Updated: 8:40 PM Paintsville city officials are still trying to figure out what the next step is after it was made public that the mayor had not paid his utility bill in nearly three years and his utilities were never cut off.

Posted: 3:43 PM Agriculture Commissioner James Comer expressed grave concerns for Kentucky’s livestock producers and corn growers and cautioned them to take steps to protect themselves from potential losses.

Updated: 8:56 PM They are calling it unfair and an abuse of power, but Mayor Bob Porter says it was all a simple mistake. His utility bill had not been paid since 2009, and was more than $7,000 behind.

Updated: 11:30 PM Johnson County Sheriff's deputies received tips that illegal activity was going on at a home on Greer Branch.

Posted: 5:01 PM A man is wanted for attempting to rob a gas station in Paintsville.

Posted: 4:58 PM The mayor of Paintsville is behind on his utility bill by more than two years.

Posted: 3:24 PM We have learned that fireworks shows in Jackson County, Breathitt County and Johnson County have all been canceled.

Updated: 4:51 AM Storms on Friday and Sunday night have left thousands of people in the dark.

Posted: 10:18 AM Here are the latest outage numbers as of Saturday morning.

Updated: 4:16 PM Burn bans continue to spread, due to the dry and hot weather across the mountains.

Updated: 4:37 AM Hundreds of people turned out at Big Sandy Community and Technical College in Paintsville to meet with about 20 different employers.

Updated: 7:23 PM The Kentucky Small Business Development Center receives full accreditation from the Association of Small Business Development Centers, the national accrediting body for Small Business Development Centers.

Updated: 7:23 PM A new state law will provide Kentucky agritourism destinations with limited liability protection when it takes effect on July 11.

Updated: 9:46 PM Questcare operates a private ambulance company that serves Floyd, Pike, Magoffin and Johnson counties in Kentucky.

Updated: 10:09 PM The Kentucky Community and Technical College System board of regents voted to increase tuition by nearly 4%.

Updated: 9:36 PM Several break-ins in one area of Johnson County have some homeowners worried, and now a reward is being offered for more information on who is behind the burglaries.

Updated: 7:23 AM The Council on Postsecondary Education has already voted to allow KCTCS to increase tuition as much as four percent.

Updated: 11:07 PM We know the news is not about us, but we do want to let you know about a couple of changes here at WYMT.

Updated: 9:22 AM Twelve talented contestants remain and will now compete on Saturday, June 16 at the Mountain Arts Center, Prestonsburg, KY, for the opportunity to become the next Country Music Highway Star. This nail – biting and action packed event will be the culmination of a very successful inaugural Road to Fame season.

Posted: 6:23 PM Another group of Paintsville students is in Indiana competing for an international academic championship.

Posted: 4:58 PM The future problem solvers team from Paintsville Elementary School won the state championship and is in Indiana this week competing with students from all across the country and around the world.

Updated: 10:53 PM Christian Appalachian Project announces they are closing three of their programs.

Updated: 7:17 PM The Johnson County Middle School academic team recently won second place at the national quick recall tournament after winning first place in the state Governor's Cup.

Posted: 3:28 PM Court documents show a Johnson County grand jury indicted.65-year-old Adam Adkins on wanton endangerment charges.

Posted: 4:48 PM A Kentucky doctor admits she prescribed painkillers to patients she did not examine.