Posted: 5:55 AM Middlesboro police tell Mountain News during the stop, officers got suspicious when they heard statements from the driver and passenger.

Updated: 6:15 PM He said he wants to tell his rescuers thank you! Those are the words from a Middlesboro man who spent Monday night stuck in the mountains between Kentucky and Tennessee.

Posted: 5:13 PM Middlesboro police find more than twenty grams of crack cocaine during a traffic stop!

Posted: 4:57 PM The Salvation Army will soon kick off their annual holiday kettle campaign, but there's one problem... there are not enough bell ringers!

Updated: 11:19 AM The American Heart Association ardently disagrees with today’s ruling by a federal judge blocking the implementation of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new graphic warning labels on cigarette packs.

Updated: 6:47 PM The polls closed at 6 p.m. in Eastern Kentucky.

Updated: 7:50 AM It's something county officials believe will devastate the local economy. More than 200 employees at Barbourville's TruSeal manufacturing plant found out Monday they will be let go.

Updated: 7:52 PM Thousands of people from three states marched into the small town of Cumberland Gap, TN to "Stand in the Gap."

Posted: 5:38 PM It's hard to believe we are just two months away from Christmas!

Updated: 6:39 PM Months after the Middlesboro flood many families are still without permanent homes. Bell-Whitley Community Action Agency was recently awarded a small amount of grant money. They hope it will speed up the cleanup process.

Posted: 6:35 AM Officers responded to a home Thursday morning in the Arjay community, acting on a phone tip.

Updated: 5:20 PM Middlesboro City Council members could set hours of operation for city parks.

Updated: 7:33 PM They're calling it "Stand In the Gap!" A weekend march will bring together religious groups from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Posted: 5:27 PM Late Wednesday afternoon a state appellate judge decided not to hear a case involving the Bell County Election Board.

Updated: 6:15 PM A disagreement between the Bell County Volunteer Fire Department and the county Election Commission could create huge issues for next week's election.

Updated: 6:09 PM A lawsuit filed in Federal Court accuses Bell County Schools of not reporting sexual abuse. The alleged incident happened during the 2002-2003 school year, but the allegations just came to light last year.

Posted: 10:00 PM A federal lawsuit claims the Bell County Superintendent failed to notify authorities about an alleged sexual assault of a third-grader by a teacher.

Updated: 6:08 PM He was hiding from the cops with a warrant out for his arrest. Bell County Deputies had been trying to track down 35 year-old David Mason for some time.

Posted: 1:40 PM First Lady Jane Beshear joins both Kentucky Girl Scout Councils and the Kentucky Domestic Violence Association in celebrating a historic partnership for girls on October 18th at 1:15PM in the Capitol Rotunda.

Updated: 8:31 PM Fifteen years ago life for those living in the Cumberland Valley forever changed when the Cumberland Gap Tunnel finally opened.

Posted: 5:24 PM A Middlesboro man is charged with eleven counts of sodomy of a child.

Updated: 6:09 PM A car accident in North Corbin ended in a whole lot of trouble for two Bell County men.

Updated: 4:09 PM It's the time of year to take in the great outdoors. Leaves are changing colors across the mountains, but one place provides a spectacular scene - The Cumberland Gap!

Updated: 12:11 AM Bell County High School football fans wore shirts that said "Let Us Pray" and vowed to have their voices heard!

Updated: 8:29 PM They were told to stop praying at high school football games, now fans at one eastern Kentucky school are making their voices heard.