Knott County News

The largest fines owed by Kentucky companies to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration $2,129,134 D & C Mining Corp., Harlan County $970,526 Murriel-Don Coal Co., Inc., Knott and Floyd counties $810,740 Solar Coal Co., Inc., Harlan County $776,933 CSA Mining, Inc., Letcher County $750,938 Vision Coal, Inc., Letcher County $705,593 Lone ... (more)

State highway crews from District 12 are removing signs illegally placed on state right-of-way throughout the district's seven counties - Lawrence, Johnson, Martin, Floyd, Knott, Pike and Letcher.

Slick roads from several days of rain may have been a contributing factor in several accidents which claimed the lives of at least two area residents on Thursday and Friday.

State highway crews from District 12 are removing signs illegally placed on state right-of-way throughout the district's seven counties - Lawrence, Johnson, Martin, Floyd, Knott, Pike and Letcher.

Six-year-old Kelly Hollan disappeared 30 years ago, but his mother hasn't given up hope the Knott County boy will be found.

One Knott County man died in a single-vehicle crash early Wednesday and another was charged with murder as a result, according to a news release from Kentucky State Police.

The murder trial of Billy Joe Johnson, of Bevinsville, ended in a plea agreement in Whitesburg on Friday, according to Commonwealth's Attorney Arnold Brent Turner.