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Eastern Kentucky News
Updated: 57 minutes ago
|By Jordan Whitaker
Senator McConnell talked about the removal of monuments during a stop in Louisville Monday.
Updated: 3 hours ago
University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto announced last month that the mural would be coming down.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Tommy Pool
The Country Music Hall-of-Famer died Monday at the age of 83.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Jordan Whitaker
Isabella Coleman is WYMT’s Mountain Student Achiever.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Dakota Makres
As of Monday, the county has reported 44 cases of COVID-19.
Updated: 4 hours ago
|By Dakota Makres
The mobile unit test provides preliminary results in 15 minutes.
Updated: 4 hours ago
In January of 2019, Lewis attempted to rob the A&B Quick Stop in Knox County at gunpoint.
Updated: 4 hours ago
|By Jordan Whitaker
A crash in Boone County led to the death of a Floyd County woman who collided with a semi on I-75.
Updated: 5 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: 5 hours ago
|By Lacey Roberts
Spending between $50,000-$70,000 on entertainment alone would be a washout if no one showed.
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Updated: 5 hours ago
|By Jordan Whitaker
Prominent Hazard businessman Greg Wells died unexpectedly early Sunday morning.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By Paige Noel
New COVID-19 cases were reported across the mountains on Monday.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By Grace Finerman
Experts say RVs are a way many can be on the go, while still socially distancing.
Updated: 6 hours ago
The mural fills the entire side of a warehouse more than 100 feet wide and 30 feet tall. It features the faces of those killed by police or those who died in police custody like Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, David McAtee, Elijah McClain, and Sandra Bland.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Phil Pendleton
School leaders in Kentucky plan to discuss possible plans for reopening in the fall.
Updated: 7 hours ago
Officers with the Clay County Sheriffs Office say Melanie Azizpour had stabbed someone earlier that morning.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Brooke Marshall
An officer with the Kentucky State Police said that Justin and Kimberly Robinson were inside their home when James Duncan broke in.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Madison Pergrem
Kennedy Paige Jones died at just eight months old in her sleep. Her first birthday would have been on the 4th of July.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Paige Noel
The hot and humid conditions continue heading into the new week! You’ll want to keep the rain gear handy as well.
Updated: 9 hours ago
The funds were awarded to assist veterans in parts of Eastern and Central Kentucky.
Updated: 10 hours ago
Police are searching for the man accused of stabbing his ex-wife on July 4th.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By WKYT News Staff
What was once a vision, became reality Monday as the community celebrates the grand opening of a new state of the art hemp facility in Georgetown.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Victor Puente
The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department has reported about 30 new COVID-19 cases a day over the last few weeks.
Updated: 12 hours ago
Gov. Andy Beshear put the order in place after all driver’s license services were suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: 20 hours ago
Convenience stores and fast food restaurants are among those pinching their pennies asking customers to pay in exact change or by card.
Updated: 20 hours ago
The Virginia Department of Health reported 62,981 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state on Sunday.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By Brandon Robinson
It was a hot weekend, with highs officially getting to 89 and 91 at the National Weather Service office at Jackson on Saturday and Sunday respectively. Don’t expect any relief this week, at least not for the first several days.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2020 at 9:58 PM EDT
|By Grace Finerman and Chelsea Jones
On Fourth of July restaurant owner Mamadou Sav Savane was told about the search for a body in Cave Run Lake. He had no idea he knew the man who drowned... until he got a call.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2020 at 8:45 PM EDT
|By Tommy Pool
Chris Allen with Pyrotechnics Display puts on the City of Hazard's firework display.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2020 at 8:44 PM EDT
|By Camille Gear
The ride had about 20 people all from across Eastern Kentucky, friends, and families alike staying six feet apart.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2020 at 8:43 PM EDT
|By Madison Pergrem
The Pike County Health Department confirmed eight new cases this weekend.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2020 at 7:34 PM EDT
West Virginia has experienced its biggest two-day jump in confirmed coronavirus cases, according to health statistics released Sunday.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2020 at 5:28 PM EDT
|By Dakota Makres
Changing plans to make sure church members and visitors are safe.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2020 at 3:47 PM EDT
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline has been cancelled.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2020 at 3:38 PM EDT
|By Olivia Russell
The lavender growing outside of the Kentucky Castle is also used for Fayette County high school students.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2020 at 1:55 PM EDT
The HEROES Act would offer a larger stimulus payment than the CARES Act.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2020 at 1:53 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Fire crews are negotiating a tricky vehicle removal after an SUV crashed into a home on Highlawn Avenue Sunday afternoon.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2020 at 10:09 AM EDT
|By John Lowe
No new deaths have been reported.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2020 at 6:18 AM EDT
|By Brooke Marshall
Temperatures will get into the upper 80s to lower 90s once again for daytime highs.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2020 at 11:38 PM EDT
|By Dakota Makres
Employees at Mountain Pass Dairy helped Jordan Hughes organize the contest.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2020 at 10:22 PM EDT
|By Camille Gear
On July 4th, the players and coaches of Hazard Perry County little league hit the field for opening day.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2020 at 9:24 PM EDT
|By Dakota Makres
Shop hours will be Wednesday, Friday and Saturday noon to 6:00 p.m.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2020 at 8:10 PM EDT
|By Brian Milam
Ali's dream is to represent New Zealand in 2021.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2020 at 7:49 PM EDT
Hazard's Fourth of July parade
Updated: Jul. 4, 2020 at 7:20 PM EDT
|By Tommy Pool
Hazard held its annual Freed Float event down the North Fork of the Kentucky River.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2020 at 5:46 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Rescue crews at Cave Run Lake have recovered a body from the water.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2020 at 2:31 PM EDT
|By Tommy Pool
Hazard's fish fry continued this Fourth of July.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2020 at 9:38 AM EDT
Lighthouse Missionary Baptist Church in Jonesborough announced it will honor local first responders on July 4.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2020 at 8:11 AM EDT
An inmate at the Red Onion State Prison in Pound has died after an apparent attack by his cellmate.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2020 at 8:05 AM EDT
A woman traveling in a motorized wheelchair near a Kentucky Walmart discovered a rattlesnake under her seat on Sunday.