Perry County News

Some environmentalists say coal mining is destroying the region, while others say it's what keeps the area moving forward.

Two corrections officers are indicted for allegedly threatening an inmate and bringing knives into a federal prison.

Police in eastern Kentucky are investigating a double shooting. Kentucky State Police say they responded to a call on Tuesday of a shooting on Rolling Ridge Drive in the Lost Creek community of Perry County.

Officials say Highway 476 at the intersection of Upper Second Creek Road in the Bulan area of Perry County is hazardous due to coal in the road due to a train derailment.

When it comes to kids' well-being, Kentucky ranks in the bottom ten states. Kentucky Youth Advocates say the annual "Kids Count" data book showed Kentucky on its way up for more than a decade, but the trend ...

A country music duo takes a break from a concert tour, for a coal tour. Halfway to Hazard's latest tune is all about Kentucky's coal industry.

Friends, family and community members gathered on June 2 to pay last respects to a Perry County Magistrate who was shot to death last week.

The wife of an eastern Kentucky magistrate shot and killed last month has been appointed to fill his post.

James Norman thumbs through a notebook filled with pages of songs he's written -- stories from his heart scribbled out as they came to him, some while sitting on a stool in this very bar.

Kentucky State Police said they don't have a motive in a double murder-suicide in rural Perry County and might not ever know what sparked it.

Jimmy Darrell Neace served the county as a magistrate for several years and was known through out the area.

Hear from Jesse Whitaker, who lives down the road from Ben's Quick Stop: Click Here Three men, including a Perry County magistrate and a county worker, are dead after a shooting in eastern Kentucky.

The top official in Perry County says a magistrate and a county employee are among three people dead after a shooting at an eastern Kentucky convenience store.

The owner of a BP station in Perry County said he has turned off his pumps and won't sell fuel until prices go down.

A Perry County man is fighting for his life and the woman police say shot him is behind bars.

Soaring oil prices drive gas costs up even more across the country. Lawmakers in Washington questioned oil company executives about the record profits in light of a struggling economy.

The owner of a gasoline station in eastern Kentucky said he has turned off his pumps and won't sell fuel until prices go down.

Kentucky State Police have arrested a woman and charged her with shooting a Perry County man just before noon Monday.

“But my best quality is my ability to listen”

With less than a week to go before the May primary, candidates in a crowded state representative race in Eastern Kentucky are searching for ways to stand out without slinging mud. via Lexington Herald-Leader

A Perry County man has died after crashing his vehicle into a tree Thursday afternoon. via WKYT-TV Lexington