Posted 8:21 AM 5/22/2013
MOORE, Okla. (AP) - With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this time." Parents had a (More)
Adv. - more news below
Posted 8:11 AM 5/22/2013
CLEVELAND (AP) - The three women rescued after being held captive in a Cleveland house for about a decade say they are doing fine. That was the message in a letter released by their attorneys on Tuesday that also noted a charity fund to help the women has now raised more than (More)
Posted 8:02 AM 5/22/2013
ASHLAND (AP) - A wreck on an Ashland bridge has prompted the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to impose a temporary 10-ton weight limit on the span. The cabinet says the wreck damaged part of the 12th Street bridge's superstructure and occurred as the bridge was hit by a vehicle on the (More)
Posted 7:56 AM 5/22/2013
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban openly gay boys belonging to the scouting movement. Officials of the Irving, Texas-based organization are scheduled to open the first of (More)
Posted 7:50 AM 5/22/2013
You might run into some traffic issues in Franklin County Thursday.
Kentucky Transportation Department officials say the right lane of southbound US-127 will be closed between KY-1005 (Devils Hollow Road) and US-421 North (mile points 7.2 and 8.5). This lane closure is scheduled for Thursday, May 23 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. as crews do pavement analysis
Adv. - more news below
Posted 7:09 AM 5/22/2013
A semi ran off the road and hit a house in Anderson County Wednesday morning, trapping the driver.
Officials say the driver lost control along HWY-151 around 6:30 a.m. The semi hit a home and overturned in the front yard. Power lines fell on the truck, trapping the driver in the cab,
Firefighters are currently waiting for utility crews to shut off power to the fallen wires.
Nobody in the house was hurt.
Posted 7:01 AM 5/22/2013 by Stormtracker Meteorologist Tom Ackerman
The same cold front that's been battering the the plains and parts of the midwest with severe storms takes aim at the Commonwealth Wednesday. Fortunately we won't see anything like Oklahoma but we will endure another round of strong to severe storms mainly Wednesday afternoon/evening. The entire (More)
Posted 6:51 AM 5/22/2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - A far-reaching bill to remake the nation's immigration system is headed to the full Senate, where tough battles are brewing on gay marriage, border security and other contentious issues, with the outcome impossible to predict. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved (More)
Posted 6:41 AM 5/22/2013
Lexington police arrested five Detroit natives after a prescription pill bust Monday night.
According to court documents, police were looking for Darrian Tomlin on a warrant in connection with a large drug operation in Michigan. Police say they found him, along with four other men, in a (More)
Adv. - more news below
Posted 6:15 AM 5/22/2013
A teen girl managed to escape after she was kidnapped at gunpoint and held in the trunk of a car in Louisville over the weekend.
Police say Bryan Smith, 20, accused the 17-year-old girl of stealing money from him on Saturday. He then pulled a gun on her and forced her into a car. Police (More)
Posted 5:59 AM 5/22/2013
Lexington fire investigators confirm that this week's fires in the Hill Rise neighborhood were arson.
Firefighters responded to the Hill Rise Place apartments after a passerby spotted a flaming dumpster around 1:45 a.m. Tuesday. Crews quickly put out that fire and then noticed a small (More)
Adv. - more news below
Posted 5:27 AM 5/22/2013
NEW YORK (AP) - What's not to like? Being in the lottery every year. Nick Gilbert expects the Cleveland Cavaliers are through with it, and if so he sent them out a winner again. The Cavaliers and their owner's son beat the odds for the second time in three years, winning (More)
Posted 5:25 AM 5/22/2013
Winchester police are looking for a person of interest as they investigate a fire at a vacant home.
Alex Elkins called 911 after she and her boyfriend spotted flames at house along College Street around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
"I ran over because my boyfriend's the one who noticed it, so (More)
Posted 5:02 AM 5/22/2013
A line of strong storms moved through the Bluegrass area Tuesday afternoon, leaving some scattered damage and power outages in its wake.
In Lexington, several thousand people in south Lexington lost power and there were reports of some trees down.
Strong winds toppled a sign at the (More) • Photos (2)
Loading ...