Eastern News

Lagging undergraduate enrollment and a huge stock market-driven hit to the school's endowment have taken a toll on Pikeville College's finances, requiring cost-cutting and a layoff last fall.

An alleged bank robber was nabbed after being spotted at Wal-Mart, but not before he used some of the cash to buy himself an SUV, Richmond police said.

Requiring the coal industry to pay more of its own freight is a move in the right direction by Gov.

Some farmers in Eastern Kentucky say their crops are being consumed in the fields by huge flocks of birds.

A federal judge in Lexington has sentenced a Las Vegas man to more than 20 years in prison for sexually exploiting a 12-year-old girl.

Governor Steve Beshear joined with Department for Local Government Commissioner Tony Wilder and ConnectKentucky Executive Director Rene True today to announce the launch of the "Coal to Broadband: Making the Transition, Making the Connection," program, which will help bring broadband service to Breathitt, Estill, Lee and Powell counties.

Thirty-six suspects face various federal prescription pill charges as part of the largest drug sweep operation in Kentucky's history, according to a report obtained by the Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Committee of the National Association of Chiefs of Police.

As H1N1 flu continues to circulate widely, an Eastern Kentucky hospital has opened a stand-alone flu clinic to diagnose and treat influenza.

A well-known former basketball coach from Eastern Kentucky has announced that he will run for state representative.

Police expect to make more arrests today in a year long investigation into drug activity in Eastern Kentucky.

Lexington, KY - There's a combativeness in the air these days in the vast coal fields of mountainous southeastern Kentucky.

By Duane Bonifer, LWC Director of Public Relations COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Kentucky Poet Laureate Gurney Norman will speak Thursday night at Lindsey Wilson College.

Police have begun a round up of alleged drug dealers in eastern Kentucky. The drug sweep is the result of an investigation into interstate pill smuggling.

Police officers fanned out across Eastern Kentucky early Wednesday to arrest alleged drug dealers in the culmination of a major investigation of interstate pill smuggling.

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A former Eastern Kentucky fire chief is indicted. Danny Cornette of Catlettsburg in Boyd County is accused of not making deposits totaling more than 43 thousand dollars into the Catlettsburg volunteer fire department's account at a local bank.

The myths and legends surrounding the world famous Hatfield-McCoy Feud persist today despite reams of research and well-researched tomes and documentaries that have drawn a different picture of the infamous squabble than the stereotypical portrayal of backwoods vengeance that has haunted Southern West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky for more than a ...

Terrance Holt rushed for 176 yards and two touchdowns, and Austin Peay held off Eastern Kentucky 24-20 on Saturday night.

Share + Oct 23, 2009 10:31 pm US/Eastern MANCHESTER, Ky. An eastern Kentucky city where the poverty rate is three times the national average is in line for hundreds of new jobs after landing a factory that will recycle household garbage.

Robert Stivers of Manchester replaces State Senator Dan Kelly of Springfield who resigned from the leadership role to pursue a judicial appointment.