"American Idol" winner says he received online threats after a post announced Laurel mayor would present him with a key to ...

Fourth of July was a good holiday for the LSU football program. The Tigers received two verbal commitments for the Class of ...

About 40% of tornadoes in Kentucky occur after dark, nearly the highest rate in the country, according to a paper by Strader and other researchers in 2022, and on par with Arkansas, Mississippi ...

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. — Longtime Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell was in Laurel County on Friday, visiting an area that was rocked by an EF4 tornado last Friday night.

Sherri Smith, a retired Clay County English teacher and animal lover, was killed when a tornado struck Laurel County, Kentucky May 16, 2025. One of 19 victims ...

NWS confirms a nearly mile-wide EF-4 tornado hit Laurel County, Kentucky by: Hope McAlee Posted: May 20, 2025 / 05:59 PM EDT Updated: May 20, 2025 / 06:00 PM EDT ...

The tornado was on the ground for more than 50 miles as it tore a path of destruction across Pulaski and Laurel counties in the southeastern part of the state and was nearly a mile wide at times.

A relentless stretch of severe weather that left 28 dead and unleashed destruction across the central and eastern United States in recent days isn’t letting up yet, with millions more in the ...

Norma was hospitalized following the severe weather and has since been released. Linda Sweet Linda, 72, was born in Laurel County and was a homemaker. She died May 17, along with her brother Gary.

A devastating tornado late Friday into early Saturday damaged hundreds of homes, tossed vehicles and killed at least 19 people, most of them in southeastern Laurel County.