Knott County News

It was a beautiful weekend in the mountains, perfect for spending the day outside.

An arrest has been made in a murder that occurred in Knott County in September. The Kentucky State Police arrested Mack Tackett, 26, and charged him with one count of murder in connection with the death of his wife, Heather Tackett.

A brand-new $10 million water treatment plant and a new grant means parts of Knott and Perry County will get clean running water for the first time.

The Kentucky Division of Abandoned Mine Lands is funding a nearly $2.2 million water line project to help people in Knott and Perry counties whose wells have been contaminated by coal mining activity.

Morehead State Universitya s head of the newly formed BFA in Creative Writing Program and associate professor of English Chris Holbrook has released his second book of fiction, a oeUpheaval,a a collection of stories, to much praise in the Appalachian region.

A Knott County magistrate was indicted by a federal grand jury in late August on two counts of receiving stolen property stemming from a 2004 incident.

A Knott County magistrate is indicted by a federal grand jury. The Hazard Herald reports that according to the indictment, Levi Haskel Ritchie did possess, conceal and store two stolen vehicles in November of 2004.

On Saturday, September 5, 2009 at approximately 0157 hours Kentucky State Police, Post 13 in Hazard received a call that Mack Tackett, 26, had shot himself.

Three years ago, officials with the Kentucky Division of Water surveyed several areas near coal mining sites in Eastern Kentucky.

Kentucky State Police say a husband turned the gun on himself after killing his wife early Saturday morning in Knott County.

An incest and sodomy suspect's mother and son have been indicted on charges of jury tampering and threatening a prosecutor, charges that led to a second mistrial in Magoffin County last month.

Joshua Slone, 27, of Dema, in Knott County entered a guilty plea on Aug. 26, in U.S. District Court in Pikeville to a charge of receipt of child pornography.

A plea agreement has been reached in the case of a Knott County man accused of receiving child pornography.

" A candlelight vigil will be held tonight at the Minnie Park at the junction of Route 680 in honor of Gregory "Google" Shepherd, who was found murdered this past November.

Two men were hospitalized with gunshot wounds after a fight Monday night in Fisty in Knott County, Kentucky State Police in Hazard said.

Two men were hospitalized with gunshot wounds after a fight Monday night in Fisty in Knott County, Kentucky State Police in Hazard said.

Two men were hospitalized with gunshot wounds after a fight Monday night in Fisty in Knott County, Kentucky State Police in Hazard said.

Mining supporters say Saturday's turnout for the coal rally was unbelievable, with thousands turning out to the Knott County Sportsplex.

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Haven King, with Coal Mining Our Future, says the crowds at Saturday's rally are evidence that coal could be a political force in upcoming elections.