving in the right direction through jobs.

Posted: 6:55 PM After hearing from groups that favor changes in Kentucky's petition process, lawmakers asked staff to draft legislation that would make the law clearer and more consistent.

Posted: 6:53 PM Volunteers have planted hundreds of trees on reclaimed mine land in eastern Kentucky.

Posted: 6:51 PM A toxicology report shows that a Florida woman who was fatally shot by an East Tennessee deputy after slashing him and trying to drive away in his patrol car had taken methamphetamine and several other drugs.

Posted: 11:53 PM Rep. Brad Montell believes charter schools would improve education in Kentucky.

Posted: 6:50 PM A former western Kentucky pastor has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually abusing a child.

Posted: 6:47 PM An Oklahoma convicted murderer who shot to death a Kentucky distillery worker after a 1991 prison escape and multi-state crime spree has been sentenced to execution again.

Updated: 6:54 PM The Appalachian Regional Commission is giving more than $1 million in four separate grants so that rural communities can invest in their own future.

Updated: 10:37 PM Kentucky State Police say the Zebulon Double Kwik was robbed Sunday night and again late Tuesday night.

Updated: 7:39 PM Family members say Sheri Spencer had just cashed a check and was driving down 11th Street in Clay City when a man approached her window with a gun.

Updated: 9:37 PM Recently released federal documents put a new twist on the illegal activities of former Whitley County Sheriff Lawrence Hodge.

Updated: 6:04 PM There has been an accident five miles outside of Manchester on Kentucky 11.

Updated: 4:43 PM Appalachian Regional Healthcare teamed up with one local school this morning to teach the importance of living healthy lifestyles but this wasn't your ordinary classroom lecture.

Posted: 6:09 AM Team leaders collaborating with the Appalachian Research Initiative for Environmental Sciences, or ARIES, say they hope their work will lead to more progressive mining practices.

Posted: 6:08 AM RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Activists and residents from Virginia's coalfields are heading to Washington and the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency to oppose a mountaintop removal proposal in the state's far southwest corner.

Posted: 6:06 AM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Thirteen Kentucky high schools are taking part in a pilot program this week to encourage more seniors to apply to college.