Updated: 7:23 PM The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed two freshwater mussels – the rayed bean and the snuffbox – as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. The two mussels are found in river systems in the eastern United States.

Posted: 7:12 PM A sex offender accused of raping and attacking two teenage girls in Paintsville last year has pleaded guilty.

Updated: 10:29 PM Thieves hit an unusual target in Paintsville last week. Police say the Paintsville Funeral Home was burglarized.

Posted: 5:09 PM A man who police say abused a toddler was sentenced on Friday.

Posted: 5:36 PM A Johnson County pain clinic that was raided last week is shut down for good. Paintsville city officials revoked the business license for Caremore Medical Management. The doctor working there also surrendered his Kentucky Medical License.

Updated: 3:28 PM In its ongoing effort to elevate public awareness about heart disease, the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women® movement is teaming up with Emmy-nominated actress Elizabeth Banks to share the truth about the No. 1 killer of women.

Updated: 11:44 PM Police in Johnson County believe three recent robberies are connected.

Posted: 10:57 PM The funeral for a Johnson County man who drowned will be later this week.

Updated: 6:22 PM A Paintsville pain clinic was raided for the second time in a year on Wednesday.

Posted: 9:54 PM A Johnson County business has been robbed for the second time in less than two weeks.

Updated: 4:13 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. —Agriculture Commissioner James Comer today issued a relief payment to a Waynesburg grain farmer who failed to get paid when he sold his grain to a company that filed bankruptcy

Updated: 7:16 PM The Shell Mart on South Mayo Trail in Paintsville was robbed at knifepoint Saturday night.

Posted: 8:41 AM Officers say around 10:30 Saturday night, a man walked into the Shell Mart on South Mayo Trail and demanded money.

Updated: 9:11 AM A Paintsville paramedic was only trying to do her job when her life was tragically taken four years ago.

Updated: 6:24 PM Some local law enforcement officials in the Big Sandy region say budget problems and the new law designed to ease jail overcrowding have shut down their long-term undercover operations.

Posted: 6:06 PM Midway College and the University of Charleston in West Virginia are conducting a study and discussing the University of Charleston School of Pharmacy operating the Paintsville school as a branch of its campus.

Updated: 4:29 PM Officials say more than 100 bats and birds are inside the Johnson County state highway office! The building is closed until further notice.

Posted: 5:57 PM Alice Stambaugh was convicted of manslaughter. Police say her five month old grandson died from an overdose of Benadryl and Soma.

Posted: 5:38 PM State police and the Johnson County Sheriff's Department are investigating alleged stolen cars at Welch's Wrecker Service in Hager Hill.

Updated: 3:52 PM In these tough economic times, many communities in Southern and Eastern Kentucky often have a vision for the future but lack the funds necessary to make that vision a reality.

Posted: 5:32 PM A man with cancer died in a mobile home fire Friday morning in Johnson County. Family members say 46 year old Jesse Ball did not make it out in time.

Updated: 1:13 PM A man is dead after a mobile home fire in Johnson County.

Posted: 7:48 AM The Johnson County Coroner’s office is on the scene of an overnight Fire.

Updated: 7:14 PM The theft happened at the Whitehouse Community Church. Now the pastor is offering a $1,000 reward to help catch the thieves.

Posted: 10:15 PM Investigators say a woman accused of being drunk at an elementary school had an unusual excuse for being there.