A volunteer fire department in eastern Kentucky that closed nearly three years ago after a dispute with county officials over funding is reopening. WYMT-TV reports an agreement on funding is close, so new leaders on the Bell County Volunteer Fire …
Eastern Kentucky authorities say teenagers shot nearly 80 homes and businesses with paintballs. Dozens of Martin County residents awoke Monday to find paint splattered on their buildings. WYMT-TV in Hazard reported Martin County Sheriff Garmon Preece said cars were also …
A blaze that killed a father and four children in eastern Kentucky has led to a renewed focus on fire prevention. Pike County Firefighters Association President Randy Courtney told the Appalachian News-Express that nine of the 26 fire departments in …
Police in eastern Kentucky say copper thieves have been cutting power lines and creating an electrocution risk for themselves and anyone walking near the poles. Letcher County Sheriff Danny Webb told The Mountain Eagle that thieves have taken neutral conductor …
Youth advocates in eastern Kentucky have turned their attention to the growing problem of underage drinking. Shelly Steiner, a certified prevention specialist with Pathways Regional Prevention Center, told The Independent that the number of underage drinkers in the region has …
Officials in eastern Kentucky are conducting tests on a dam to see if a recent 4.3 magnitude earthquake centered near Blackey enlarged the flow of a small stream at the bottom of the structure. Inspectors from the Kentucky Division of …
Geologists say the 4.3 magnitude earthquake that shook eastern Kentucky over the weekend was too deep to be induced by the region’s underground mining activity. The epicenter was about 10 miles west of Whitesburg, in the heart of Kentucky’s coal …
A state auditor’s report has found $123,000 in questionable expenditures at a volunteer fire department in eastern Kentucky that included thousands in electronics purchases, a car, restaurant bills and gift cards. The Kentucky auditor’s office released the report on the …
Three men from eastern Kentucky are putting together a documentary about a town’s recovery from a devastating spring tornado. WYMT-TV reports that Paul Lyons, Nathan Lewis and Timothy Boatright usually spend their time making videos of weddings and about tourism, …