[su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/Eygimdgqbgo” height=”340″] ROBINSON CREEK, Ky. — While faculty, staff and students at Shelby Valley High School were gearing up for the school day this morning, some noticed a suspicious man walking around the parking lot. The man…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, KY.-Legal aid groups around Kentucky are facing a threat to their future, after the state Senate approved a budget stripping the groups of all state funding. EKB News Reporter Shawn Allen spoke to officials at AppalReD about the impact. [su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/iwCu3s-mDQM”…
Read MoreEKB-TV: Kentucky State Police and the state Office of Highway Safety are collaborating next month to send a message about the dangers of distracted driving. The “One Text or Call Could Wreck It All” campaign in April will combine an education campaign about the dangers of texting and driving…
Read MoreFrankfort, Ky: Kentucky’s auditor is investigating a troubled broadband project that is years behind schedule and has cost taxpayers millions of dollars in delays. But the report won’t be finished before lawmakers must decide whether to keep funding the venture. Auditor Mike Harmon’s…
Read MoreCharleston, WV: West Virginia’s governor has signed a bill to impose the federal 20-hour weekly work requirement for many food stamp recipients statewide. Gov. Jim Justice signed the bill Tuesday. It applies to people ages 18 to 49 who aren’t pregnant, disabled or military veterans, have…
Read MoreThe plans to locate a clinic in one of the most outlying areas of Pike County now appear to be off. Last year, plans were revealed for a satellite clinic of the Pike County Health Department to be located in the former Majestic Knox Creek Elementary School, now owned by Pike County Government. Pike…
Read MoreA bill that will increase benefits to the families of police officers killed in the line of duty is moving closer to completion. This week, the Senate State and Local Government Committee passed House Bill 185, which would give spouses of fallen officers 75 percent of the officer’s monthly salary,…
Read MoreWith heavy rains threatening over the next few days, all eyes are keeping a watch for rising waters. But the wet weather brings another danger — falling earth. EKB News Reporter Shannon Deskins spoke with highway officials about that possibility. [su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKR3-M1LGI0&t=3s”…
Read MorePAINTSVILLE, Ky. — One inmate is back behind bars, after two inmates escaped from a work detail in Johnson County last week. The hunt continues for the other. EKB News Reporter Shelby Porter has more. [su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/d9gmLQskaRc” height=”340″]
Read MoreJOHNSON COUNTY, KY.-The drug epidemic not only affects the person who is using drugs, but their family members as well. Police say that was the case Monday when they responded to a Hager Hill residence after receiving a call that a woman was fighting with family members. When deputies from the Johnson…
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