CATLETTSBURG The Boyd County Fiscal Court will no longer reimburse County Clerk Debbie Jones’ office for employee retirement costs in the upcoming fiscal year, which totals around $187,000 yearly in back pay.

Five Ashland residents filed a petition on Tuesday that proposes significantly changing the structure of Ashland municipal government.

Upon returning from an executive session to discuss potential acquisition of property, the Madison County Fiscal Court unanimously approved the purchase for the former Chase Bank building in downtown Richmond at 116 West Main Street with a purchase price not to exceed $750,000.

WEST LIBERTY Starting a path to find and help homeless veterans in Kentucky is the goal of the Appalachian Veteran Project’s Operation Stand Down event.

Somerset Mayor Alan Keck will be bringing his vision of growing the city directly to the people, he said at Monday night's council meeting.

Editorial note: This is the first in a two-part series. The first report is about removal of voting rights for felons, and the next will be about how that right can be restored.

HONOLULU A former Russell man was one of 11 killed Friday in the crash of a skydiving plane on the island of Oahu in Hawaii.

The endangered branches of the Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center (CCC) – including the one located in Pine Knot – will remain open, as announced Wednesday by Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.

This weekend at Somernites Cruise, the fives are coming alive.

The property many locals refer to as the “Big Dig” will again come up for auction next month, however this time, ownership will for sure change hands as the auction is absolute.

High school juniors and seniors with visual impairments visited Morehead State University for a week-long program called INSIGHT June 9 to June 15.

The Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents approved the operating budget for 2019-2020, which Barry Poynter, the university's finance treasurer, said is "an expression of priority to the university."

GLASGOW – Tubes, Tunes & BBQ, an event that mixes tubing with live musical entertainment, fireworks and family fun is set to take place on June 29 at Beaver Creek Park off Happy Valley Road.

GLASGOW — Glasgow Police Department Officer Mason Wethington and Lt. Justin Kirkpatrick told a group of students that one of the hardest parts about their job is when they have to respond to the scene of a wreck.

GLASGOW – Twenty years ago this week, Greg Fowler was reported by his wife as missing. He has yet to be found.

HORSE CAVE — Heather Childress is Horse Cave's new interim police chief.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Candace Coyle, the new project site manager for Blue Grass Chemical Agent Pilot Plant (BGCAPP), announced that 30 mustard filled munitions had been successfully destroyed since the start of destruction on June 7.

Eastern Kentucky University welcomed more than 200 educators for a week-long summer program that refreshed their skills, introduced new ways of teaching and learned about the new Advanced Placement (AP) resources that are available to them.

A man was arrested on multiple charges Tuesday night after his horse-drawn carriage collided with a passenger car near Smiths Grove.

Morehead State University is looking at a $7 million decrease in its operating budget for the 2019-2020 year.

After more than a year of reaching for accreditation, the Richmond Police Department was officially recognized as an accredited agency at Tuesday's city commission meeting.

ASHLAND Gladys Knight, Lee Ann Womack and Marty Stuart are part of the Paramount Arts Center’s lineup of entertainers in the upcoming season.

CATLETTSBURG More than two years after a series of explosive Facebook posts appeared accusing them of improprieties, Ashland’s economic development director and a city police sergeant testified in court Monday in a defamation suit they filed against a local restaurant owner who made the online accusations.

Watershed Arts Alliance is drawing up something big this weekend -- and painting it up, building it up, and so much more.

The Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (LCRH) was one of six hospitals to receive a one-star rating in the most recent report released by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services.

After four structures that were once home to the Richmond City Schools were razed in January for updates at the Telford YMCA, many African American residents of Madison County had a piece of history erased as well, leaving many upset of the old schools' demolition.

CATLETTSBURG – A man who was inadvertently released from the Boyd County Detention Center in February was sentenced to a decade in prison on a variety of cases including a probation violation, third degree assault, forgery, and escape.

CATLETTSBURG A recovery garden at the Boyd County Extension Office is helping those who are in the process of overcoming addictions.

ASHLAND They grew up just miles apart but had to travel nearly 9,000 miles to meet. Now, they’re in business together.

GLASGOW — Fred Jones of Glasgow rested on the fender of a wagon parked beneath a large shade tree along U.S. 68/Ky. 80 on Thursday morning. 

LONDON – An East Bernstadt woman who is facing multiple federal charges for allegedly stealing two vehicles in July 2018 before robbing two Laurel County banks at gunpoint was scheduled to have her case presented to a jury at trial next month, though the trial has now been continued as she plans to accept an agreement with prosecutors.

Nearly 70 investors, bankers, business owners and members of the community gathered Tuesday to set their sights on learning about options within Opportunity Zones during a comprehensive seminar at the Highlands Museum and Discovery Center.

Nearly 100 people gathered on KY 801 North Tuesday to witness the Independent Stave Company break ground for their Commonwealth Cooperage, expected to create 220 jobs with a $66.5 million investment.

ASHLAND – Helping veterans in need.

GLASGOW — Though she paused at times to wipe back tears, a beaming smile stretched across Katrina Franklin's face when she described the energy and presence of her late son, Glasgow native Spenser Bradley.

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The once and possibly future attorney general Greg Stumbo made a stop in Somerset on Monday to connect with area Democrats and discuss issues, primarily his views on the opioid crisis.