Johnson County News

Rising costs are affecting one eastern Kentucky jail. Now some officials say county projects are suffering.

Summer vacation takes on a whole different meaning for members of The United Churches of Durham, Conn., who for six years have been making the nearly 800-mile trip to Eastern Kentucky to help construct homes.

Four people are behind bars and police are looking for one more after deputies bust a suspected meth lab.

Highlands Regional Medical Center announced that several local leaders have stepped up to guide the Foundation's Hope for Life Campaign, which seeks to raise $1.75 million in support of a new Emergency ...

Bob Dixon said Thursday's devastating blaze at a Hager Hill home Thursday was the "biggest residential fire" in Johnson County since he's been Paintsville's fire chief.

The Pike County UNITE Coalition made two announcements on Thursday. The first involved a 25-thousand dollar check and the second is a new woman's jail program.

Schools in four counties in Eastern Kentucky are getting some much needed renovations this summer.

An independent film currently in production has local ties. Fish Hook, a movie by Changing Times Productions, has cast Johnson County native Rick Roberts in a lead role.

John David Preston takes delight in locating lost details of local Civil War history.

Give them your old, your weather-beaten, your ankle-high grass yearning to be mowed.

My father-in-law, Dennis Blair, passed away Saturday evening at his home of 55 years on Buckingham Avenue in West Van Lear.. I only had the pleasure of knowing Dennis since 1998, when I began dating his eldest ...

An eastern Kentucky sheriff's deputy was honored as a hero for actions the Johnson County Sheriff says helped save a man's life.

Authorities are investigating a shooting at Boons Camp near the Martin/Johnson County line at 11:30 p.m. Thursday in which two men suffered single gunshot wounds.

In the 16 years since he was convicted of murder and robbery, Charles Wayne Bussell twice achieved unprecedented legal victories, including one that removed him from death row.

Two men are recovering after being shot in Johnson County. It happened around 11:30 Thursday night, in Boons Camp, near the Martin County line.

An eastern Kentucky mother who admitted her role in the abuse of her baby has been sentenced to pre-trial diversion. via WLEX-TV Lexington

Police are looking for a Johnson County woman missing for more than two weeks. Police say 23 year old Stephanie Leann Blanton disappeared from the Ramada Inn in Paintsville on April 20th. via WKYT-TV Lexington

“We had probably been at the first one for maybe an hour or so before we started seeing smoke at the second one”

Several Eastern Kentucky families are homeless after an early morning fire rips through two different buildings. via WKYT-TV Lexington

“She's not called in to check on that child”

The Kentucky State Police are asking for help in finding a Johnson County woman last thought to be in Georgetown. via Kentucky.com

“They got close to his liver, but he had a lot of blood in him. They've got him in intensive care now, but they said that he's going to do alright”

An eastern Kentucky man is accused of stealing a purse and a knife at a gas station in Floyd County then going to Johnson County and stabbing someone. via WKYT-TV Lexington