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Disaster benefits available for residents impacted by April flooding and storms

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Kentucky residents who live or work in one of the 13 counties approved for Individual Assistance following April flooding and storms may now apply for disaster benefits.

Residents in the counties are eligible for Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits, with D-SNAP applications being accepted through May 14.

According to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, “The D-SNAP program offers short-term food help to individuals and families in counties that receive a Federal Disaster Declaration that includes Individual Assistance.” Residents receiving SNAP or D-SNAP benefits in the approved counties may also purchase hot, prepared food at authorized retailers with their benefits until May 31.

Applicants should call the Department for Community-Based Services at 1-855-306-8959. Applications may also be submitted at a DCBS office, including the Hardin County office at 915 North Mulberry Street in Elizabethtown.

The state is also accepting Disaster Unemployment Assistance from individuals in the 13 counties. According to the governor’s office, “In order to qualify for DUA benefits, claimants in eligible counties must show that their employment or self-employment was lost or interrupted as a direct result of the disaster and that they are not otherwise eligible for regular unemployment insurance benefits under state or federal law.”

Individuals should visit the Kentucky Career Center website at kcc.ky.gov to learn more about filing a DUA claim.

No new cases of CWD detected in Kentucky

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Kentucky Fish and Wildlife has completed its chronic wasting disease surveillance and testing for the commonwealth’s 2024-2025 deer season. 

KFW says after 9,204 samples from across the state were tested, no new cases of chronic wasting disease were found in wild deer.

KFW says about 4,500 of the collected samples came from the the two multi-county CWD detection zones that were established around Ballard County after a wild deer there tested positive in November 2023 and around Breckinridge County after a captive deer there tested positive in October 2024. CWD samples were submitted by hunters via sample drop-off sites, sample mail-in kits, partnering taxidermists and processors, and mandatory check stations. The department also tests roadkill and sick or dead deer found outside of hunting season.

KFW says Kentucky deer hunting generates nearly $2 billion in economic impacts for the state as more than 300,000 hunters pursue the animals during the hunting seasons. The state monitors chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological disease that affects cervids such as deer or elk, in order to help preserve the state’s culture, food supply, and economy.

More information on CWD as well as information on Kentucky deer hunting is available at fw.ky.gov.

Rineyville man sentenced to 20 years for shooting death of wife

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A Hardin County man convicted in the shooting death of his wife received his sentence Tuesday.

Jordan Henning of Rineyville will serve 20 years in prison on the charge of First Degree Manslaughter. The jury that convicted Henning in March recommended that sentence, which was confirmed at the May 6 sentencing hearing.

Hardin Circuit Judge Larry Ashlock said he was adopting the jury’s recommendation of the maximum sentence based on the “violent nature of the offense.” Ashlock noted the impact the home surveillance video that captured the shooting had on him personally. The judge also said the impact of the shooting on the couple’s three children, all of who were in the home when the shooting occured, played a part in the sentencing.

Henning was arrested in June 2023 after he shot his wife, 37-year-old Ashley Henning, five times following a birthday party at their home. Both Jordan and Ashley Henning were active duty service members stationed at Fort Knox at the time of the shooting.

KSP investigating postings to porn website out of Grayson County; suspect arrested

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UPDATE: After further investigation, the KSP on Wednesday charged Robinson with the following additional charges:

  • Promoting a Minor (Under 16) in a Sex Performance
  • Distribution of Matter Portraying Sex Performance by a Minor Under 12
  • Possession of Matter Portraying Sexual Performance by a Minor Under 12
  • Tampering with Physical Evidence

Robinson remains incarcerated in the Grayson County Detention Center, where he is being held on a $500,000 cash bond.
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An investigation is under way in Grayson County after a man allegedly posted pictures of area women and girls to a porn website.

The Kentucky State Police Says Zackery Robinson of Caneyville was arrested Tuesday morning on 27 counts of Second Degree Stalking. He was lodged in the Grayson County Detention Center. According to Robinson’s listing on the detention center’s website, he is being held on a $500,000 cash bond.

Kentucky State Police Post Four Public Information Officer Scotty Sharp posted a statement to Facebook Monday regarding several reports made to the KSP, the Leitchfield Police Department, and the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office regarding a subject who “had uploaded pictures of adult and juvenile females onto an adult website without their permission.” The KSP says investigators are actively working the case and more information will be provided as it becomes available.

The Grayson County Sheriff’s Office and the Leitchfield Police Department have both acknowledged the investigation in Facebook posts. The Grayson County Attorney’s Office said in a Facebook post it was aware of the investigation and said: “If you are a victim of these acts, feel free to call the office at 270-259-9306. We will be gathering victim information and questions, so that when charges are brought by law enforcement, that information can be shared with those affected.”