This story is courtesy of the Kentucky Lantern, a project of States Newsroom. At 11:15 on the morning of March 9, 1976, ...

On Thursday, Gov. Beshear spent time during Severe Weather Awareness Week to highlight efforts to mitigate flood risks for Kentucky families.

OpEd: When the only voices in the room represent the utility and its largest customers, rate increases become the only answer ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Fifty years ago today, an explosion at the Scotia coal mine in Letcher County, Kentucky, killed 15 miners. Two days later, a second methane explosion ripped through the mine, killing 11 ...

A federal lawsuit that has cast a shadow over the murder investigation of a local judge shot by Letcher County’s sheriff has ended in a settlement.

After defeating the Knott County Central Lady Patriots 43-17, the Letcher County Central Lady Cougars can now claim the 14th ...

In March 1976, two explosions over two days rocked the Scotia coal mine in Eastern Kentucky, killing 26 men. Fifty years ...

Bill Bishop worked as a reporter at The Mountain Eagle in Whitesburg, Kentucky, and at the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman, and as columnist at the Lexington (Kentucky) Herald L ...

Special Judge Christopher Cohron will remain on the Shawn Mickey Stines murder case. Stines is the former Letcher County sheriff charged with murder for the Sept. 19, 2024, shooting death of Letcher ...

The Albertville Aggies baseball team had a successful week that saw them take two victories over the Guntersville Wildcats.

A deep and wide-ranging biography of former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara has won a $50,000 prize. Philip and William Taubman's “McNamara at War” is this year's winner of the Barbara and David ...