Several areas of the region are still working hard to restore utilities following the historic wind event Friday afternoon. At the height of the windstorm, more than 300,000 consumers had lost power across the state. “This ranks, as far as storms go, about third all time for our system for number of customers in one day. Once those fronts moved through, we saw those high wind gusts and then by 5:00 we were up past 115,000 (customers without power), “said LG&E KU Spokesperson Daniel Lowery. As of this morning, LG&E KU reported just over 81,000 customers statewide still without power. “Crews have worked to get outages from, at the height of the storm, about 18,000 of our members, down this morning to about 1,200. Obviously we’ve been working since the very first outage started on Friday morning and have encountered just a whole lot of damage across our system. Broken poles continue to be the biggest challenge. We found at least 30 of those at this point, and expect that as the work continues, we may even find more. Those really are the time-consuming parts of this restoration but we are working across our entire system and will continue to do so until all of our members are restored.” said Nolin RECC Spokesperson Sarah Fellows. Additional crews from across the Commonwealth and nine states have been working to help restore utilities.
Drivers need to be aware that there are still areas where traffic lights are not working. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and multiple law enforcement agencies want to remind drivers to treat these as an all stop where each vehicle stops and takes turns passing through the intersection.
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The Grayson County Sheriff’s Office has conducted a second search for a missing Caneyville woman. “We had received a tip on a possible location of Melvia Roarx back in the summer of 2022. We responded then to conduct a search. We brought some dogs out there to try to look for her and we were unsuccessful. We had to cut the search short because of the weather. We decided to conduct a second search in fall and winter this year, which we did on the 24th of February. We had two cadaver dogs that were conducting the search along with Kentucky State Police, and our Sheriff’s Office and Volunteers. However, during the search we were unable to locate any new information regarding the whereabouts of Melvia, “ said Sheriff Norman Chaffins. The Sheriff’s Office has received hundreds of tips with information since her disappearance and Sheriff Chaffins says his office will continue to follow those leads. “We will not stop looking for Melvia until she is found. Melvia went missing in June of 2013. She was seen in the area of Richland Road. She was on video at a food mart that day as well.“ Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Melvia Roarx is encouraged to contact the Grayson County Sheriff’s office.
The Hodgenville Police Department have made an arrest in a drug related investigation looking at the sale of marijuana and THC vapes to juveniles. On Monday, Officers were attempting to serve an arrest warrant for drug related charges to Jabin Hite, 25 of Hodgenville, when they were able to secure a search warrant for the address. During the search, Officers located marijuana, vapes, a large sum of money and two AK-47 style rifles, one of which was reported stolen. Hite arrived to find the Officers on scene and fled but was located later that evening. Hite was arrested and charged with various drug charges, receiving stolen property, and possession of drug paraphernalia with all the charges being gun enhanced. Hite is currently lodged in the LaRue County Detention Center.
Severe Weather Awareness Week in Kentucky begins today with the Statewide Tornado Drill at 10:07 AM Eastern time. The week serves as a reminder that citizens need to be weather ready for all types of hazards. All week long The National Weather Service in Louisville will be sharing information on their social media with tips on how to prepare for severe weather.
Hardin County Fiscal Court held their regularly scheduled meeting last night. Hardin County Clerk Brian Smith presented information from his office including a report concerning the State Board of Elections purge of Kentucky’s voter rolls. “The Secretary of State’s office, working with the State Board of Elections, purged outdated voters off of the list. They use a process to remove voters who have died, voters who have moved. They reached out to those voters to try and make sure that no mistakes were made, but it’s possible. Hardin County went from 92,233 voters, our current registration is 86,554. If any voter is worried that they or someone they care about may have been removed by mistake, you can go to GoVoteKY.com and you can check your registration at any time.” The next Fiscal Court meeting will be held on March 14 at 3:30 PM.