Author: WNKY Staff
Kentucky ranks fifth-worst in overdose deaths in 2017
FRANKFORT, Ky.- New statistics released by the Center for Disease Control show Kentucky is among the highest in the nation in overdose deaths. According to that report, drugs killed a record 70,237 people in the U.S. last year. State statistics in the report are based on overdose deaths per 100,000 people. Kentucky had a death rate of 37.2, above the…
Police: Man rode motorized scooter drunk at Walmart, flipped-off customers
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky.- In Hardin County, a man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly yelling at customers in Walmart while drunkenly riding a motorized handicapped scooter. According to the report from the Lexington Herald-Leader, police found Matthew Carbaugh, 28, being very loud at the Elizabethtown Walmart. Customers reported the man flipping people the middle finger and calling them names while on…
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