Officials say sparks from an electric line caused yesterday's wildfire along the Pennyrile Parkway in Christian County.
While West Kentucky's drought and fire risks are some of the worst in the state only four west Kentucky Counties have issued burn bans.
Today on NPR: It turns out he's not a 17-year-old boy who was living in the woods with his father until dad died — the story he told German police. He's a 20-year-old Dutch man with personal problems.
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Joppa Illinois' coal-fired power plant will shed nearly four dozen jobs in the next two months.
Wild fires are scorching hundreds of square miles in several western states of the U.S. While parts of Kentucky are experiencing severe drought, the risk of similar fires in the commonwealth is relatively small.
