Kentucky is giving this coal company tax breaks worth millions to keep 250 jobs

A representative from Alliance Coal came to the Pike County Fiscal Court with a difficult proposition last week: provide a tax break worth millions over the next 12 years, or say goodbye to the 250 jobs the company provides in the county. The company told …

Gun reform is a hard sell in rural Kentucky even after school shooting in the state

BENTON, Ky. (AP) — Jeff Dysinger’s daughter survived two bullets from a classmate at her Kentucky high school this year, but he hasn’t joined in the national outcry over guns that escalated after 17 people died in a Florida school shooting three weeks …

Hobo the Wonder Dog visits Tri-Cities

When Hobo the Wonder Dog and I headed out on a day trip to Benham, Kentucky. Being unsure of how a man and his dog would be received deep in a holler of Appalachia we headed out on our adventure. What we found was a place from the past colliding with the …

Tennessee man pleads guilty in Kentucky fraud case

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty in federal court to defrauding investors in a Kentucky call center. The U.S. attorney’s office said 57-year-old John Cook of Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in …

Whitley Co. getting closer to finding its next superintendent

The Whitley County school district moved one step closer to finding its next superintendent Tuesday evening. The Whitley County Board of Education Superintendent Search Committee met in executive session for about an hour Tuesday evening to review the …

Kentucky White Castle employee diagnosed with hepatitis A

People who ate at a Louisville White Castle restaurant are being warned that an employee has been diagnosed with hepatitis A, according to media reports. Anyone who ate at the White Castle at 3701 Seventh Street Road between April 6 and April 20 may have …

Anonymous tip leads to Ethington’s capture

An anonymous tip April 19 led to the capture of a 26-year-old Smithfield man after a pursuit from Cropper Road to McCoun Road, according to a Kentucky State Police spokesman. Police sought and the court indicted Zachery Ethington after he fled from a …

SKCTC student begins internship

Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKCTC) medical coding student Rosemary Tomlin has been selected for an internship with Pole Star Experiential Learning. This program is designed to enhance workforce readiness and to “empower our interns …

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Bond revoked for woman charged in husband’s death

Prosecutors have convinced a circuit court judge to hold Tasha Bentley, the 34-year-old woman accused of killing her husband at their Troutman Hill Road home, without bond. Tasha Bentley remains in the Carroll County jail in connection with the fatal …