Perry County News

Two former eastern Kentucky officials have pleaded not guilty to defrauding a local Democratic Party and conspiring to buy votes.

Firefighters in Perry County were busy with a fire early Wednesday. The fire started just before 3:30 a.m. next door to the Happy Church of Christ on south Kentucky Highway 15.

Elijah Fugate's first bonus from the coal company whose name nobody can remember was spent on the Butterfly Church of the Living God.

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

A visitation is underway for an 11-year-old girl killed in an ATV accident. The Perry County Coroner says Ashley Berrong died Monday after she was air lifted to Holsten Valley Medical Center in Tennessee.

Police say someone is cashing bogus checks across eastern Kentucky. So far, fake checks were found in Letcher and Perry counties, but police believe there could be more.

An eastern Kentucky county official and a former candidate have been charged with defrauding a local Democratic Party and conspiring to buy votes.

A family mourns the loss of a man killed in a fiery crash on the Hal Rogers Parkway.

Residents in Perry County are cleaning up after flash flooding damaged an estimated 25 to 40 homes.

State Senator Brandon Smith visited the Bulan community in Perry County Monday afternoon.

Monday morning's heavy rains led to flash flooding in parts of Perry County and forced several people from their homes.

Police in eastern Kentucky said an 11-year-old boy will be referred to juvenile authorities after he took a church van for a drive, smashing six vehicles and prompting police to shoot out the van tires to stop him.

A Hazard man accused of holding a 17-year old boy at gun point and making him perform sex acts on him is indicted.

A Perry County man was fined $141,000 Wednesday for setting a fire near the Daniel Boone National Forest and letting it burn out of control.

On 05/23/2009 at approximately 1:27 A.M. Kentucky State Police post 13 Hazard received a call from an employee of the Grapevine BP located in the Grapevine community of Perry County.

One person is recovering after a two car accident near the Fugate's Entertainment Complex in Perry County.

The road in front of a Perry County school is still closed this morning after a tractor trailer accident overnight.

On 05/10/2009 Kentucky State Police Post 13 in Hazard received a call of a motor vehicle accident on Hwy.

Friday morning's storms knocked down power lines and trees across eastern Kentucky.

Police say a planned phone outage by Windstream was set for parts of Perry County.