NEW LT. GOVERNOR COMPARES LOUISA TO DETROIT DURING VISIT
Lt. Governor speaks at Rotary....tours Louisa, visits new Sullivan site... Louisa, KY -- The Louisa Rotary Club had the pleasure of hosting Lt. Governor, Jenean Hampton last week, as their special...
View ArticleLAWRENCE COUNTY MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN ATV ACCIDENT
Accidents require multiple agency response Shortly after 7 P.M. Saturday evening March 26, Lawrence County E-911 received a call of an ATV accident on Irish Creek Road between the Webbville and...
View ArticleWHY? LMS PRINCIPAL SWITCHES JOBS; ISSUES STATEMENT ON REASONS
Castle resigns as LMS principal, takes Alternative School job Lawrence County Supt. Dr. Rob Fletcher announced today that long time Louisa Middle principal Tommy Castle has resigned the job of...
View ArticleLAWRENCE CASES RANGE FROM MURDER TO METH
Lawrence County Circuit Court Report 3-25-16 Judge Preston hears cases from Murder to Meth Manufacturing; Williams gets 10 years for assault Brandon Birt - 29 Charged with violating his probation on...
View ArticleTWO ATV ACCIDENTS WITHIN LESS THAN 10 HOURS LEAVE TWO INJURED, ONE SERIOUSLY
Local emergency officials decline to give names of victims; WAVE OF EMERGENCIES HIT LAWRENCE COUNTY WEDNESDAY A pair of ATV accidents just hours apart sent fire and rescue agencies into action...
View ArticleTHREE RETIRED KY. POWER COWORKERS LIVING A DREAM
The Dream of Hiking the Appalachian Trail Three fellow coworkers who retired from the Big Sandy Power Plant in eastern Kentucky on June 19, 2015 are living their dream. Gary Setser age 61, Greg DeLong...
View ArticleTWO BODIES DISCOVERED IN BLAINE, DOUBLE MURDER SUSPECTED
See updated story on Lazer main page... KSP not releasing details yet BLAINE, KY -- (11:53 am Sunday morning) THE LAZER STAFF has reports that the Kentucky State Police is investigating possible double...
View ArticleUPDATE: TWO DEAD IN BLAINE MURDER CASE - SUSPECT ARRESTED BY COLUMBUS, OHIO...
Gartins shot to death, Jeep Liberty stolen Kentucky State Police are investigating a double murder that occurred in the Knob Branch area of Blaine. Investigators say the incident happened at 6:15pm...
View ArticleREVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER'S GRAVE FOUND AFTER 161 YEARS
James Maynard is ancestor of one of Big Sandy area's major clans Submitted by the Wayne County Genealogical Society Two weeks ago, after ten years of intense searching, and checking hundreds of Wayne...
View ArticleDAD AND DAUGHTER HAVE 'CLOSE CALL' ON VACATION
J.R. Cook Family Escapes Tragedy By One Hour A well known family from Lawrence County barely escaped a vacation tragedy by one hour on April 4th during a Smokey Mountain Helicopter Tour. The same pilot...
View ArticleLAWRENCE GRAND JURY INDICTS 4 IN APRIL
James Ellis Fitzpatrick indicted on drug charges James E. Fitzpatrick 22, of 3D Rd. Louisa, KY. was Indicted on 5 charges with two of them being felony offenses. (1)Trafficking in a controlled...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: MAJOR GAS EXPLOSION ENGULFS HOUSE ON BOONE STREET IN LOUISA,...
April 12, 2016 DOWNTOWN FIRE! FALLSBURG GAS LEAK EARLIER IN THE DAY STOPS TRAFFIC CLICK THE PHOTO FOR VIDEO OF LOUISA FIREFIGHTERS IN ACTION Louisa Fire and Rescue departments are still on the scene...
View ArticleUPDATE: INVESTIGATORS SAY BOONE STREET EXPLOSION SUSPICIOUS
THE MORNING AFTER; Victim is in critical condition at Cabell-Huntington Med Center A Louisa man was airlifted to Cabell-Huntington Med Center in Huntington, West Virginia hospital with serious burn...
View ArticleLOUISA CITY COUNCIL SPLITS 3-2 ON NEW PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD
Johnson, Schaeffer cast 'no' votes on creation of new water board Can Angie Vote? It was a brief agenda at the April meeting of the Louisa City Council, where the main order of business was the...
View ArticleBLAINE MURDER SUSPECT EXTRADITED BACK TO KENTUCKY
Webb being held on $2 million bond at Big Sandy Detention Center The process pf prosecuting Stanley Webb, Jr., 48, for the the murders of two persons near Blaine, Ky. is one step closer and moving at...
View ArticleDOUBLE MURDER SUSPECT ADMITS SHOOTING VICTIMS DURING HEROIN INDUCED RAMPAGE
'FAMILY FEUD' HAD BEGUN A MONTH AGO, SUSPECT SAYS LOUISA, KY. -- Stanley Webb Jr. was present in Lawrence District Court today for arraignment on two counts of murder and other related charges....
View ArticleOSBORNE APPOINTS NEW SOLID WASTE COORDINATOR, HOUSING DIRECTOR
LAWRENCE COUNTY RECOGNIZES NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH LOUISA, Ky. -- Lawrence Judge/Executive John Osborne opened Tuesday morning's fiscal court meeting by recognizing April as Child Abuse...
View ArticleBLAINE CREEK ROAD MAN SUFFERS BURN INJURIES AFTER TRYING TO EXTINGUISH GARAGE...
STRUCTURE DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS... It has been a really bad month for fires in Lawrence County, with over three dozen fires of various kinds being responded to by the several different fire...
View ArticleCIRCUIT COURT REPORT APRIL 25, 2016
Lester sentenced to 5 years probation on burglary charges Greene pleads guilty, gets 3 years probation on cocaine, marijuana charges In Circuit Court last Friday the following actions were taken....
View ArticleGRIMES SAYS AEROSPACE INDUSTRY IS BEST BET FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY ECONOMY
Grimes Discusses Future of Eastern Kentucky at Annual East Kentucky Leadership Summit MOREHEAD, Ky. (April 28, 2016) – Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes today attended the East Kentucky...
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