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A woman was killed, and another person was injured early Saturday morning after their vehicle overturned in Perry County.
A Stanton home was declared a total loss after a structure fire Sunday morning left the homeowner with severe burns, according to the Clay City Fire Department.
BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - A bridge crossing the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Breathitt County is closed due to damage. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials said that the bridge, located at mile marker 4 on KY 3193, will be out of commission until further notice because of damage to a brace.
Kentucky State Police are searching for two teenagers who escaped from the Woodsbend Youth Development Center in West Liberty.
High winds, dry conditions, and late-season garden burns helped touch off a massive outbreak of wildfires throughout Breathitt County in October 1952. Reports came in of fire on the Flint Davis Farm, at Press on South Fork, on Frozen, Houston, and in every corner of the county, it seemed. Reports from across the state filled newspapers with accounts of massive fires in Clay, Harlan, Letcher, Bell, and Leslie Counties. Fires were reported in the western section of the state and even in the Bluegrass region, where fires were large wildland blazes and were rare.
KENTUCKY (WKYT) - Sisters of Notre Dame Eastern Kentucky Foundation is putting big money to work in Bath and Rowan counties. In its first year of grant-making, the foundation has helped fund diabetic eye exams, glasses and emergency dental care for uninsured patients in Bath County, and also backed programs that keep seniors safe at home.
