Tag: Kentucky
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Savoring Bourbon, and Its Storied History, in Northern Kentucky
As new distilleries pop up across the United States, the region along the Ohio River remains a particularly exciting destination for spirits tourism.
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In Flooded Kentucky, Schools Race to Rebuild
This school year was, finally, supposed to be a return to normal. But after floodwaters wrecked homes and schools across the region, simply getting started will be a challenge.
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Flooded Kentucky Grows Weary After Another Natural Disaster
HAZARD, Ky. — Firefighters and National Guard crews have swarmed into eastern Kentucky after days of deadly flooding, rescuing by the hundreds people who found themselves trapped in the perilous water. Also preparing to send a delegation: the tiny community of Bremen, Ky., nearly 300 miles away. When Bremen was shredded last year by one…
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Live Updates: Death Toll in Kentucky Flooding Rises to 25
“I decided maybe politics wasn’t for me, at the beginning when I watched my husband go through it all,” she said. “But now that I’m in it and I can see what I can do for people, I think this is where God meant for me to be.” A year after taking office, Ms. Craft…
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Heavy Rain and Flash Flooding Strands Residents in Kentucky
People were unaccounted for and others were stranded on rooftops after heavy rains across eastern Kentucky on Thursday touched off what the governor said was “one of the worst, most devastating flooding events” in state history. “We expect the loss of life,” Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky said at a news conference on Thursday morning.…