State police are investigating after a shooting at a courthouse in Letcher County on Thursday. Kentucky State Police Post 13 ...

The shooter has been apprehended," a social media post from the school reads in part. Whitesburg is a city in Letcher County and the county seat, which sits in southeast Kentucky. The county ...

The shooting took place at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, Kentucky, about two and a ... and pursue justice," Coleman said. A school in the area was briefly placed under lockdown ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Several Kentucky school districts are investigating threats this week, and some juveniles are facing felony charges. On Tuesday, students and staff were evacuated from ...

A new anthology features poetry and stories from Appalachian writers, including an Eastern Band of the Cherokee author, who ...

COLUMBIA, Ky. (LEX 18) — Adair County Schools announced that backpacks and large purses are no longer permitted at the middle and high school after a rumor circulated that a student reportedly ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky has seen an uptick in the number of threats made against schools this month. At least five students have been charged with felonies for hoax threats, including three ...

Carol Hasty's grandchildren are back in school a few days after a gunman opened fire on a nearby highway in Kentucky but she's not happy about it — even with the increased police protection.

Schools reopened with extra security on Tuesday in the rural Kentucky county where a gunman who remains at large opened fire on an interstate highway, hitting a dozen vehicles and wounding five ...

Timothy D. Easley/AP Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said additional state resources were being made available to help with the ongoing search efforts. The manhunt prompted local schools to close for ...

"The hope and strength of southeastern Kentucky is shining bright once again, in the midst of this dark hour," Rogers said.Several schools in the area remained closed Tuesday after canceling ...

What to know about the judge killed Letcher county shooting A Kentucky judge was shot inside a Whitesburg courthouse. Where is Letcher County? Letcher County Central High School in Whitesburg went ...