CAVE CITY (AP) - Farmers bilked by Eastern Livestock will start receiving restitution checks this weekend. Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway says members of his staff will be in Cave City to issue the first installment of restitution checks, the Daily News reports. Conway says his staff will be at... more »
Four people suffered minor injuries when a school bus rear-ended another school bus in Metcalfe County Tuesday afternoon.
Police say John S. Allen, 40, was driving a bus with 34 passengers northbound along Randolph Street in Edmonton when it crashed into the back of another school bus stopped at... more »
A woman died in a Metcalfe County accident Monday night.
Police say Duane Thompson, 48, lost control of his vehicle along Breeding Road, went off the road and through a tree line. The vehicle flipped several times. Sara Coates, 25, was thrown from the car. She was declared dead... more »
Kentucky State Police are investigating a death in Metcalfe County. Police say Mary Wooten, 41, was found dead in the backyard of her Summershade home on Monday. And autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday to determine a cause of death. more »
Two men wanted in the murder of a Metcalfe County man whose body was found in his burned home last week have been arrested. The body of Thomas M. Martin 68, of Tompkinsville was identified by the coroner Friday after police say he was found in his burned home on... more »
SULPHUR WELL, Ky. (AP) - State police say they believe an electrical malfunction caused a fire in south central Kentucky that killed five people in a mobile home. Fourteen people were inside the mobile home in Metcalfe County when it caught fire early Wednesday morning. Killed in the fire were... more »
Family and friends mourn the deaths of five people in a Metcalfe County mobile home fire, as invesitgators continue searching for the cause.
Family members say the blaze early Wednesday morning was sparked by faulty wiring. But officials continue to investigate and have not released an official cause. The... more »
Five people, including four children, were killed in a mobile home fire in Metcalfe County early Wednesday morning. The fire broke out around 3:15 a.m.at the home, located along Knob Lick Road in the Sulphur Well community. Officials believe 14 people lived in the home. State Fire Marshal spokeswoman Ricki... more »
An early morning fire in Metcalfe County has claimed five lives, including four children. Officials say the fire broke out around 3:15 a.m.at a house along Knob Lick Road in the Sulfur Well community. Two adults were airlifted to the U of L Hospital and seven victims were taken to... more »
A Metcalfe County teenager who pleaded guilty to killing his father last year is getting out of prison after being granted shock probation. Robert Joshua Fritz was granted shock probation Tuesday. The 18-year-old pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter, first-degree unlawful imprisonment and tampering with physical evidence. Police say Fritz bludgeoned... more »
