Archive for Kentucky

11-year-old tough on speeders

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

A boy in Louisville, Kentucky is apparently tired of speeders in his subdivision, so he’s decided to become a junior Barney Fife to get them to slow down. Dressed in a reflective vest, wearing a bicycle helmet and armed with a Hot Wheels brand radar gun, [11-year-old Landon Wilburn] points and records the speed of ... read more »

Father hit with charges after toddler gets sunburn

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

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 ... read more »

28 inch tall woman gives birth to 18 inch baby

Friday, February 29th, 2008

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 ... read more »

Grandfather passes out on an infant

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

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 ... read more »

Child among those dead from Tuesday’s deadly tornadoes

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

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 ... read more »

Family of 5 that went missing are found dead in submerged vehicle

Friday, January 18th, 2008

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 ... read more »