emergency management

Courtney Kellner didn’t know about the shooting at the bank on Main Street in downtown Louisville when her phone buzzed Monday with an emergency alert to avoid the area.

After a devastating tornado swept through western Kentucky last night, many Fulton County residents are without power and shelter, as they deal with the aftermath left in the tornado’s wake.

Kentucky Emergency Management is sending two Swiftwater Search and Rescue teams to North Carolina this afternoon to assist with relief for the impending…

The Calloway County Office of Emergency Management is offering Community Emergency Response Team training to teach disaster preparedness and response. The…

Gov. Matt Bevin has signed the so-called “blue lives matter” bill into law. The legislation gives hate crimes protections to emergency responders and…

West Kentucky Community and Technical College is closing Wednesday for a full-scale mock crisis drill. The drill simulates an active shooter on campus as…

Floodwaters trapped the cavers on Thursday. Four managed to escape, and then 19 more finally made it out in the evening.

The recent 7.8 earthquake in Nepal was approximately the same size as the New Madrid earthquakes that struck this region in 1811-1812, according to…

Murray is undergoing city-wide disaster drills tomorrow to examine how local agencies respond to a significant earthquake event.Western Kentucky lies just…

Trigg County officials cut the ribbon on a new and improved Emergency Operations Center at a ceremony in Cadiz Thursday.The Jefferson Avenue facility will…