Eastern News

While some volunteer fire departments are having to cut back on services due to budget cuts and high gas prices, one department in Pike County is expanding its services.

An Eastern Kentucky man has died after being thrown from an ATV. Police say Jonathan Justice, 27, of Stopover, was driving an ATV on Rt.

A 24-year-old Harlan County man died early Saturday after driving over an embankment, reports the Lexington Herald-Leader in its Sunday edition.

A central Kentucky coroner who had been missing for a week after a recent arrest on an indecent exposure charge has been found dead in a Richmond motel room.

A man charged with killing a small-town Eastern Kentucky police chief was found competent to stand trial Wednesday, but a judge still must sort out whether the man intentionally failed IQ tests to avoid ...

It is late May and still considered springtime, but it feels like the most oppressively hot summer day as afternoon begins in Prestonsburg, Ky.

At 2:34PM on June 25, 2008, Somerset police officers were notified of a prisoner who walked away from a work release detail at the Pulaski County Animal Shelter.

A powdery substance was found in an envelope mailed to the federal prison in McCreary County.

Strong storms blow through much of Eastern Kentucky leaving behind damage. There are reports of damage all over the mountains after a round of severe storms ripped through the area earlier Saturday evening.

Police say an eastern Kentucky man will be all right after he was shot in the back while walking along a road.

An eastern Kentucky road will be closed Wednesday morning. Officials with CSX will close the railroad crossing on Kentucky 15 at Isom to replace and refurbish the concrete panels on the road.

Authorities said an elderly Eastern Kentucky woman was critically injured when a train struck her.

Police in eastern Kentucky are investigating a death at a flea market. It happened Monday morning in the Goody Community of Pike County, off US 23.

When KentuckyPreps.com spoke with Lexington Catholic senior-to-be Vee Sanford back in March at the KHSAA Sweet 16, Sanford mentioned he has been receiving letters from colleges like Eastern Kentucky and ...

State officials have announced plans to have Kentucky's fourth veterans cemetery built.

Kentucky State Police are trying to find a Louisville man who has not been seen since he left Sunday for a camping trip at Red River Gorge in Eastern Kentucky.

As we reported Friday, several mines in the mountains were warned by federal mine officials to fix violations at their facilities or face stiffer penalties.

Authorities are investigating a fire that destroyed the historic Enchanted Mountain Mansion in Eastern Kentucky.

One person has been arrested and Richmond police are searching for two others on charges of assault in a fraternity hazing investigation at Eastern Kentucky University.

It's a major break for police in one Eastern Kentucky county in the war on drugs and police say they were able to do it with just a few arrests.