Emergency managers in western Kentucky are taking stock of damage from a belt of tornado-laden storms that passed through the area. Kentucky Emergency Management officials said the storms that came through Sunday damaged some homes, blew down trees and left …
Dispatchers in western Kentucky must send a law enforcement officer to every 911 call received from a landline telephone, even when there’s no sound from a caller on the other end. Recently, though, occupants claim they never called 911. And, …
A western Kentucky fire chief says lightning accompanying a storm likely caused a blaze that gutted the auditorium of a church in Owensboro and cut off power to the neighborhood, including Brescia University. The fire started at about 3:30 CDT …
Students returned to a western Kentucky elementary school after missing a day of classes while officials searched the facility for asbestos. South Heights Elementary School in Henderson welcomed students back on Monday. The Gleaner reported that a search Saturday of …
Police in western Kentucky have charged a man on a tractor with drunken driving. The Fulton County Sheriff’s office told WPSD-TV that Timothy Haney of Hickman was arrested after deputies spotted him driving a tractor into oncoming traffic and running …
Last year was the wettest on record in Kentucky going back to 1895, bringing widespread flooding last spring in some areas. But state climatologist Stuart Foster says those same parts of the state are currently in drought. With spring’s unusually …
Authorities in western Kentucky say a fire that destroyed four buildings in Bardwell has raised their suspicion. The buildings had been abandoned after being damaged by a tornado a year ago, and utilities to the buildings had been shut off. …
It’s been three years since an ice storm paralyzed the western Kentucky region and emergency service coordinators say they’re better prepared in the event of another major disaster. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet spokesman Keith Todd told The Paducah Sun that a …
On Jacob Gingerich’s farm in western Kentucky, there is no phone or electricity for his family of 12 children. He even sees putting an orange safety triangle on their black horse-drawn buggy as a violation of the simple and pious …