Articles labeled: Kentucky

A man in Kentucky has been charged with criminal abuse after he allegedly let his 2-year-old play outside in 95 degree heat for 90 minutes with no sunscreen or shirt. Not surprisingly, the toddler got a severe sunburn.

The boy was diagnosed later with second-degree burns and golf-ball size blisters after his mother picked up the boy from Jones and took him to a hospital for medical attention.

Authorities allege Jones did not take adequate care to ensure his son’s safety.

Jones mother disputes the severity of the sunburn, “He ain’t burned that much bad,” she said. “It was just a little red that day.”

Stacey Herald, a woman from northern Kentucky, gave birth to a baby girl 18 inches long — not exactly astonishing until you realize that Herald is only 28 inches tall herself.

“I’m 28 1/2 inches, head to heel,” said Herald, who was born with osteogenesis imperfecta.

Herald’s 16-month-old daughter, Katira, also suffers from the genetic disorder that causes bones to break easily, but her youngest daughter, Makaia, is expected to grow to average height.

“’Yesterday I was five weeks old, (and) I’m already over half as big as my mommy,’” said Herald, changing her infant daughter’s diaper.

Officials from the Guinness Book of World Records are investigating Herald’s claim as she savors the joys of motherhood with her husband, Wil Herald, who is studying to become a minister.

This is why drugs, alcohol and hillbillies don’t mix…

CAMPBELLSBURG, Ky. — A man who police said passed out intoxicated on top of his grandson has been charged with reckless homicide in the boy’s death.

Donna Marie Cull, the child’s grandmother, said when 2-month-old Xavian Cull was born, he spent 11 days in the NICU with a heart valve defect. He had two blood transfusions and survived.

Cull and her husband, David Cull, had custody of Xavian and his 5-year-old half-sister.

At least one child, age 11, was killed along with her parents in Arkansas from trauma as a tornado hit their home. So far, death totals are at least 44.

ATKINS, Arkansas — Authorities went door-to-door early Wednesday searching for more victims of deadly tornadoes that ripped the roof off a shopping mall, pummeled mobile homes and blew apart warehouses as they tore across four states. At least 44 people were reported dead throughout the South.

The victims included 24 people in Tennessee, 13 in Arkansas, and seven in Kentucky, emergency officials said. Among those killed were Arkansas parents who died with their 11-year-old in Atkins, about 60 miles northwest of Little Rock.

An family with Indiana license plates, missing since January 10th, have been found submerged in lake in their car. Police are still investigating the circumstances. The area where the car went under is reported to be a hairpin turn.

GALLATIN COUNTY – One week after Marilyn Robbins reported her son and his family missing, the family of five was found dead inside their car in a Gallatin County creek.

Investigators confirmed Friday evening that the family drowned after their car went off the road. They include: Glenn Allen Johnson Jr., 33; his pregnant wife Kendra Nicole Johnson, 26; and their children Sevin, 5; Mekenzie, 2; and Mya Ula-Jean, 18 months.

Autopsies were completed at St. Luke East in Fort Thomas.

The vehicle, recovered Thursday night, was traveling west on Ky. 467 when it went over the side of the road and overturned into Eagle Creek. The car was almost completely covered by the water.