Letcher County News

If you take Highway 15 in Letcher County to work, you need to take a different route this morning.

Dozens of people in one eastern Kentucky community spent Sunday in class learning what it means to carry a concealed permit.

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At least six people are recovering after they were taken to the hospital from a fast food restaurant Friday night.

A fast food restaurant in southeastern Kentucky is closed, after several workers and a customer were rushed to the hospital.

Conservation officers with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources yesterday arrested 10 people, cited an additional person, seized more than 125 venomous snakes and other reptiles, and expect to ...

Some eastern Kentucky residents are cleaning up after severe storms hit a couple of counties hard.

U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers announced Friday that the Federal Bureau of Prisons awarded a contract to an international engineering firm to perform a site selection study for a possible federal prison in ...

For Gaynell Begley, home and peace literally swung at the end of the long porch of the store in Blackey, Ky., that was run for decades by her father, C.B. Caudill, and then by Gaynell and her late husband, Joe ...

Two Kentucky school districts have found success with a four-day school week. Webster County and Jenkins Independent School districts have both gone to a shorter school week, and according to information posted ...

Kentucky school districts are searching for ways to combat the rising cost of bus fuel -- including considering four-day school weeks.

Some Kentucky school districts are considering four-day instructional weeks to combat the rising cost of bus fuel.

Rising gas prices are driving some Kentucky school districts to consider a four-day school week.

Allene Caldwell says her sister Debbie Bradshaw was walking her dog on Thursday when she went missing.

The search continues for a missing woman in Letcher County. Police say Debbie Bradshaw was last seen in the Mayking area around nine Tuesday morning.

There is still time for people with things to sell to get in on the first "U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Yard Sale," along the road from Greenup to Letcher County.

Dave Sizemore, 56, of Whitesburg attends open mike nights religiously. Sizemore says he enjoys coming to Summit City to hear what the singers and songwriters have to say.

State Sen. Johnny Ray Turner was re-elected to a third term Tuesday, fighting off a challenge from the man he narrowly defeated two years ago.

The Department of Criminal Justice Training will honor 25 officers killed in the line of duty at its annual law enforcement memorial ceremony to be held at the Kentucky Law Enforcement Memorial, located at ... via Cincypost.Com

A report confirmed that Boone County's indoor air in hospitality venues contains high levels of secondhand smoke pollution. via Kypost.Com