A CSX train derailed, initially forcing some nearby neighbors to leave their homes. Now the clean up effort begins to reopen ...

A derailed CSX train leaked a flammable chemical and sparked a fire in a rural part of southern Kentucky on Tuesday.

Chuck Sadler with the Trenton Voluntary Fire Department said it will take a while before they know what caused the derailment ...

Local programming will suffer, management deal critics say, but money was already thin for the nonprofit in charge.

15 that a teacher at a local elementary school had been accused of having sexual discussions with a student online, ...

Four years after a lawsuit challenged Paducah’s residency requirement for firefighters, the Kentucky Supreme Court voted to ...

The Kentucky Public Service Commission granted Duke Energy half of a requested 18% rate hike in an order issued last week.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - As 2025 comes to an end, local nonprofits are asking for one more gift this year: donations that ...

Instead of spending Christmas under the glow of a Christmas tree, four-year-old Mylo Hollingshed is looking to spend the ...

SOMERSET, Ky. (WKYT) - A Somerset man has been charged with murder after an early morning shooting left another man dead. James Gleason, 40, was arrested in connection with the death of Adam Roark, 39 ...

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WJHL) — Kentucky officials gathered to celebrate the long-awaited completion of the new U.S. 460 between the Virginia state line and U.S. 23 near Pikeville, with the final segment to ...

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