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.

Posted: 6:05 AM BEIJING (AP) - Chinese state media say 17 preschoolers and two adults have been killed in a bus accident in Gansu province.

Posted: 5:54 AM WASHINGTON (AP) - The top Republican on a special deficit-cutting panel says GOP negotiators have "gone as far as we feel we can go" on tax hikes, a public signal that a debt bargain could be out of reach despite weeks of negotiations.

Posted: 11:46 PM A new study from the Center for Responsive Politics found 47 percent of all members of Congress are worth more than a million dollars.

Updated: 12:03 AM Police are looking for a gunman who robbed a woman in Powell County.

Posted: 11:09 PM Police are still looking for a suspect after an armed robbery Sunday in Pike County.

Posted: 11:03 PM State police say one woman is dead and another injured after a vehicle hit a gas line.

Posted: 10:02 PM The Perry County Fiscal Court approved the motion to hire an attorney out of Lexington after Sheriff Les Burgett appealed a ruling that the employment of his wife in the sheriff's department was wrong. Last month the ethics commission ruled that Lenora Burgett could no longer work in the sheriff's office.

Updated: 11:19 PM Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Roy Swisher enlisted in the National Guard at age 55 to do what he feels brings together his two passions, God's work and serving his country.

Posted: 7:33 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - House Speaker Greg Stumbo says he prefers convening a special legislative session this year to redraw Kentucky's legislative boundaries to match population shifts over the past decade.

Updated: 8:03 PM Construction will start next year on a new road that will connect Upper Pompey to the Fishtrap Dam area. That would cut drive time to Pikeville nearly in half for people in those communities.

Updated: 6:53 PM More than 100 people gathered in Laurel County Tuesday for a summit to discuss the future.

Posted: 6:26 PM A southeastern Kentucky city is considering a smoking ban.

Posted: 11:10 PM A Pulaski County woman just wanted to help someone who was "down on his luck," but now she believes the man she hired to work at her business took advantage of her.

Posted: 6:15 PM Scam artists claiming to represent the U.S. government are calling consumers all over central and eastern Kentucky saying they have been "selected" by the government to receive a "free grant" to use for whatever they want.

Posted: 6:01 PM Timothy Ryan Sizemore's murder case has also been waived to the Perry County Grand Jury.