Author: WNKY Staff

5 prison guards face manslaughter charges after inmate dies

Some of the video above may be difficult to watch. CATLETTSBURG, Ky. – Five former prison guards in Boyd County face first-degree manslaughter charges for allegedly abusing an inmate who later died at the facility. Prosecutors played security video in court on Monday from inside the jail that shows the guards allegedly abusing Michael Moore. Detectives say they’ve learned that Moore was highly…

Living Well – Body shape stereotypes

New research from the University of Texas in Dallas suggests people often form first impressions from someone’s body shape! Thinner models were perceived as easy-going, extroverted and self-confident. Fuller models were perceived as simple-minded, careless, even irritable. This just shows you can’t judge a book by its cover!

KSP Hazardous Device Team investigating IED discovery in Harlan County

EVARTS, Ky. (WYMT) – Kentucky State Police’s Hazardous Device Team is investigating the discovery of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Harlan County. Authorities tell us around 11:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, a man was near the sewage plant in Evarts when he noticed something that appeared to be a bomb. “It was kind of scary because I haven’t seen anything…