Publication: WKYT

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Relay For Life enters full swing

BARBOURVILLE & HYDEN, Ky. (WYMT) - Summer is Relay for Life season in eastern Kentucky.Kaeli Hale, 11, survived cancer and participates in the Knox County Relay for Life every year to give cancer victims hope for survival."It's fun to be out here with ... [Published WKYT - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Cancer, American Cancer Society

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

The warm and stormy trend marches on

Another round of showers is working northward through the eastern half of the state Saturday morning, with heavy rain and a few boomers mixed in. Not only will the stormy pattern continue Saturday afternoon, the rest of the week holds plenty of chances ... [Published WKYT - 5 hours ago]

Entities: CONVECTION

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Man says he 'failed' as a father when 4-year-old son died

MAGOFFIN COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - He says he failed as a father.An eastern Kentucky man who admitted causing the death of his 4-year-old son spoke out from jail Friday.It came a day after a Magoffin County judge sentenced James Garcia to five years in prison ... [Published WKYT - 11 hours ago]

Entities: prison, Sentencing

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 2 reports

Police: Woman broke into Laurel County home to let dogs out

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Police say a woman accused of breaking into a southern Kentucky home gave them an unusual reason for doing it.The Laurel County Sheriff's Office arrested 47-year-old Regina Napier Friday afternoon.Deputies say Napier used a ... [Published WKYT - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Police, Burglary, Drugs

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Neighbor catches thief who may be linked to multiple burglaries

RICHMOND, Ky. (WKYT) - Is it the break police have been looking for? An arrest of a burglar at a dry cleaning business could help investigators solve many other break-ins at other businesses around Richmond.Police arrested 42-year-old Scott Hobbs early ... [Published WKYT - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Burglary, Police, Dry Cleaning, Arrests

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Man robs Henry County woman at gunpoint

HENRY COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) -- Police say a man forced his way into a woman's home and robbed her at gunpoint!It happened late last night at a home on Lagrange Road near New Castle in Henry County.Police say a man kicked open a back door, pulled a gun on ... [Published WKYT - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Police, Arrests

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Traffic checkpoint leads to DUI arrest

JOHNSON COUNTY, Ky (WYMT) - Early Friday morning, police stopped a man in Johnson County at a routine checkpoint, and ended up arresting him.Police say Jerry L. Morman, 45, admitted to driving under the influence of meth and oxycodone. Police searched ... [Published WKYT - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Arrests, Methamphetamine, Oxycodone, Police

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Another arrest linked to wanted man in Laurel Co.

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky (WYMT) - Police have arrested yet another person linked to a wanted man in Laurel County.The Laurel County Sheriff's Department arrested Gilbert Tim Allen, 52, for letting Jerry Burns, 50, of London stay at his residence.Burns is wanted ... [Published WKYT - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Jerry Burns, Arrests, Tim Allen

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Volunteers keep St. Camillus Academy open

WHITLEY Co., Ky. (WYMT) - The principal of St. Camillus Academy in Corbin says their school is like a family. So when their funding was cut and the doors were in jeopardy of closing students, parents and teachers did what any family would do. They rallied ... [Published WKYT - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Catholic, Teaching

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 2 reports

Man tries to rob gas station, gets away empty handed

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT)- A Laurel County community is on alert after robbers hit five times in just two months, the most recent happening Thursday night.But this time, the robber took off empty handed.It is the type of crime that has many gas station ... [Published WKYT - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Robbery, Crime

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Police: Mother was high on drugs when she left baby behind at Walmart

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A Southern Kentucky mother is in trouble with the law today, after police say she left her child at Walmart.The crime happened on Tuesday at the Columbia store in Adair County.A jailer said that Adrianne Faulkner, 26, signed a ... [Published WKYT - May 16 2013]

Entities: Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Police, Drugs

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

42nd annual Senior Citizens Radio Day is a success

PERRY Co., Ky. (WYMT) - Today marked the 42nd annual Senior Citizens Radio Day at the WSGS Studios in Hazard.The event raises money to fund all the activities for the upcoming year for the Hazard-Perry County Senior Citizens' Center.Rocky Hudson is the ... [Published WKYT - May 16 2013]

Entities: Gay, Donations

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Another cancer survivor and relay participant, Susie Ross-Gambrel, said "This is my sixth walk. I started walking in 2008 after I was sick and diagnosed. I'm still walking. I'm still blessed to be alive ."

Relay For Life enters full swing [Published WKYT - 10 hours ago]

"I wasn't there for him (Cameron)," Garcia said. "I guess I should have sat there and watched him 24/7 but I put her trust in him."

Man says he 'failed' as a father when 4-year-old son died [Published WKYT - 11 hours ago]

"We have to investigate a little bit further to make the connection to see if he is actually the one that's been involved in the rest of those too" Mott told WKYT

Neighbor catches thief who may be linked to multiple burglaries [Published WKYT - 12 hours ago]

"I don't know what would have to happen to keep the volunteers from coming up here. I mean we've had a lot of blows in the past few months and we just keep coming back and that's what we're going to keep doing" said Martin

Volunteers keep St. Camillus Academy open [Published WKYT - 14 hours ago]

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