Eastern Kentucky News

Kentucky’s Traffic Safty Resource Prosecutors (TSRP) are pivoting with the times to offer virtual training for law enforcement and prosecutors.

The Kentucky Supreme Court has canceled in-person bar exams this year as a precaution due to the coronavirus pandemic.

With the high temperatures the region has been experiencing lately, North Magoffin Elementary Principal Keith Isaac worried his students may be having a tough time.

Executive Director Mark Hensley said the new mask mandate could help stop the spike.

A mandatory mask order is now in effect in Kentucky, but some are questioning the legality, including Attorney General Daniel Cameron who is asking a judge to weigh-in.

Dr. Jason Glass takes over the position from Interim Education Commissioner Kevin Brown, who has served in the role since December 2019.

One of Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital’s first COVID unit patients is now COVID free and heading home.

The funding from the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority will go toward separating the existing storm and sanitary sewer systems in the area surrounding the courthouse downtown.

More cases of COVID-19 were announced Friday across the mountains.

Since May, the Pineville Community Health Center has offered COVID-19 testing three days a week.

Deputies say the man in the picture above threw a rock through the front door glass window of the Haircutters on US 23 in Nippa.

WYMT independently confirms all coverage area positive COVID-19 cases, along with any coronavirus-related deaths, with local health departments before publishing any details.

After reopening for season pass holders on July 2, Kings Island is now open to the general public as of Friday, July 10.

Hazard High School stops practices for two weeks.

UK President Eli Capilouto said in the message for many students, the move will save them several hundred, if not thousands, of dollars in tuition money.

Friday morning, Prestonsburg 911 received a call to be on the lookout for a stolen Jeep in the area.

The solar panels will be 9 feet tall and 40 feet wide and the winery will be installing them within the next few months.

Scattered showers and storms get out of here this evening. Sunshine returns Saturday!

On Friday, Attorney General Daniel Cameron issued a statement regarding Governor Andy Beshear’s executive order requiring Kentuckians to wear face masks.

Lexington retailers are releasing statements on how their operations will work towards compliance with the statewide mandatory mask order issued by Governor Beshear.

Leaders in many Kentucky counties are encouraging people to follow Governor Beshear’s mask mandate which goes into effect Friday at 5 p.m.

VDH officials said there have been 1,853 confirmed coronavirus-related deaths across the state along with 105 probable COVID-19 deaths.

A 25-year-old man was killed Thursday night following a head-on crash in Madison County

It was a scorcher on Thursday, with many locations making it into the low 90s. While it won’t be that hot today, we’ll still push toward 90 before the cold front approaches the region later.

They fed 108 Christian Care Center employees.

The Frankfort in-person assistance site will also remain open next Monday through Friday.

The Tennessee Supreme Court issued a mandatory mask order Thursday evening for all courthouses and court clerks offices in the state.

Local health departments will be enforcing the mandate which is set for the next 30 days.

Prestonsburg Mayor Les Stapleton started working on the “Rails to Trails” trail system when he entered office in 2015.

Hayden Hall is WYMT’s 2020 Hats Off to our Seniors sponsored by Appalachian Wireless winner.