Harlan County, Kentucky, is no stranger to violence. Its long mining history means it's seen its fair share of corruption, moon-shining, and murder. The coal mining wars may be over, but with a ...

Shawn “Mickey” Stines, the former Letcher County sheriff, is charged with murder in the death of Letcher County Judge Kevin ...

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HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. — Authorities in Kentucky said they were searching for an inmate accused of walking off from a work crew in Harlan County Tuesday afternoon. In a release, the Kentucky State ...

Soft-voiced, hard-eyed men in Kentucky’s “Bloody” Harlan County began saying Ambrose Metcalfe was a “candidate” (meaning, for the graveyard) almost as soon as he pinned on a policeman ...

Harlan County, Kentucky, had a drug overdose rate two times the national average. Through funding and community programs, those rates are declining.

HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. — Update 1/26: Multiple Kentucky locations are also reporting water issues after Whitley County Water District posted to social media on Sunday. According to the post, the ...

In conjunction with the Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches, ... Justice Decker, Manual, 6-6 forward, 16.8 points ... Harlan County, 6-3 guard, 29.9 points ...

Harlan County, Ky., has a history of violence and corruption associated with coal mining, but because that industry in Appalachia is a shell of its former self, law enforcement is dedicating its ...

Kentucky State Police are searching for an inmate who escaped a work crew in Harlan County.Robert Taylor, 46, of Richmond, Kentucky, left a detention center wor ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.--The attention of Mr. Justice Harlan was directed to the brief editorial in to-day's TIMES, in which he is reported as saying that he did not wish to be embarrassed by politics.