Artemus, KY

MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (WYMT) - One person is in critical condition after being injured at an industrial worksite in Bell County. Middlesboro Fire Department/EMS posted about the incident on its Facebook page. Officials say at around 7:50 p.m. Wednesday, they were dispatched to the Middlesboro Country Club where an employee fell...

CLAY COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Questions are being raised after an important part of a roadside makeshift veteran’s memorial in southern Kentucky was taken. Sgt. Glenn Stanfill was killed in 2004 when he was in a crash. The memorial was put up alongside the Hal Rogers Parkway in Manchester in his honor and memory, and now just recently they have had to replace the flag, not once, but twice.

Harlan Independent Middle School will have a new principal in place for the upcoming school year, with current Harlan Independent High School teacher Mike Bolton selected to fill the position. Harlan Independent Schools Superintendent C.D. Morton gave some background on the new assistant principal. “Mike Bolton is a 20-year veteran...

LONDON, Ky. (WYMT) - Some U.S. adults may get updated COVID-19 shots this fall, as government advisors voted Tuesday it is time to tweak booster doses to better match the most recent virus variants. ”There hasn’t been a huge uptake on that yet and I think it’s because the numbers...

Seventy-five law students honored for academic achievement. Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law (LMU Law) Vice President and Dean Matt Lyon is pleased to announce the Dean’s List for the spring 2022 semester. A total of 75 students were honored for achieving a grade point average of 3.400 or above while carrying at least a nine-credit-hour course load.

BALKAN, Ky. (WYMT) - A Bell County woman is dead after a single car crash Tuesday evening. According to officials from Kentucky State Police Post 10 in Harlan, one car was traveling along KY-2012 near the intersection with Balkan Road when the car crashed. 42-year-old Elizabeth Noe of Balkan was...

Carl Rains, age 81, of Middlesboro, Kentucky went home to be with the Lord on June 28, 2022. He was a lifelong resident of Bell County and a deacon at Gospel Outreach Church. Carl is preceded in death by his wife and mother of his children, Betty Rains, parents John Henry and Opal Rains, brothers Aubrey Rains, Estil Rains and Lee Roy Rains, and great grandson Maxwell Rains.

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CORBIN, Ky. (WKYT) - Frank Selvy, the high-scoring former player out of Corbin, has been selected for induction into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, it was announced on Wednesday. Selvy, who played at Furman from 1951-54, led the NCAA in scoring as a junior (29.6 PPG) and a...

Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting K-9/Sgt. Gary Mehler caught up to a man wanted for impersonating a peace officer and being a persistent felony offender. 42-year-old Eric Glendon McCrary of London was taken into custody on Tuesday and lodged in the Laurel County Correctional Center.

MIDDLESBORO, KY (June 27, 2022) - On Monday morning, June 27, 2022, Bell County K-9 Sgt. Adam Southern was contacted by Det/Lt. Barry Cowan of the Middlesboro Police Department in reference to a criminal littering complaint on 35th street. Upon arrival Sgt. Southern observed multiple piles of trash and other...

Two Speedwell residents asked the Claiborne Commission on Monday evening to consider whether an ordinance could be drafted prohibiting any blasting, surface mining or rock crushing operations inside residential areas within the county. Gary Mayes and Michael Livesay also requested that the county get the ball rolling on cementing zoning...

A proposal to build a youth soccer complex on rural land between Newtown Pike and Russell Cave Road has cleared its first hurdle. But, as WUKY’s Arlo Barnette reports, many Lexingtonians are speaking out against the plan. The Urban County Board of Adjustment granted conditional approval Tuesday to the...

WILLIAMSBURG, KENTUCKY – University of the Cumberlands held commencement ceremonies recently to celebrate its newest graduates. Participants in this year’s commencement ceremonies included graduates from 49 states and territories and the countries of Canada, India, Brazil, Spain, New Zealand, and Italy, among others. A total of 2,068 graduates received their degrees from Cumberlands that weekend.