Crane Nest, KY

LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's Deputy Bobby Jones arrested Charles Miracle age 67 of Corbin on Thursday night June 30, 2022 at approximately 10:11 PM. The arrest occurred on West Cumberland Gap Parkway. approximately 10 miles South of London after Deputy Jones...

LONDON, KY (July 01, 2022) - The Kentucky State Police, London Post which provides coverage for Clay, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne and Whitley counties, will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints as approved by the Kentucky State Police Policy and Procedures Manual. These checkpoints will be conducted in an...

Lila Jeanette Acres passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2022 at her home in Oneida. She was 87. Born in Crab Orchard, Ky. on Dec. 24, 1934, Jeanette was the daughter of Rev. Willie Melvin Hubbard and Zola Anderson Hubbard. She graduated from East Tennessee Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in 1956 and was one of the original staff members at Scott County Hospital. She worked there 27.5 years. In the early 1980s, she helped bring the first home health care agency into Scott County, and worked with home health for 11 years until her retirement. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Huntsville and was a faithful servant for the Lord. She went on eight medical and evangelistic mission trips throughout the world, to Asia, Africa, Central America, South America and Europe.

Barbourville, Ky. – Christine Hammons, 90, passed away June 30, 2022. Christine was the daughter of Wiley Hammons and Mattie McDonald Hammons born to them on February 11, 1932, in Bailey Switch, Knox County, Kentucky. Christine had a strong Christian faith. She loved people, especially her family and church...

Funds raised will benefit local cancer patients and their families. MOUNT STERLING, KY (July 1, 2022) – The CHI Saint Joseph Health Foundations’ statewide “Evening of Hope” fundraising event has raised more than $260,000 on Saturday, June 18, with more gifts continuing to be made. Proceeds from the event will benefit CHI Saint Joseph Health cancer patients and their families. For the second consecutive year, the fundraising event was held in place of in-person galas and other fundraising events. The event included Kentuckians across the state – including in Mount Sterling – hosting a dinner party fundraiser, which featured a virtual silent auction, a mission moment and inspiring stories of hope.

The Kentucky State Police Post 11 in London, which provides coverage for Clay, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne and Whitley counties, has announced they will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints at various locations. The checkpoints are an effort to enforce traffic laws, especially seatbelt adherence, sobriety, insurance and registration violations. A complete list of traffic safety checkpoints location can be found at http://kentuckystatepolice.org/post-locations/post-11/post-11-checkpoints/

This Fourth of July, the city of Middlesboro will be hosting their Independence Day celebration at the civic center. Mayor Rick Nelson said the community picnic will be making a return from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with fireworks beginning at 9:30 p.m. “We’ll have hot dogs and chips, watermelon,...

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...

Occurred on June 27, 2022 / Barbourville, Kentucky, U. Info from Licensor: "Our rescued dog, Ava. She was found as a stray with a broken leg that healed incorrectly and we fostered her during her amputation/healing period and then adopted. She loves to dig to make her spot comfy. She also loves blankets. In this case, she used the couch cover at our house to make her own blanket. It ended up looking like the couch was giving birth to her as she tried to worm and wiggle her way out of the predicament she got herself into. It was far too funny to even consider being upset over it, and dogs often do silly dog things like this. Ava has a fun personality to where we kind of expect goofy moments like this from her on the regular."

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.

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...

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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.