Posted: 5:33 PM The Bell County Judge-Executive and Board of Elections are trying to prevent the sale of some fire stations.

Posted: 9:11 PM Bell County officials say the director of the Bell-Whitley Community Action Agency is now on unpaid administrative leave.

Updated: 8:14 PM Police say in April of 2010, Richard Goodman shot his son, Richie Joe Goodman. Friday morning, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Updated: 5:43 PM Bell County animal shelter workers need to find homes for dozens of dogs to get ready for renovations at the shelter.

Posted: 5:34 PM The Bell County Volunteer Fire Department is suing the Judge-Executive for half a million dollars. This comes after the BCVFD closed stations due to an alleged lack of funds.

Posted: 12:32 PM Moron Brothers Country Comedy Festival performs Saturday, September 1, at 7 p.m. at The Forum, Hal Rogers Center as part of HCTC's Greater Hazard Area Performing Arts Series, which is enjoying its 40th season. Also featured will be The Mike Snider String Band. Opening the show will be the Dean Osborne Band and special guests Col. Andy Hunt and the Hyden Colonels. Hunt is a graduate of HCTC's Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music.

Updated: 10:41 PM Bell County school leaders say the facilities need thousands of dollars in improvements and upgrades but the money is not there. The Bell County Superintendent is proposing a nickel property tax increase to raise the money.

Updated: 9:35 AM Officials tell Mountain News the bus was traveling down Kentucky 221 when it hit a Coke truck.

Updated: 5:48 PM 22 years later, and a mother still does not know who killed her daughter.

Updated: 12:11 AM Matt Jones made a trip back to his hometown of Middlesboro for his radio segment about Kentucky Sports.

Posted: 7:18 AM "Stand in the Gap" started in late 2011 with folks from Claiborne County in Tennessee, Bell County in Kentucky and Lee County in Virginia taking part, and were backed by many churches of differing denominations.

Updated: 6:39 AM BELL COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - People of Eastern Kentucky came together to show their support for the coal industry Saturday, August 11, and they say coal is their way of life.

Updated: 6:13 PM Thousands of people are planning to participate in the "Hands of Coal Across Bell County" event on Saturday.

Updated: 6:14 PM A Bell County inmate holding a sign outside the Judicial Center for not paying child support is now accused of trying to smuggle illegal items into the jail through a body cavity.

Updated: 6:54 PM Bell County Constable Jesse James Hall and his wife Juanita Hall pleaded guilty to charges related to stealing charitable gaming funds.

Posted: 4:33 PM A southern Kentucky community action agency director is on administrative leave.

Posted: 4:11 PM The Center for Rural Development is providing scholarship opportunities for individuals or teams to attend the 2012 Brushy Fork Institute in Berea to pursue planning around local philanthropy.

Posted: 6:38 PM Prayers will go out for coal here in eastern Kentucky when miners and supporters gather for the "Hands of Coal" event this Saturday, August 11th.

Posted: 5:06 PM A new trial date is set for a former pawn shop owner accused of being part of a money laundering scheme.

Posted: 9:31 PM Ten people were arrested on 17 charges as part of an ongoing drug investigation in Bell County.

Updated: 2:43 AM Kentucky Judicial Centers were closed Monday for a furlough day. The shut down affected people from paying fines to inmates not getting bonds set.

Updated: 7:53 PM It is tax free weekend for school supplies and some clothes in Tennessee. Some Kentuckians are crossing the border for the sales.

Updated: 8:34 PM Investigators say it appears nine recent fires in Middlesboro were set on purpose. All of the fires happened at vacant homes. Now a reward is being offered for information that leads to the suspects.

Posted: 10:24 PM A Bell County grand jury has indicted two people accused of kidnapping a child.

Updated: 7:59 PM Timothy Bowling, the Bell County Forestry Camp escapee who was caught Thursday says he regrets what he did and apologizes.