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William Taylor packed his bags Friday morning, ready to leave the emergency shelter where he rode out Kentucky's worst power outage on record. But the 54-year-old Ohio County man was unsure where he was headed. He longed to go home, but the power was...
Tags: Kentucky Utilities, power outage
But Kentuckians from west to east responded with courage, resiliency and concern for their neighbors," Beshear said in his second State of the Commonwealth Message before a joint session of the General Assembly. "My friends, they have the right to expect...
Tags: Northern Kentucky, Kentucky Utilities, Kentucky Equine Education Project, Steve Beshear, ice storm, Barack Obama, major disaster, local governments, federal governments, White House
Wednesday to a part of western Kentucky where residents are struggling without power after a deadly ice storm. Nancy Ward toured some country roads in Grayson County where tree branches felled by last week's ice storm lined the roads. Many rural roads...
Tags: freeze temperatures, Kentucky Utilities, Central Kentucky
Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson says a fire that killed two young brothers may have been related to the power outage resulting from this week's ice storm. Abramson said Sunday the house had electricity, but the family may have been using candles before...
Tags: Louisville Fire & Rescue, Louisville Gas & Electric, Kentucky Utilities
Number of utility customers statewide without power in 2009 ice storm. Number of Lexington utility customers without power during 2003 storm. Estimated number of Lexington utility customers without power during 2009 ice storm. Utility workers helping...
Tags: Fayette County, utilities customers, Kentucky Utilities, ice storms, Lexington
The brutal winter storm that caused havoc from Texas to Maine has paralyzed swaths of Kentucky, now working to cope with what it says is the worst power outage in the state's history. Andrew Melnykovych, spokesman for Kentucky's Public Service Commission,...
Tags: Kentucky Utilities, Kentucky's Public Service Commission, Central Kentucky, Kentucky Public Service Commission, Kentucky National Guard, ice storms, winter storms, million customers, Grayson County Emergency Management, power outage
Trees on roads also were a problem in many places in Eastern Kentucky...The highway district office in Jackson, in Breathitt County, reported getting help from local Kentucky National Guard members. Officials said most interstate highways in the state...
Tags: Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky Public Service Commission, Kentucky Utilities, Central Kentucky, Kentucky National Guard, power outage, ice storm, Danville, pump stations
Robert Smith has endured stuffy nights without air conditioning, thrown away loads of spoiled food and crossed the state line to get ice since hurricane-force winds snuffed out his electricity. Bracing for more days without power, Smith was adapting to...
Tags: Louisville Gas & Electric, Kentucky Utilities, power restored, Robert Smith
Kentucky National Guardsmen are on duty in Louisville as the city recovers from fierce winds produced by remnants of Hurricane Ike that left widespread power outages. Utility crews across Kentucky are making progress in restoring power to many of the...
Tags: Kentucky National Guardsmen, Louisville Gas & Electric, Northern Kentucky, Kentucky Utilities, Cliff Feltham, hurricane ike