Posted: 4:18 PM Police are still searching for a man who escaped from the Perry County Jail nearly one week ago while on work release.

Posted: 6:29 PM The Hazard Herald reports Eddie Campbell and Lloyd Engle claim Amis is working without a valid contract and that several contract extensions approved by the board were in violation of state law.

Posted: 8:17 PM 33 year old James Herald was cutting grass with about one dozen other inmates at the Perry County Park.

Updated: 12:09 AM 33 year old James Herald was cutting grass with about one dozen other inmates at the Perry County Park.

Posted: 5:29 AM We are told Daniel Fugate was released from Cardinal Hill this weekend.

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

Updated: 8:44 PM Many people turned into beach goers at Carr Creek Lake in Knott County.

Updated: 10:25 PM Police tell Mountain News a Harlan man was operating a fork lift when it lost traction and flipped over.

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

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.

Posted: 9:28 PM Fire officials say they aren't sure what started the blaze, but a quick response was necessary to prevent damage to some houses in the area.

Updated: 3:56 PM A new study by the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center shows that patients reported significant improvement in side effects of cancer treatment following just one Jin Shin Jyutsu session.

Posted: 10:11 PM The closing will be between mile markers 19 and 20. The project will begin around 8 a.m. Saturday and will continue until approximately noon on Sunday.

Posted: 4:36 PM The Hazard Herald reports that the attorney for 31-year-old Felicia Abner requested to postpone the trial which was set for July 30th.

Updated: 8:21 PM Some of the Arch Coal layoffs are in Perry County where the judge-executive says 50 coal miners are now unemployed.

Updated: 10:29 PM One of the world's largest coal producers says it will lay off about 750 workers in the Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia coalfields.

Updated: 3:38 PM Several county Judge-Executives tell Mountain News they have been contacted about proposed layoffs across the region today.

Updated: 6:28 PM A judge has granted Appalachian Regional Healthcare a temporary injunction, which means Coventry patients can continue using ARH services until November.

Updated: 9:16 AM Recently Governor Steve Beshear signed the Kentucky Coal County College Completion Scholarship (K4CS) resolution which will provide scholarships to students in nine Kentucky coal counties.

Posted: 4:26 PM A Hazard man is set to go on trial in August on federal charges.

Posted: 6:24 PM Dozens of at-risk kids are getting a helping hand this week at camp promise.

Updated: 6:38 PM Officials say the number of black lung cases is increasing in our region, and it is even showing up in surface miners now.

Updated: 10:27 AM A boil water advisory is in effect for several sections of Perry County.

Updated: 12:09 AM People from all across eastern Kentucky received help Saturday in a big way.