Smithland News

Smithland, KY-After 142 years, demolition day for Dunn Cherry House means the picture of Smithland is changed forever.

Mr. Louis Chittenden was northbound on Carrsville Road when the passenger side tires dropped off the right hand shoulder of the roadway.

CORBIN, KY.: Moonbows are very real and a very big attraction in south-central Kentucky.

The Dunn/Cherry House, just off Court Street in Smithland, KY. The home was built nearly 150 years ago.

Henry Clay is once again holding court, in a new building in western Kentucky. A statue of Clay, a 19th-century politician known as "The Great Compromiser," took its placee last week on the second floor of the new Livingston County Justice Center in Smithland.

The new 1,200-foot lock at McAlpine Locks and Dam was hailed at its dedication yesterday as an engineering marvel that will greatly ease the movement of goods and materials along the Ohio River.

Mike and Debbie Ramage of Smithland announce the engagement of their daughter, Lauren Brooke Ramage, to Steve Alan Ramage, son of Steve Ramage of Draffenville and June Skinner of Burna.

SMITHLAND, Ky. - A judge has asked attorneys to file more briefs before ruling whether a police interview with a triple slaying suspect is admissible at trial.

Officials in western Kentucky are trying to determine the identity of a body found in the Mississippi River.

Workers at the Smithland Lock and Dam have found the body of an Indiana fisherman, missing since April 1. The lockmaster reported the discovery inside a gate of the dam Thursday afternoon.

Daniel David Rust's wife, Denise Brown and sister, Cindy Thompson tell Local 6 that the Crittenden County Emergency Management Director called them Thursday to give them the news that Rust was found.

Sergeant Williams observed two motorcycles northbound on KY 453 just outside of Smithland traveling in excess of 100 miles per hour.

Kevin Wayne Dunlap sits in a Livingston County courtroom for a pre-trial conference on April 17, 2009.

The Army Corps of Engineers has completed the McAlpine Lock replacement project, opening its newest 1,200-foot lock chamber to barges and boats on the Ohio River at Louisville.

A change of venue has been granted in a Trigg County murder trial. The murder trial of Kevin Dunlap, the man accused of killing three children has ben moved from Trigg County.

The murder trial of a western Kentucky man accused of killing three children and trying to kill their mother has been moved out of Trigg County.

If you want to catch a sauger, now is the time. And the best fishing hole -- whether you live in Louisville, Carrollton, Cannelton, Maysville or Smithland -- is just outside your back door.

In fact, officials there say they requested help from FEMA in the form of food, water and other supplies last Thursday.

SMITHLAND, Ky. -- Three far Western Kentucky counties are expected to open new courthouses in the next 18 months, replacing two buildings that have been outgrown and one that burned to the ground.

There's a courthouse construction boom in the western corner of Kentucky. The building boom wasn't coordinated _ rather it happened out of necessity as two older courthouses in Livingston and Trigg counties ...