Updated: 7:45 PM Memorial Day weekend kicks off the summer travel season. But one difference this year is those high gas prices, which could keep some folks at home.

Updated: 11:20 PM Folks are heading to Pineville for the 81st Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival.

Updated: 6:51 PM A few morning and afternoon showers did not stop the 81st Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival in Pineville Friday.

Updated: 7:53 PM Flash flooding is no stranger to Eastern Kentucky, especially those living in Middlesboro. The area has an extensive canal system, but city leaders have determined that it is not working the way it's supposed to.

Updated: 8:22 PM He was hauled from the classroom to the county jail! Now a Bell County High School teacher is suspended.

Posted: 5:56 PM A Bell County High School teacher is now behind bars and charged with public intoxication.

Updated: 6:18 PM One family says they are grateful for the actions of a state trooper and a neighbor who helped rescue a blind man from drowning after a car accident.

Posted: 8:35 AM 35-Year-old Carter Caldwell died when his car ran off Kentucky 27 in Bell County and into a creek this weekend.

Updated: 5:47 PM Officials with the fire department say it appears clothing in the store was somehow set on fire.

Posted: 3:27 PM 22-year-old Allen W. Brock of Middlesboro was arrested early Wednesday morning in Claiborne County Tennessee.

Posted: 3:58 PM Two people are now behind bars charged with robbing a Middlesboro grocery store.

Posted: 5:12 PM The manager was walking out with the night deposit bag Sunday at a Save-A-Lot store in Middlesboro when a man wearing blue basketball shorts snatched it from her hand in the parking lot!

Posted: 4:10 PM Middlesboro Police are asking for your help to catch a thief!

Posted: 7:55 PM Middlesboro Police pulled over the truck on 25E in Middlesboro for not having a license plate.

Updated: 8:33 AM Starting Monday on Mountain News at 6, we begin a special three part series from Alabama on local folks helping out our neighbors to the south.

Posted: 9:25 PM A Bell County man is arrested after a string of thefts in the Frakes community.

Posted: 8:57 PM One Eastern Kentucky city that is prone to tornadoes does not have working emergency sirens.

Updated: 8:53 PM The spring months bring exciting times for many high school students. From prom to graduation, there are lots of reasons to celebrate. School leaders want to make sure students are having fun and staying safe.

Updated: 11:37 PM Witnesses said the sky all of a sudden turned dark! That's when they saw what appeared to be a funnel cloud in Bell County. And our cameras captured it all.

Posted: 9:37 PM Wave after wave of severe weather keeps pounding the bluegrass. We saw another dose of heavy winds, rain and funnel clouds Wednesday night.

Updated: 2:59 PM The 2011 Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards (EIEA) program, celebrating a decade of distinction in honoring those who exemplify America’s spirit of entrepreneurship, is seeking nominations from across Southern and Eastern Kentucky for the region’s top business leaders and entrepreneurs.

Updated: 6:54 AM Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway spoke to a group of freshmen at Bell County High School Tuesday afternoon. This is part of a campaign his office started in recent years to target students across the state.

Updated: 3:31 PM On April 24th, Easter morning at 6:15, Abundant Living Medical is sponsoring the first Lexington community Easter sunrise service.

Updated: 8:32 PM Leaders from Bell County, Middlesboro, and Pineville held an economic summit Thursday at the Pine Mountain State Park.

Updated: 6:17 PM If a budget plan is not approved by midnight, the government will shut down. There are several things on the chopping block, including national parks. The one in our own backyard is no exception.