Elmrock, KY

MAGOFFIN COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - Brenda Prater, 60, of Salyersville died on Sunday, June 19 after a long battle with cancer, leaving behind a host of family and friends. For more than 30 years, Prater dedicated her life to the Magoffin County School District as a bus driver. “She was...

DUFFIELD, Va. (WYMT) - State authorities are investigating an inmate’s death at the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Duffield. The Virginia State Police said its Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Wytheville Field Office launched an investigation into the May 20 death of inmate Sherri D. Cook, 43 of Whitesburg, Kentucky.

HINDMAN, Ky. (WYMT) - This week, a new center opened its doors in Knott County, hoping to fill a need for the people in the area. Glenda Shrum, president of the Knott Drug Abuse Council, said she and her colleagues worked for nearly a decade to bring intensive treatment to the area.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - The Pikeville Police Department needs help finding a man officers say stole from a jewelry store. Police said the man walked into Kay Jewelers in Pikeville Wednesday afternoon. We are told the man asked to see merchandise from a case and walked out with nearly $4,000...

Pikeville Police Officials are currently searching for a man who is believed to have stolen thousands of dollars’ worth of jewelry from the Kay Jewelers Store in Pikeville. The incident is said to have taken place on Wednesday. According to police, the man entered the Pikeville Commons shopping center...

MARTIN, KY (WOWK) – Residents of Martin, Kentucky will have to head to the town of Allen to get their mail, according to the United States Postal Service. The Martin Fire Department says operations at the Martin Post Office have been temporarily relocated to the Allen Post Office as a safety precaution. Fire department officials […]

The Pikeville Police Department is searching for a suspect that stole from a jewelry store. Police said the man walked into Kay Jewelers in Pikeville Wednesday afternoon. Reports say the man asked to see merchandise from a case and walked out with nearly $4,000 worth of jewelry. Police said he got into a gold or silver early 2000′s Toyota Camry. Police are looking for a white man, possibly in his 40′s, with brown and gray hair. If anyone has any information, you are asked to call 606-437-5511.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Pikeville Police are looking for a man who walked away with thousands of dollars’ worth of jewelry on Wednesday, and they have released security camera images to aid in the search. Police say the man walked into Kay Jewelers in the Pikeville Commons shopping center...

HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Update: We have learned the name of the Kentucky Power worker who died. The family said Wallace “Woo” Melton Jr., 58, was killed Thursday morning. Perry County Sheriff Joe Engle says that around 4:00 a.m. Thursday morning, Melton was in his Kentucky Power truck on the right fork of Maces Creek in the Viper area when he went over an embankment.

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - The Levisa Fork Paddlefest normally starts on the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River in downtown Prestonsburg, but on June 25, due to low water levels and downed trees on the Levisa Fork, folks hit the waters of Dewey Lake at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park instead.

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - The Mountain Muse is hoping to add some color and flavor to the streets of downtown Prestonsburg. Heather Owens, owner of the Star City business, recently placed some summer fun installations outside of the store. “I had some extra left over from [my son’s] half-birthday party....

Judy Gibson 66 years of age of Pikeville passed away Wednesday June 22, 2022 at the University of Louisville Medical Center. She was born July 29, 1955 to the late Virgil and Geneva Robinson Epling. Funeral services will be held 11:00AM Monday June 27, 2022 at the Hall and Jones...

Several community organizations held a Juneteenth fellowship celebration and cookout in downtown Hazard on Saturday, June 18, to educate the community about the history of slavery ending in the United States. Juneteenth, short for June 19, marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas. in 1865 to take...

London Police Chief Retires - 11:00 p.m. Mountain News Top Stories at 4:00 p.m. - June 23, 2022. Teen talks about riding helicopter shortly before it crashed. Maddison Brown had taken what turned out to be one of the Vietnam era helicopter's final rides. Two arrested after large drug raid...

HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Skies remain dry, but our seasonably hot weather continues as we close out the work week and head into the final weekend of June (I know, right?) Another warm evening expected as we finish the night out tonight. And that includes the mostly clear skies we’ll have tonight. Mild and muggy is the name of the game as we drop back into the middle and upper 60s overnight. That’s ahead of an even hotter day on the way for Saturday.

Hazard, Ky. (June 24, 2022) — The Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH) is accepting applications for its Elder Wellness Enrichment Initiative Grant, which will provide funding of up to $5,000 to nonprofit rural health care organizations and community-based organizations to create or enhance services for older adults — to help them age in place in rural Kentucky.

HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Kentucky’s own TyTy Washington was selected 29th in the NBA Draft. The pick was by Memphis, but Washington will be traded to Houston. Washington averaged 12.5 points, 3.9 assists, and 3.5 rebounds per game and shot 45.1 percent from the field in his one season at UK. He was a five-time SEC Freshman of the Week.