Hillbilly Days Festival Helps Local Children The Hillbilly Days Festival began in 1977 and 43 years later, it is still having a positive effect on the community. The festival brings more than 100,000 people to Pikeville for a good…
Mining Film Opens This Weekend An independent film telling the story of Appalachian coal miners trapped underground after a methane explosion opens this weekend.The film “Mine 9”, directed, written and produced by Eddie Mensore, centers around nine miners with…
Helping Victims Of The McDonald’s Fire About 20 different local organizations, including Warm Souls for Worn Soles, local churches, fire departments, the tourism commission, and even the local jail, all came together to create a fundraiser for those who…
KY Without A Public Health Chief During Hepatitis “A” Outbreak Kentucky is struggling with the nation’s worst hepatitis A outbreak, and its state Department of Public Health is suddenly without its infectious diseases chief. John Bennett tells The Courier…
KY State Police Looking For Escaped Inmate Kentucky State Police say they are searching for an inmate who escaped from the Green River Correctional Complex.Police said in a statement that the state prison in western Kentucky reported that 44-year-old…
Gubernatorial Candidates To Speak Candidates vying for the Commonwealth’s top office will have the opportunity to share their views with voters Thursday evening.Two different gubernatorial candidate forums are scheduled, one in Frankfort and one in Lexington.The first forum, hosted…
KY Driver Pleads Guilty In Crash A driver accused of killing a pregnant woman and three other people while on drugs in Kentucky has pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors.News outlets report that Jason Gibson pleaded guilty Tuesday…
Fatal Semi Crash In Letcher County The coroner arrived on the scene after a tractor-trailer crash in Letcher County Wednesday.The crash happened on KY 160 at Sand Hill between Gordon and Cumberland in the early afternoon.Kentucky Commercial Vehicle Enforcement…
Hillbilly Days Is Here In Pikeville The 43rd annual Hillbilly Days festival kicked off Wednesday in Pikeville, bringing food, fun and a little flare to the downtown area. Preparations for the festival were underway as vendor booths and carnival…
Ethics Complaint Not Being Reconsidered A Kentucky ethics panel says it won’t reconsider an ethics complaint by a Democratic lawmaker against the state House’s Republican leader.The Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission on Tuesday denied a request by Rep. Jim Glenn…