Nicholas County News

Barbara Kingsolver's first novel, "The Bean Trees," is about a young woman who leaves rural Kentucky for Arizona - as did Kingsolver, who grew up in Nicholas County, where her father was the only doctor.

H1N1 shots will be available in Scott, Harrison and Nicholas counties from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday or until the 625 doses at each location are exhausted.

Investigators say a broken rail caused last month's train derailment in Nicholas County that spilled tons of coal.

Even as night falls on the massive train wreckage in Nicholas County, crews are working to clean it all up.

A train derailment in Nicholas County has left behind quite a mess. Police and emergency crews were called to the scene of a train derailment Monday afternoon Carlisle.

Crews worked overnight to clean up heaps of coal that spilled after 21 train cars derailed Monday in Nicholas County.

A train derailed in Nicholas County just after 4 p.m. Monday, scattering a load of coal.

An orphaned baby deer has found a new home on a farm in Nicholas County, thanks to a woman from Ohio.

Times-Tribune Staff Report Kenneth Ray Shadoan, 30, formerly of Whitley County, has been charged in a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Lexington with possessing child pornography.

The father of 13-year old Zack Riley says Monday was one of the most terrifying days he's ever lived through.

Just three years after being cleared of sodomy charges, a former Pulaski County math teacher is in hot water again.

The Kentucky State Police at Dry Ridge will be conducting traffic safety checkpoints throughout the post district during the period of May 18th through the 31st.