Updated: 5:22 PM A Harlan County miner says state investigators would not have known about safety violations in a mine if he had not reported it, but now the state is seeking disciplinary action against him in the same case.

Updated: 6:56 PM In light of the Newtown, Connecticut school massacre, local school officials are evaluating safety plans and emergency procedures.

Updated: 10:00 PM Some Wal-mart shoppers in Harlan got a Christmas surprise Monday! A flash mob broke out into singing at one o'clock in the afternoon!

Posted: 8:49 PM Bond is set at $50,000 full cash for a man accused of having child porn at the Wallins Creek Water Plant.

Posted: 8:46 PM Several Harlan County organizations received thousands of dollars.

Updated: 6:14 PM Two people were arrested Thursday night for a robbery at a Harlan County restaurant.

Updated: 5:51 PM Christmas is still several days away, but some kids in Harlan County got a few presents early.

Posted: 10:32 PM Two men are behind bars after police found child pornography.

Updated: 10:38 AM The scholarship is awarded to students who are customers or whose parent or guardian is a customer of Appalachian Wireless.

Posted: 5:24 PM Police say no charges will be filed in a crash that killed a Harlan County woman.

Posted: 3:37 PM Officers say a CSX train, loaded with coal, derailed and landed on a van being used to taxi employees back and forth between train destinations.

Posted: 4:33 AM Police say a woman is dead after a crash in southern Kentucky.

Posted: 2:19 PM The Board of Trustees for the Appalachian Regional Healthcare system announced the forthcoming retirement of ARH President and Chief Executive Officer Jerry W. Haynes, and named Haynes’ successor.

Updated: 9:20 AM WALLINS, Ky. (WYMT) - A tough economy has made the holidays hard for local charities.

Posted: 6:13 PM The Pizza Hut in Harlan was robbed at gunpoint overnight. Now police are looking for suspects.

Updated: 6:32 AM Officials with the Tri-City Empty Stocking Fund wrapped up night two of their annual auction Tuesday night on the Cumberland campus of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College.

Updated: 10:16 AM The Kentucky Industrial Hemp Commission will meet on Friday, December 7, 2012 at 10 a.m. EST at the office of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Office of Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, 111 Corporate Drive, Frankfort, Kentucky. The meeting is open to the public, and all are welcome to attend.

Updated: 4:15 PM Harlan County officers were involved in a shootout Friday night.

Updated: 12:02 PM State police say nobody was hurt after a "shootout" involving deputies with the Harlan County Sheriff's Department.

Posted: 6:35 PM A Harlan High School student is facing charges as police investigate claims that he made threats at school.

Posted: 5:43 PM The owner of a landmark Harlan restaurant is retiring, but he says he will still be around. Customers say Ken and Paul's Steakhouse is a Harlan County staple. Owner Ken Moody has been in the restaurant business since 1967.

Posted: 5:04 PM A father and son in Harlan County face theft charges.

Updated: 6:49 PM A coal company says wild horses are hurting a reclamation effort in Harlan County. The company wants to remove the horses, but the Harlan County Humane Society wants the horses to stay.

Posted: 5:25 PM Officials in Harlan County are looking for ways to cut spending.

Posted: 4:56 PM The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has placed four mining operations in three states on notice for repeated violations of health and safety standards.