Leslie County News

An eastern Kentucky man, working on the roof of a home, is nearly electrocuted after falling on a power line.

A response filed by prosecutors in Brandon Clay Rousey's attempt to gain shock probation asks Madison Circuit Judge William G. Clouse to deny probation outright.

Work crews have cleared a one-lane path through a massive rock slide across Ky. 2009 in southern Leslie County, the Transportation Cabinet announced Wednesday morning.

A portion of Highway 2009 in Hoskinston, Leslie County is still closed after a massive rockslide came down on the road Saturday.

A rock slide has closed part of an Eastern Kentucky highway. The slide is blocking Highway 2009, in Hoskinston, in Leslie County.

Kentucky State Police have charged an eastern Kentucky teenager with murder in the shooting death of a Leslie County man.

Family and friends remember a high school student killed in an ATV accident. Fifteen-year-old Austin Carmack died last night in the Cutshin Community of Leslie County.

On a recent muggy morning, Tammy Horn used a smoker to puff aromatic drafts into wooden beehives beneath a locust tree, then carefully removed the top of a hive.

On a recent muggy morning, Tammy Horn used a smoker to puff aromatic drafts into wooden beehives beneath a locust tree, then carefully removed the top of a hive.

President Obama will address students across the nation next week, but some parents are concerned the speech could be too politically charged.

Friends and family are mourning the passing of 91-year-old L.B. Stacy, who died Friday.

On a recent muggy morning, Tammy Horn used a smoker to puff aromatic drafts into wooden beehives beneath a locust tree, then carefully removed the top of a hive.

Mudslides in Leslie County threaten a school, a fire department, and several homes.

POSTED: 10:57 am EDT August 27, 2009 HAZARD, Ky. -- A school superintendent in eastern Kentucky calls recent mudslides near an elementary school 'worrisome.' Leslie County superintendent Larry Sparks said mudslides caused by runoff from heavy rain earlier in August could threaten Stinnett Elementary School the next time it rains hard.

This weekend volunteers are assessing storm damage to homes in Leslie County. Heavy rains triggered mudslides and flooding in the Stinnett community earlier this week.

Last week's flooding forced classes to be cancelled for three days. But this morning, it was back to the books.

A rain storm leaves a bridge in ruins and carries two SUVS down stream, leaving the drivers clinging to trees and another looking for his vehicle after flood waters sweep it away.

Heavy rain that caused flooding in areas of eastern Kentucky washed out part of a highway causing school officials to cancel classes in Leslie County for the rest of the week.

Kentucky State Police began working with other authorities Monday to drain Beaver Pond off New Salem Road, acting on information they might find the body of a Leslie County woman reported missing in 2004.

Overnight flash flooding washed out a portion of U.S. 421 in Leslie County, near the Harlan County line, causing that section of the road to be closed Wednesday.