Updated: 5:57 PM The Bell County Sheriff's Department is still investigating what caused a crash that injured five people, including a child.

Updated: 5:48 PM The collapsed portion of Highway 987 in Bell County is repaired.

Posted: 5:28 PM The group Discover Downtown Middlesboro hopes to revitalize 200 buildings in downtown Middlesboro.

Updated: 11:42 PM New details have been released about the crash of a medical helicopter in Clay County.

Posted: 6:34 PM Some customers say a Bell County car dealership did not make the payoffs on trade-in vehicles. Now the Lee Motors dealership and two former employees face criminal and civil complaints.

Posted: 6:22 PM Officials tell us the School Board selected Steve Martin to be the next superintendent.

Updated: 10:56 PM Hundreds of people said good-bye Tuesday in Bell County to 28-year-old Jesse Jones. Jones was one of three men who died last week on a helicopter crash in Clay County.

Updated: 6:06 PM Jimmy Jackson, a businessman, church and community leader, and veteran, died at age 83 on Friday. His funeral will be Wednesday.

Updated: 11:32 PM Friends and co-workers are remembering the lives of three medics that died in this week's helicopter crash.

Updated: 10:57 PM 28-year-old Jesse Jones is one of the three men whose life was taken far too soon after the helicopter they were flying crashed Thursday night.

Posted: 11:03 PM In Eastern Kentucky, we love our basketball and we are also one of the hardest hit areas of the country when it comes to drug abuse.

Posted: 10:15 PM Bell County Forestry Camp officials say 22-year-old Drake Alexander Meyer of Fort Thomas escaped Thursday night.

Posted: 6:04 PM A former Bell County substitute teacher will be back in court later this month.

Posted: 5:36 PM Two juveniles and 18-year old Noah Tyler Gray face theft charges.

Posted: 7:53 AM The Middlesboro Daily News reports emotions were high in the courtroom on Monday when the sentences were handed down to Brian Hatfield, Candy Maiden and Debbie Partin.

Posted: 6:31 PM The screening committee for the new superintendent in Middlesboro submitted its best candidates to the board of education Tuesday.

Posted: 6:36 PM Thursday was the last day for teachers and staff at Middlesboro Intermediate School. The School Board decided to close the school.

Posted: 4:58 AM Officials say they will keep the current leadership team in place and will not close any plants.

Posted: 5:27 PM Middlesboro Police say a thief hit a man in the mall while trying to steal items.

Updated: 4:25 PM National park officials in Eastern Kentucky say bears have returned to Middlesboro and along the periphery of the city.

Posted: 6:36 PM A Bell County road will be closed except for emergency traffic starting May 28th and lasting through August 1st.

Updated: 7:17 PM Some people say the Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival in Pineville benefits the local economy every year.

Updated: 10:57 PM The Kentucky Mountain Laurel festival dates back to the early 1930's and is still going strong.

Updated: 6:02 PM The first ever Bluegrass on the Mountain Festival was in Pineville. Music and off-roading entertainment were provided.

Updated: 5:11 PM A former Harlan County substitute teacher facing sex abuse charges pleaded not guilty on Friday.