Category Archives: Kentucky News
Guthrie, Riley share resources for tornado damage available to individuals in Barren County with new designation
Guthrie, Riley, Emergency Management Agency Director Tracy Shirley, and Mike Reid with FEMA survey tornado damage in Barren County (BRETT GUTHRIE PRESS RELEASE) GLASGOW, Ky. - Congressman Brett Guthri...
Dec 28, 2021
Kentucky's death toll from tornadoes rises to 77
FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says the state's death toll from devastating tornadoes earlier this month has risen by one. He says an infant from Graves County died last week. The sta...
Dec 28, 2021
CDC recommends shorter COVID isolation, quarantine for all
A COVID-19 testing site originated at Jackie Browning Park during 2020 in Glasgow, Ky. (WCLU NEWS FILE PHOTO) NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials are cutting isolation restrictions for Americans who...
Dec 27, 2021
Barren County is now eligible for FEMA Assistance
In a Thursday press release issued by the Kentucky Emergency Management Authority, Barren County is now eligible for FEMA Assistance after the Dec. 10, 2021 storms and tornadoes. Individuals and house...
Dec 24, 2021
Addiction treatment center for women expanding
OWENTON, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky addiction treatment center for women is expanding. Addiction Recovery Care said in a statement that its residential center in Owenton is increasing from 16 beds to nearl...
Dec 22, 2021
Ky. Bar Association activates Disaster Response Plan
FRANKFORT, Ky. - The Kentucky Bar Association has activated its Disaster Response Plan pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 3.130(7.60). The Disaster Response Plan addresses, "the problems that occur when l...
Dec 17, 2021
Family 'extremely concerned' for missing teen's safety
(The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children) ANDERSON, Ind. - The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the Anderson Police Department in Indiana are seeking the publi...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden in Kentucky to survey tornado damage
By Nadia Ramlagan, Public News Service MAYFIELD, Ky. - President Joe Biden visits Fort Campbell, Mayfield and Dawson Springs today to survey tornado damage, and federal disaster assistance teams are o...
Dec 15, 2021
Family photograph from tornado-hit area lands in Indiana
The National Weather Service in Louisville released information late Sunday describing the pathway several tornadoes took across the evening hours of Friday and early Saturday morning. (NATIONAL WEATH...
Dec 13, 2021
Mayfield community highlights catastrophe of Saturday tornado
AP-US-MIDWEST-TORNADOES Tornado toll in dozens, yet not as high as initially feared MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) - Dozens of people in five states have been killed by tornadoes that leveled entire communities o...
Dec 13, 2021