Just before 3 p.m., the Laurel County Fire Department confirmed Maj. Roger Leslie Leatherman was fatally injured while reportedly responding to an potential tornado in the area. He is the second publicly identified victim of Friday’s overnight storms.

On May 18, Beshear confirmed the death of an adult woman from Russell County, which is 116 miles south of Louisville, bringing Kentucky's confirmed death toll up to 19, according to his post on X. The victim's age was not disclosed.

A prominent Indiana woman has died in connection with the devastating storms that ravaged southeastern Kentucky over the weekend.

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 1 crews prepared to clear roads of debris on Monday, as severe weather is expected again in West Kentucky.

The Jackson, Kentucky, office is one of at least four such facilities across the country that is so short-staffed that it is no longer routinely operating 24/7.

Volunteers from the American Red Cross are heading out from Atlanta to help those affected by severe storms in the central United States.

Gov. Andy Beshear praised the Trump administration’s response to a deadly tornado in his state, even as he worried about cuts at NWS.

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Officials have identified one of the two people who died after a Mexican Navy ship crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge as a 20-year-old woman. América Yamilet Sánchez, of Xalapa, died after Saturday’s crash, according to Veracruz Governor Rocío Nahle García. She was a cadet, Nahle García said. “I deeply regret […]