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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (March 13, 2023) - On Monday, March 13, 2023, at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg, Gov. Andy Beshear presented more than $8....

Sunday marks the 95th year for the Academy Awards. Heres a quick look at some notable movies and actors with Kentucky connections.

One of the three former prison guards at the U.S. Penitentiary at Big Sandy, accused of assaulting inmates and then covering it up, has pleaded guilty...

Loretta Lynn was a monumentally successful artist who carried her Kentucky roots with her everywhere she went. Now, fans are asking Kentucky to honor her legacy by naming a park

Over the weekend, lockups were a bit on the lighter side in Boyd, while Greenup saw a higher than average influx of inmates.

Newly-turned yearlings by Gunnevera and Curlin's Honor drew the sale's two highest prices by rookie Florida stallions during the two-day sale, led by a Gunnevera colt who drew the sales' overall second-highest price at $100,000.

Loretta Lynn’s death on Oct. 4, 2022, was a painful loss for eastern Kentuckians and country music fans nationwide. Known as “The Coal Miner’s Daughter,” she was born April 14,

In her book 'Coal Miner's Daughter,' Loretta Lynn revealed the first time she used a toilet with running water 'scared' her.

Remembering Loretta Lynn, Dr. Paul T. Kwami, Deborah McCrary and more

We remember those who we lost in December followed by our tributes from the prior months of 2022