Updated: 7:35 AM List of dates of schools starting in the coming days across the mountains.

Updated: 7:48 PM Heavy rain across parts of eastern Kentucky has caused flash flooding.

Posted: 4:55 PM The Kentucky Parole Board has denied parole for a Letcher County man convicted of manslaughter.

Posted: 4:14 PM A Whitesburg jail inmate has been criminally charged for swallowing a prescription bottle and later regurgitating it to take some of the pills.

Posted: 6:49 AM Kentucky State Police say accidents and citations in southeastern Kentucky are down compared to this time one year ago. However, fatalities are up.

Updated: 6:40 PM Initiatives by lawmakers on both the state and national levels aim to ban bath salts from being sold in stores.

Updated: 11:16 PM A grand jury has returned indictments in a Letcher County murder case.

Posted: 4:27 PM Just a day after pleading guilty to charges in Letcher County, a man was sentenced to three years in jail after pleading guilty to stealing jeans from a Perry County store.

Posted: 5:24 PM A man facing several charges in Letcher County including assault and driving on a suspended license pleaded guilty.

Posted: 7:07 PM It is mandatory payment, but some people in Letcher County are refusing to pay their garbage bill.

Updated: 8:03 PM One former Letcher County teacher and football coach faces assault charges.

Posted: 11:27 PM A Letcher County jail escapee is back behind bars.

Posted: 5:08 PM A Letcher County jail escapee Byron Bentley has been caught by police.

Posted: 2:58 PM Federal mine safety officials cited an Eastern Kentucky mine for a deadly accident last year. It says a carrier, that hit and killed a foreman, wasn't being used properly.

Posted: 4:43 PM A memorial service will be held Saturday evening for a Letcher County man police say was murdered.

Updated: 6:52 PM Appalachian Regional Healthcare officials were back in federal court Thursday.

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: 10:26 PM A hearing is set for Thursday on whether the state cabinet for health and family services should be held in contempt of court.

Updated: 5:43 PM A Letcher county inmate is still on the run after escaping from the Letcher County Jail Saturday night around 5:30 p.m.

Updated: 6:06 PM Officials say a man escaped from the Letcher County Jail Saturday night.

Posted: 8:20 AM An escapee from the Bell County Forestry Camp is now back behind bars.

Updated: 4:44 PM Clay, Wolfe, Harlan, Lee, Bell, Floyd, Knott and Letcher counties are holding professional fireworks shows Wednesday night.

Updated: 5:23 PM Christina Collins pleaded guilty to tampering with physical evidence and the mishandling of a corpse earlier this year.

Posted: 5:09 PM The Letcher County school board banned synthetic substances on all school property, adding it to a list of illegal drugs in the conduct book.

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