Updated: 4:34 PM A Harlan County man is dead after a crash early Thursday morning.

Updated: 9:07 PM The water issues are continuing for those in the Bledsoe and Big Laurel Communities in Harlan County.

Updated: 9:27 PM Lillian Thacker says her son threatened her life with a chainsaw and beat her in Harlan County. Rodney Thacker says he was high on synthetic marijuana and drunk and does not remember anything.

Posted: 9:44 PM A Harlan County man faces nine different charges after police say he chased a woman with chainsaw and assaulted three deputies.

Updated: 8:17 PM Dr. Abiodun Akisanya of Daniel Boone Clinic in Harlan, was playing with his son in the pool when he began to drown.

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

Posted: 4:42 PM State police say a man who escaped from the Bell County Forestry Camp was captured Thursday afternoon in the Rio Vista community of Harlan.

Posted: 6:58 AM The coal industry has taken some recent hits in the pocketbook, but some miners are having the opposite effect on the city of Cumberland

Posted: 4:35 AM The Lexington Herald Leader reports the attorney for 20 year old Anthony Ray Jenkins filed the challenge to the federal hate crime law on Wednesday.

Updated: 5:56 PM People who live in the Big Laurel Community say they have not had running water since Monday.

Posted: 10:17 PM Police are looking for two men who they say are behind a violent carjacking.

Posted: 5:06 PM Kentucky Utilities customers recently received notice that monthly rates would increase.

Posted: 4:51 PM Bledsoe area water customers are still dealing with water outages while the Little Shepherd Trail water project is being finished.

Updated: 6:48 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The state's highest court has denied an eastern Kentucky judge's bid to return to the bench after he was ousted for misconduct.

Updated: 6:04 PM The City of Benham in Harlan County is looking at how they can deal with abandoned houses in the city.

Updated: 5:59 PM A copper theft turned deadly in Cumberland Friday morning.

Posted: 5:37 PM State troopers are cracking down after receiving complaints about speeding coal trucks.

Posted: 6:10 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A reprimand letter issued to a state mine inspector says "appropriate action" wasn't taken during a March inspection at a Harlan mine where no safety violations were found.

Posted: 4:28 PM The Lighthouse Mission in Bell County is organizing the event this Friday night. It will have everything to get children ready for school and help parents who can no longer afford clothes and supplies.

Posted: 3:48 PM Folks in Evarts no longer have to conserve water.

Updated: 4:59 PM New developments involving the ongoing issues with the Green Hills Water District in Harlan County.

Updated: 4:40 PM On June 23rd, police say a man came into Kay's Grocery store in Harlan County and threatened the clerk before getting away with cash. There are no arrests yet.

Posted: 4:50 AM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A published report says state investigators found few problems at a Harlan County mine where federal investigators found enough violations during a surprise safety blitz in May to shut the facility down for nine days.

Updated: 5:54 PM A 60-year-old woman led police on a chase Thursday night in Harlan County for more than 10 miles.

Posted: 4:06 AM Officials with the Lynch Police Department say a car driven by Betty Drew of Harlan was weaving in and out of traffic in the Cumberland area Thursday night.