Eastern News

NFL veterans Glenn Holt, Johnny Williams and Justin Hamilton provided instruction at the Highest Level Football Camp Presented by Kentucky National Guard on Saturday at Prestonsburg High School.

Monday's heavy rain caused flash flooding in Eastern Kentucky. One of the hardest hit areas was the Big Creek community of Perry County.

As state and federal agencies tighten their grips on pill pipelines, other serious drugs, with their own unique problems, are beginning to see resurgence in Eastern Kentucky, warned Floyd District Judge Eric Hall, during a meeting Tuesday of the Communities Against Drug Addiction.

A judge has sentenced former Paintsville physician Richard Albert to more than six years in prison for conspiring to unlawfully distribute and dispense prescription pills.

June 17--For Bruce Barnett, premiering his movie Red River Moon at the Kentucky Theatre is "a dream come true."

Results were released last week for a national study done by Feeding America. The study shows that many Eastern Kentuckians do not know where their next meal will come from.

His grandfather Willard Thacker raised 16 children on a miner's pay, beginning in the days when the back-breaking job involved blasting down coal and loading it into carts with a shovel.

Morehead State University, in cooperation with veterans' services, community, volunteer and business organizations, sponsored the first Eastern Kentucky Veterans Expo Friday, June 14, at the Boyd County Middle School.

An eastern Kentucky man has pleaded guilty to murdering his parents, whose bodies were found buried on their farm five months after they disappeared last year.

House Speaker Greg Stumbo said Thursday he'll work to repay the state's coal severance tax funds for $2.5 million that he previously agreed to divert to Rupp Arena in downtown Lexington.

Work is underway on Interstate 64 in eastern Kentucky where more than 12 miles of paving and other improvements are taking place.

Tiersa Davis Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: Jun. 12, 2013 4:39 PM EDT Updated: Jun. 12, 2013 5:04 PM EDT Lexington , Kentucky A Johnson County doctor who admitted to unlawfully dispensing thousands of pills was sentenced Wednesday.

Gov. Steve Beshear's administration is taking $2.5 million from shrinking coal severance tax funds and giving it to Lexington to help pay for the planning and design of Rupp Arena's renovation.

Concerned by the number of Americans who cannot quality for military service, three retired Army generals visited the Chestnut Street Family YMCA on Tuesday morning to stress the importance of early education.

Jeff Morris Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: Jun. 10, 2013 1:14 PM EDT Updated: Jun. 10, 2013 1:23 PM EDT Charleston , Kanawha County , West Virginia More than 4,500 customers in West Virginia and Kentucky were without power after storms rolled through.

If the Board of Commissioners allows the ordinance to move forward, it will require two readings and a vote to become law.

An influential Eastern Kentucky legislator owns the permits on Pike County coal mines that have been cited repeatedly by the state for safety and environmental violations.

Left to right: Loretta McCoy, Linda Kaiser, Jeremy Hatfield, Iris Underwood and Kim Geralds waited to have author Dean King, sign The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys, the True Story.

A medical helicopter crashed in eastern Kentucky, killing all three crewmembers aboard.

* A 2 percent raise for the University of Utah's leader, to $358,850 per year. * A 10 percent raise for Southern Utah University's new president, to $215,333 per year.