Updated: 11:38 PM An Eastern Kentucky Family celebrated Valentine's Day at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Whitesburg with a new baby boy...which is not exactly what they had planned.

Updated: 4:57 PM Several hundred protesters have trooped up the Capitol steps to protest the form of coal mining known as mountaintop removal.

Updated: 10:57 PM Several of our high school athletes have experienced injuries like Nerlens Noel's in recent years, including a starter for the Letcher County Lady Cougars, who has recovered from an ACL tear.

Updated: 10:58 PM A long time Eastern Kentucky school superintendent announces her retirement. Anna Craft says she will step down as head of the Letcher County school system at the end of June.

Posted: 6:39 PM Officials say Logan Howard was driving a battery-powered toy Jeep when he ran under a trampoline.

Updated: 6:09 PM A five year old is dead after an accident involving a battery powered toy jeep.

Posted: 5:22 PM If you have a dog or cat that needs to be spayed or neutered but you are unable to afford it, there is a program to help you. The KY River Regional Animal Shelter in has received a grant that will help low-income folks have their pets spayed or neutered.

Posted: 11:09 PM The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has awarded two construction projects in the next steps of a long-term project to widen and straighten a portion of U.S. 119 (Harlan-Whitesburg Road) in Letcher County.

Updated: 6:53 AM A man is in jail for allegedly stealing a gun and money from an eastern Kentucky police chief.

Updated: 5:45 PM Millions of people including students and staff at a local elementary school participated in an earthquake drill called "The Great Shakeout."

Updated: 5:30 AM Some areas of Eastern Kentucky got up to three inches of snow, and many roads were the first to be covered.

Posted: 5:15 PM An out-of-state sex offender will be extradited back to California.

Updated: 6:23 PM Heavy, relentless rain Wednesday caused some flooding in parts of Letcher County overnight.

Updated: 8:39 AM Big Sandy RECC is making preparations for restoration of possible power outages caused by strong winds and severe thunderstorms that are expected in our area.

Posted: 9:31 PM The latest trouble spots on area roads.

Posted: 5:33 PM An oily sheen on a stream in Letcher County has nearby residents scratching their heads, but officials with the Kentucky Division of Water say there is no cause for alarm.

Posted: 5:06 PM An eastern Kentucky family is fighting to keep a cemetery close to their home.

Updated: 5:53 AM Workers at a southeastern Kentucky hair salon called police after they got a weird feeling about a customer who brought in a young boy dressed in girls clothing.

Updated: 3:44 PM There has been another death following a house fire in Eastern Kentucky. It happened Friday afternoon in Letcher County. Fire officials say 73 year old Virginia Lowe of Thornton was trapped inside her home.

Updated: 5:35 PM Fire officials say an elderly woman is dead after a house fire in Letcher County.

Updated: 5:51 PM Copper thefts are keeping police in one county busy. Now, officers say the suspects are getting more brazen, and putting themselves in grave danger.

Posted: 10:23 PM It was a moment some Letcher County students will remember the rest of their lives.

Updated: 2:28 AM There was no snow in Hazard, but just down the road in parts of Letcher county this afternoon, it was a completely different story. County road crews were called in around 2 p.m., as the first flakes began to fall.

Updated: 11:24 AM A woman was stabbed multiple times in her home. Her boyfriend is now facing charges.

Updated: 11:09 PM In less than one week the Letcher Central Marching Band will be performing in the Inaugural Parade in Washington D.C. The band held a benefit Tuesday at the high school to hopefully bring in the rest of the funds needed to pay for the trip.