Lyon County News

A 40-year old man drowned Saturday in Lyon County. Officials say Gary Jones was swimming at Old Kuttawa Beach around 4:30 Saturday afternoon when he went under and didn't resurface.

Local 6 now knows the name of the woman who died Monday night following a house fire.

Kentucky State Police are currently investigating a stabbing incident that occurred in Lyon County on Wednesday evening.

Kentucky State Police are currently investigating the theft of debris removal equipment from a truck stop in Lyon County.

An Eddyville man was taken into custody last night after Kentucky State Police discovered that he had been having an illegal sexual relationship with a juvenile.

A tornado touched down in Western Kentucky yesterday, injuring two people, as part of a line of severe weather that moved through the area.

A vacant mobile home across the street from Tom and Cheri Myers was picked up and thrown on its side by a possible tornado in Lyon County, KY.

Only one shelter is Kuttawa Methodist. There is no water and there is a curfew from 5:00pm to 6:00am. No electricity available and phone lines are intermittent at best.

Trees and power lines are down across the Local 6 West Kentucky viewing area. The entire state of Kentucky has been declared a state of emergency by Governor Steve Beshear.

Keith Todd with the Kentucky Department of Transportation says both westbound lanes of the WEstern Kentucky Parkway are reopened to all traffic.

A western Kentucky county that officials say lost much of its history to the Land Between the Lakes project will be featured in a television documentary next year that will focus on its vanishing past.