Eastern News

While most people get to celebrate Independence Day, others are working to make sure it's a safe one.

A Lexington man will forfeit his house because he downloaded thousands of images of child pornography there over several years, a federal prosecutor announced Wednesday.

Jeff Whitehead, executive director of EKCEP. slideshow The Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program Inc.

A Clearfield man's recent encounter with a reptile could pass for a scene from "a cool sci-fi movie." However, Matt Oesch, of Fallin Timber Road, said what happened to him was definitely real.

LEX 18 has learned the Breathitt County man arrested on charges of trying to meet an underage girl for sex is a preacher at a Jackson church.

State police say an eastern Kentucky preacher used text messages to try to lure a 13-year-old girl to have sex with him.

Volunteers are hoping people in Eastern Kentucky take advantage of free healthcare this weekend.

The Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program Inc. is launching a six-month survey of eastern Kentucky employers to identify the skills the region's workers will need to succeed in the future.

Two eastern Kentucky men have been charged with defrauding a local Democratic Party and conspiring to buy votes.

A leaking dam that some Letcher County residents feared could collapse and flood homes hadn't been inspected by state regulators in more than a decade.

A soldier who was killed in Afghanistan grew up and graduated from high school in eastern Kentucky.

An eastern Kentucky city is considering an ordinance that would ban smoking in all public buildings despite opposition that says the move could hurt the city.

A non-profit work-force agency in Eastern Kentucky plans to conduct an intensive study of the area's businesses to assess what types of skills workers will need for the future.

On June 12, 2009 the City of Madisonville welcomed Officers Allan Stokes and Kyle Pharris to the Madisonville Police Department after their successful completion of basic training at the Department of Criminal Justice Training in Eastern Kentucky.

When the narrow creek that runs through this small Letcher County town overflowed, Allen Baker ran to get some silicone to seal the front door of his wife's medical office to ward off the muddy water.

Simon Kenton senior running back Miles Simpson should have his list of college choices narrowed to five before the season starts, according to head coach Jeff Marskberry.

Three big celebrities were in Eastern Kentucky Wednesday to take part in a music video.

Congressman Hal Rogers is encouraging local fire departments throughout southern and eastern Kentucky to apply for a new competitive grant program to help with firehouse construction and renovation.

Firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a popular Hazard, Kentucky, restaurant to catch fire Sunday.

Law enforcement officials report that meth lab seizures were up by more than a third in 2008, and the increase has continued into this year.