KSP NEWS RELEASE – MURDER INVESTIGATION - Release on: 06/29/2011 ON 06/28/2011 KENTUCKY STATE POLICE IN HAZARD RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING INCIDENT IN THE BROWNSFORK COMMUNITY OF PERRY COUNTY. INVESTIGATON REVEALED THAT KIRBY WILLIAM COUCH WAS INVOLVED IN A DISPUTE WITH HIS SISTER SARAH MELTON. MR. COUCH AND CINDY L CAUDILL WERE TRAVELING ON AN ATV [...]
West Virginia breaks tie in 8th, beats Legends 4-3 Cole White’s double with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning scored Justin Howard from first base to break a 3-3 tie, and the West Virginia Power went on to defeat the Lexington Legends 4-3 Tuesday night in Charleston. Justin Howard’s two-run homer in [...]
Every woman’s experience with childbirth is different. For some, it is relatively easy and uncomplicated. For others, there may be varying degrees of difficulty, fear, and even trauma. Once the baby is born, all of the focus shifts immediately to the newborn. The mother is often left to process her feelings and reactions to [...]
By Teddy Edmonds State Representative D-Jackson Week of June 13, 2011 FRANKFORT – Conveniently situated between Memorial Day and Independence Day, many people forget to celebrate Flag Day. It’s June 14, and until you read these words, there’s a good chance you forgot, too. It’s not an official holiday that we take a day off [...]
Building A Healthier Breathitt Co. One Step At A TimeBy: James Elliott Turner, Breathitt Co. Health DepartmentTips for a safe camping adventurePacking Basics: Before you leave, pack these few important things to make your trip more comfortable and safe:1. map of the area 2. compass or GPS (learn how to use it beforehand) 3. cell [...]
An Accident on HWY 15 S. in Breathitt County looked like fire & rescue would have a busy time when they first arrived on the scene. One vehicle sat in the middle of the highway while another, a truck, sat atop the guardrail, rear axle torn apart. Fortunately, nobody was seriously injured and both drivers [...]
There is a huge rock near a gravel pit on Hwy. 25 in rural Iowa. For generations, kids have painted slogans, names, and obscenities on this rock, changing its character many times. A few months back, the rock received its latest paint job, and since then it has been left completely undisturbed. The artist, Ray ‘ Bubba [...]
Everyone remembers the terrible Mothers Day weekend floods of 2009, especially along HWY 30. Well it was almost like a bad dream as rain moved in Monday morning and pounded parts of the region. HWY 30 residents began doing what they good to gather up belongings and move to higher ground as flash flooding once [...]
Wolfe residents bring 6,661 pills to ‘Dragon’ CAMPTON – A “Clean Your Medicine Cabinet Out Day” program resulted in the destruction of 6,661 pills in Campton Thursday, June 16. Operation UNITE’s “Pill Dragon” – a mobile incinerator provided in cooperation with Eastern Kentucky PRIDE and the Kentucky Army National Guard – was sponsored by the [...]
(Hazard, KY) Kentucky State Police Post 13 in Hazard recently participated in the Click It or Ticket Campaign which ran from May 23 through June 5, 2011. State Police along with other law enforcement agencies conducted 41 traffic safety checkpoints during the campaign. The following is a summary of totals from this campaign: DUI ARRESTS: [...]