Eastern Kentucky News

At 91 years old, Leo Weddle thought he would never live to tell the story of his days as a marine in the Korean War.

The Roy F. Collier Community Center is closing its doors and the community is rallying to make sure they re-open.

Investigators found a substantial amount of methamphetamine, heroin, needles scales, baggies and spoons.

Kentucky's statewide mask mandate is extended for another 30 days. Now, business owners hope that's the end of mandates on local restaurants and bars.

On Friday, The Creek Church in London gave away bags of food to families in the community.

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

Claiborne County man arrested for assaulting his father

KEA members say they are expressing their concern about every potential, current and retired educator in Kentucky.

Attorney General Cameron Announces New Online Form for Kentuckians to Report Medicaid Fraud, Patient Abuse

Local Health Departments across the mountains reported new COVID-19 cases Friday.

As we've fought COVID-19, we've been told to limit interaction with others as much as we can. In the meantime, there's been an increase in calls and texts to gambling helplines.

The University of Kentucky has released data from the second day of student COVID-19 testing.

Students will be back in the classroom at Lincoln County High School in a few weeks but the principal says it will look a lot different than when they left here in March.

The Kentucky Supreme Court has set a date to hear oral arguments in the case involving Governor Andy Beshear and Attorney General Daniel Cameron.

The media mogul is spreading her message with billboards demanding justice for the Kentucky woman shot to death during a police raid.

Tax-free holiday weekends begin in Tennessee and Virginia Friday

The Pioneer Football League’s (PFL) Presidents Council announced Friday the league’s schools will not conduct conference competition in fall 2020.

As questions loom about a return to school, a study authored by Kentucky students and the Prichard Committee shows what kind of impact the initial wave of COVID-19 had on students.

The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department is reporting 84 new COVID-19 cases from Thursday.

Laura Kretzer has served as the executive director of the organization named after former Kentucky First Lady Judi Patton since 2005.

The agreement resolved the lawsuit’s major claims through adoption of a new social media policy allowing for “vigorous and robust” discourse on the governor’s official social media platforms, the ACLU said.

If an unsolicited package has arrived at your place of residence, you’re asked to report the package to the Attorney General’s Office of Consumer protection at 888-432-9257 and the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security’s suspicious activity hotline at 1-866-EYE-ON-KY.

Thursday ended up being a little more action-packed than expected, but Friday should be much calmer.

E! News was canceled due to economic fallout from COVID-19, according to an NBC Universal representative.

A project to keep kids cool branched into a new initiative to make sure they can kick off the school year on the right foot.

On Thursday, union leaders in West Virginia spoke up about school reopening concerns they have.

The initiative will mean new opportunities for UK students to participate in research and internships in education-focused civil rights work.

Wastewater and sewer system improvement in Whitesburg.

Morehead State University President Dr. Jay Morgan said that athletes tested positive for COVID-19.

The Williamsburg Police Department posted on Facebook that there is a chemical spill at Pilot Travel Center around Exit 11.