Unemployment benefits would decrease and taxes on employers would increase under a proposal approved by a House committee Tuesday to fix the state's bankrupt Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund.

Students from Middlesboro High School made their plea before city council Tuesday night to have a Middlesboro Police Officer put back in their school full-time. The officer was removed from MHS on Jan.

PINEVILLE a ' A Bell County Detention Center inmate is back in jail after escaping from a work-release program last week.

The Bell County Circuit Court recently handed down sentencings. Henry Allen Frank Capps, 33, of Speedwell, Tenn., was found guilty of manufacturing methamphetamine, a Class B Felony, as a first offense, and controlled substance endangerment to a child in the fourth degree, a Class D Felony, as a first offense.

Two Middlesboro residents got a strange surprise Friday night. Tony Hudson was just laying on his couch when he heard a loud crash.

SWAP is mailing applications to low-income families who need assistance to make their home safe, warm, and dry.

Kentuckya s nearly billion-dollar shortfall for 2010 is putting a strain on many sectors of government and public works, but education faces perhaps the greatest threat.

Pictured above is 2010 March of Dimes Ambassador Holly Gambrel. By Adam Young Staff Writer MIDDLESBORO - Community members, public officials, and local business associates gathered at the Middlesboro Mall on Thursday for the 2010 March of Dimes Kick Off Celebration.

The Kentucky State Police released the annual methamphetamine lab statistics last week and reported that 2009 saw an all-time high in the discovery of meth labs.

The Middlesboro Board of Education held a special-called meeting on Monday to discuss a reciprocal agreement between the Middlesboro Independent School District and the Bell County School District that would allow non-resident students to attend their schools.

PINEVILLE a ' The Bell County Circuit Court recently handed down sentences: Violet Hembree, 26, of Middlesboro was found guilty of first degree trafficking in a controlled substance, a Class C Felony, as a first offense; and second degree trafficking in a controlled substance, a Class D Felony, as a first offense.

US Senate hopeful Dr. Rand Paul addressed supporters at the Chinatown CafA© Saturday night.

Small stream flooding in eastern Kentucky has forced the closing of several school systems.

Timothy Warren, 47, of Pineville was killed in a crash on the beltline on Friday afternoon, according to authorities.

One person was killed and another injured during an accident in Kentucky Friday afternoon.

About 100 men, women and children marched from the Laurel County Courthouse to the London Community Center Monday afternoon in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.

The Middlesboro Board of Education met in regular session on Monday evening in the library of the Middlesboro Primary School to discuss school district functions for 2010.

Times-Tribune Staff Report Three senatorial candidates have been scheduled for a debate on Monday, April 5 in Barbourville.

The hotly-debated issues at Tuesday's hearing on the closure of London, Kentucky's United States Postal Service mail processing plant, which services 12 counties in Southeastern Kentucky including Bell County, boiled down to this: Would the closure affect service to the surrounding 12 counties? Officials from the USPS who moderated the hearing said ...

State Representative Rick G. Nelson, D-Middlesboro, recently filed a bill that would prohibit the use of a cell phone - to send text messages - while operating a motor vehicle.