Neon News

Gov. Steve Beshear, Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo, Adjutant General Edward Tonini and Brigadier General John Heltzel, director of the division of emergency management, today visited areas of eastern Kentucky hard hit by a major winter storm that blanketed parts of central and eastern Kentucky with more than one foot of snow.

Snow blanketed parts of eastern Kentucky on Sunday from a storm that knocked out power to more than 75,000 people.

Two people are dead after a car and a truck hauling cattle overturned after a crash on Interstate 64 westbound in Rowan County Saturday.

Oddly, the lost note mentioned at the top of last week's column was for a business I had already decided to track down for more information.

A 22 year old Letcher County woman wanted by the Sullivan County, TN Sheriff's Department has been apprehended by Trooper Randy Surber with KSP Post 13 in Hazard.

An eastern Kentucky woman has been arrested on charges out of Tennessee stemming from a store robbery and attempted murder of the store's owner.

The volunteers say definitely got their money's worth. Missy Matthews of Childers Oil Company says flooding has brought a lot of trash in to neon and Letcher County and they were in the trenches to clean it up.

The Kentucky State Police are investigating a collision that occurred on 08/03/2009 at 10:30 EDT 4 miles south of Springfield on KY 0055 that claimed the life of 27-year-old Matthew J. Zygmunt of Lebanon, KY.

Some strong weekend storms caused more flooding in parts of Eastern Kentucky that were waterlogged just a couple of weeks ago.

Letcher County officials say a local dam is in danger of breaking, which could flood several homes below it.

When the narrow creek that runs through this small Letcher County town overflowed, Allen Baker ran to get some silicone to seal the front door of his wife's medical office to ward off the muddy water.