Paintsville HS scores high in study
Updated: 6:26 PM Only one school district in eastern Kentucky has more than 50% of its students ready for college or a career.
Updated: 6:26 PM Only one school district in eastern Kentucky has more than 50% of its students ready for college or a career.
Updated: 6:04 PM An eastern Kentucky town is receiving government funding that will help keep its streets safe.
Updated: 12:28 AM In the 97th District, Hubert Collins was running for his 11th term.
Posted: 10:36 PM Johnson County Superintendent Steve Trimble was recognized for being named the KEDC Outstanding Superintendent for the 2010-11 school year.
Updated: 6:35 PM Paintsville Police call it one of the worst scenes they have ever witnessed.
Posted: 4:14 PM An alleged fight broke out in September between Paintsville Police Captain Michael Roe and Johnson County Sheriff Bill Witten.
Updated: 8:21 AM Replacement of cross drains which run underneath state highways means that motorists will have to take detours on several routes in Martin, Johnson, and Pike counties.
Updated: 1:22 PM Construction is nearly ready to begin on a long-awaited bridge project in the Concord community of Johnson County.
Updated: 6:14 PM The affects of this shooting will be felt by many for years to come, but one student's message of kindness and respect still lives on, more than eleven years after her death.
Posted: 12:23 PM Big Sandy Community and Technical College (BSCTC) and the Kentucky Coal Academy (KCA) hosted the 20th Cohort Graduation on the Big Sandy Hager Hill Campus, Friday October 22, 2010.
Updated: 9:01 AM A community is working with an Eastern Kentucky sheriff's department to make their neighborhoods safer after numerous burglaries.
Posted: 5:21 PM Police are asking for your help in finding a man they believe is connected to a string of burglaries.
Updated: 9:06 PM On October 19th, 1985 Ralph Gabbard, WYMT’s founder, flipped the switch that put the station on the air.
Posted: 9:03 PM The Johnson County sheriff is offering a reward for information about some recent burglaries.
Updated: 9:08 AM A former college football standout and professional athlete visits the mountains to speak with school children and the community about making good choices and deliver a message of hope.
Updated: 4:20 PM Johnnie Lemaster has filed as a write-in candidate to run for mayor of Paintsville.
Updated: 6:42 PM A man charged with murder in the death of an 11-year-old boy appears in court Wednesday morning.
Updated: 5:59 PM Thousands of people are in Johnson County for the 48th Annual Apple Days Festival.
Updated: 2:37 PM School officials say Michelle Stapleton had just picked up her children from cross country practice at Our Lady of the Mountains School in Paintsville and was heading home when the accident happened.
Posted: 9:34 PM A man has been charged with murder after a DUI crash that killed an 11-year-old boy in Johnson county.
Updated: 5:00 PM Several people are reporting phone calls from the Johnson County Sheriff's Department, asking them to pay off 2008 parking tickets.
Updated: 11:39 AM You wouldn't believe the crowd at the drive-thru flu clinic in Paintsville. It happened at the Citizens Bank.
Posted: 10:27 PM A motorcycle crash in Johnson County sends one man to the hospital.
Posted: 5:04 PM Police find one dog dead on a brush pile partially burned and twelve others without food or water.
Updated: 6:41 PM Several county and state officials from eastern Kentucky say they came to Washington D.C. to fight for their coal miners.
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