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Eastern Kentucky News
Updated: 5 minutes ago
|By Jordan Whitaker
Stanford Mayor Scottie Ernst has died as the result of a mowing accident.
Updated: 7 minutes ago
|By Paige Noel
The hot and humid conditions continue heading into the end of the week. We’ll also bring back scattered showers and storms.
Updated: 2 hours ago
|By Phil Pendleton
Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in southern Kentucky.
Updated: 3 hours ago
A crash closed Hwy. 15 in Perry County Wednesday morning.
Updated: 4 hours ago
|By WKYT News Staff
A free COVID-19 drive-through testing site in Pulaski County will be available on Friday, July 17.
Updated: 5 hours ago
An Eastern Kentucky man arrested on drug charges Monday is facing additional charges after he is connected to a separate incident on July 6th.
Updated: 11 hours ago
Businesses not enforcing masks and physical distancing among patrons could find themselves stripped of permits and licenses, the governor warned.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Brandon Robinson
It was a hot one yesterday, but the heat index ended up staying fairly close to the air temperature. Today could be similar, but the temperature will be several degrees warmer.
Updated: 15 hours ago
When a Tennessee mother went to pick up her daughter’s birthday cake, she was surprised to learn a random person already paid for it.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By Jordan Whitaker
Two arrests have been made in connection to a burglary in Corbin on July 7th.
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Updated: 16 hours ago
|By Jordan Whitaker
A man with Tennessee Plates is wanted by KSP in connection to crimes committed in Powell and Menifee counties.
Updated: 16 hours ago
Food prices have spiked during the pandemic as people have tried to remain home amid the pandemic.
Updated: 16 hours ago
Dozens of people were arrested Tuesday evening after staging a protest at Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s home in Graymoor-Devondale, calling for justice for Breonna Taylor.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By Buddy Forbes
According to Kasey Bartley, Pikeville Medical Center’s bariatric surgery is about more than just weight loss.
Updated: 16 hours ago
Harlan County has seen 61 cases in July alone. 51 of those cases have been since Friday.
Updated: 17 hours ago
|By Willie Hope
Harlan County High School is the latest school to suspend workouts due to COVID-19. There were no cases within the student-athletes working out, but the county has seen cases rise in the last couple days, with 51 positive cases since last Friday.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By Tommy Pool
Appalachian Apparel is set to open a new location in Pigeon Forge.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By Buddy Forbes
With the increase in unemployment insurance claims since the beginning of the pandemic, people on both sides of the unemployment line are getting overwhelmed.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By Chad Hedrick
A campaign called Vote Wet Boyd is gathering signatures to get the issue, “Are you in favor of the sale of alcoholic beverages in Boyd County?” on the November ballot.
Updated: 20 hours ago
Researchers are moving closer toward developing a vaccination for COVID-19, University of Louisville Trager Institute scientists said during a weekly update Tuesday.
Updated: 20 hours ago
On Tuesday, officials with the health department confirmed a total of 15 students, 2 members of the coaching staff, and 10 cases relation through contact tracing.
Updated: 20 hours ago
Isabel Gray is a 2020 graduate of North Laurel High School where she earned a 4.26 GPA.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By Lacey Roberts
The first deputy contracted the virus from a family member then passing it along to a coworker on his shift.
Updated: 20 hours ago
Governor Beshear's office confirms a fence will be built around the governor's mansion following an event with protestors back in May.
Updated: 20 hours ago
The 2020 Mountain Heritage Festival is cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: 20 hours ago
The missing camper was a 1017 Forest River valued more than $10 thousand.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By WKYT News Staff
For every mask sold the couple donates a matching mask to United Way of the Bluegrass and a donation to the team Kentucky fund.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By Paige Noel
Officials say the coronavirus continues to spread across our region with some counties reporting more than 100 cases.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By Will Puckett
Osborne Brothers Festival to move virtual for 2020.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By WKYT News Staff
Tuesday, members of the Kentucky Teachers Advisory Council met via zoom and laid out the guidelines for classes to resume.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By Brandon Robinson
WYMT independently confirms all coverage area positive COVID-19 cases, along with any coronavirus-related deaths, with local health departments before publishing any details.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By Associated Press
A former Veterans Affairs staffer faces seven counts of murder in West Virginia.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By Paige Noel
The temperatures will climb heading into your Wednesday!
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 2:57 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
More cases of COVID-19 are being diagnosed in children.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 2:44 PM EDT
Scott Smith had to be taken to Knox County ARH Hospital and then flown to the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 1:58 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
A message appeared in the sky over Lexington Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 1:29 PM EDT
|By Brooke Marshall
Kentucky has seen an increase in overdose rates since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 1:27 PM EDT
|By Brooke Marshall
Virginia Congressman Morgan Griffith tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 11:22 AM EDT
|By Brandon Robinson
13 of new cases reported Tuesday came from Buchanan, Lee and Wise County.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 10:21 AM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
A Kentucky lawmaker who has been fighting to get unemployment offices reopened across the Commonwealth has pre-filed a bill to address her efforts.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 6:56 AM EDT
Poll workers must be at least 16 or a registered voter if 18 or older.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 2:47 AM EDT
The person has who was directly exposed has been quarantined and is awaiting test results.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 2:38 AM EDT
|By Brandon Robinson
It was a fairly comfortable day on Monday. That will definitely not be the case for the rest of the week.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 11:27 PM EDT
|By Paige Noel
Knox County deputies arrested a Pineville man on meth trafficking charges this past weekend.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 10:16 PM EDT
|By Paige Noel
A woman in Prestonsburg marked yet another milestone birthday over the weekend.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 10:15 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
The Governor spent a portion of his Monday afternoon talking about children and the growing number of cases the state is handling.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 10:13 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Kentucky state Sen. Max Wise, R-16th District, has announced he tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 10:11 PM EDT
|By Kimberly Keagy
A woman from Pikeville is wanted in connection with the burning of a vehicle where investigators found human remains inside believed to be a man missing from Pike County since June.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 10:10 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Bluegrass Tavern Owner Sean Ebbitt says he has had zero problems since Friday with customers refusing to wear face masks.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 8:04 PM EDT
|By Paige Noel
WYMT’s Steve Hensley talked to Democratic U.S. Senate Nominee Amy McGrath on this week’s episode of Issues and Answers.