Letcher County Looking for Volunteer Firefighters Officials in Letcher County are looking for volunteers at fire departments countywide. Volunteer fire stations need only 13 people on their roster to be considered a certified fire department but even filling those spots recently has been difficult. Right now, a number of firefighters are working at mutiple…
Mill Springs Battlefield Becomes National Park After more than two decades in the works, the latest expansion of national parks and monuments has finally included Mill Springs Battlefield. The historic Civil War Battlefield has 900 acres spanning Pulaski and Wayne Counties. The President signed the over-arching parks bill into law on Tuesday. It was…
After Two-Plus Week, Crews Clear Rockslide in Pikeville After more than two weeks, a rock slide has finally been cleared away in Pikeville. The slide happened on February 22nd on the South Mayo trail. Now that everything’s picked up, crews can focus on fixing some of the damage that was caused. Employees at one…
Eastern Kentucky Special Election Gives GOP Largest Margin in KY Senate in 50 Years The GOP will have its largest margin ever in the state Senate after voters in an eastern Kentucky district elected a Republican for the first time since the 1960s. Republican Phillip Wheeler defeated Democrat Darrell Pugh in a special election…
Kentucky House, Senate Tackle Hepatitis A Outbreak Kentucky lawmakers on Monday confronted the statewide spread of hepatitis A, advancing a proposal calling for an examination of the state’s response to one of the country’s worst outbreaks of the disease. Senate Minority Floor Leader Morgan McGarvey said the goal is to determine how the deadly…
London Man Named As Person Killed in Laurel Co. Crash Police have identified a 21-year old London man as the person who died in an early morning crash yesterday in Laurel County. Officials say Dillon Ellis died after his car clipped a utility pole, flipped onto a parked SUV, then landed on the front…
Bridge Reopens After Flooding An Ohio River bridge linking Kentucky and Illinois that has been closed since Feb. 22 due to flooding has reopened.The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says in a statement that the bridge reopened Monday morning.The bridge connects Wickliffe, Kentucky, and Cairo, Illinois. A detour is almost 90 miles although it is shorter…
Criticizing Bible Signing By President While some religious leaders are upset that President Donald Trump signed Bibles at an Alabama church, others say he was doing what he could to raise the spirits of tornado survivors. One Southern Baptist leader says he didn’t have a problem with it because Trump was asked and because…
Uptick In Flu Cases Across KY The Department for Public Health is reporting that flu activity in Kentucky is widespread for the tenth week in a row. At this time, Kentucky reported 44 flu-related deaths for the 2018-19 flu season. 333 people died during the previous flu season.Dr. Jeff Howard, DPH Commissioner. “We are…
VP Stumps For Governor Bevin Vice President Mike Pence campaigned Friday for Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin.Voters in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi – states all won by Donald Trump in 2016 – will elect governors this year, offering Democrats a chance to test their message in the heart of Trump country ahead of the…