Ferguson News

The mayor of Ferguson may not seek another term. Allen Dobbs told the Commonwealth Journal Wednesday he is pondering another term as mayor of Ferguson or seeking the office of magistrate from District 4. "My long-term goal is to seek a higher office ... to serve more people," said Dobbs.

Candidates for local offices subject to the 2010 elections keep popping out of the woodwork.

For the first time since it opened late last year, the Columbia Bypass was the site of a fatal accident this past Thursday afternoon.

A Pulaski County man police say had a pipe bomb in his home has been indicted in federal court and faces up to 10 years in prison.

A maze of state representative and magisterial district boundaries is causing headaches for members of the Pulaski County Board of Elections as they realign municipal precinct boundaries to eliminate confusion before local elections next year.

Three individuals have been arrested by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department for making the drug methamphetamine.

Few people recall that new Ky. 1247, when completed later this year, will follow basically the same path recommended for the south-eastern bypass more than 30 years ago.

A Somerset woman is dead and three other local individuals were injured following a head-on collision in southern Pulaski County early yesterday.

Two arrests have been made following the discovery of explosive devices in a Ferguson residence Thursday afternoon.

One person injured in an early Thursday morning accident that left one person dead and three others seriously hurt has been upgraded from critical to serious condition.

Two people were arrested after explosives were found in a Pulaski County home. Police said they received a 911 hang-up call around 1:30 p.m. Thursday.

Several Ferguson homes were evacuated Thursday afternoon after authorities found explosives in a residence on Jacksboro Street.

Six people were arrested last week after law enforcement officers investigated reports of a possible methamphetamine laboratory in eastern Pulaski County.

The tornado sirens wailed for a good 45 minutes in Somerset amid reports of funnel clouds and downed trees, but those in southern and southeast Pulaski County seem to have gotten the worst of the line of storms that blew through the area yesterday.

If you were spared rough weather yesterday, you probably weren't in eastern Pulaski County - and you probably won't be so lucky in the coming days.

Vyper Fight League; it's one of many cage-fights of the night here in Louisville and in each skills will be tested.

On Feb. 12, 1809 a baby boy was born in a one room log cabin on the Sinking Spring farm near Hodgenville, Ky., to a 33 year old farmer/carpenter, Thomas Lincoln and his 25-year-old wife, Nancy Hanks.

I've always felt very fortunate to cover the Burnside beat. Since beginning in 2004 - a.k.a., the dawning of the age of alcohol, as controversial a time in "the only town on Lake Cumberland" as anyone would expect - I've always been impressed with the way this little hamlet and its leaders have stood above the fray.