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McConnell statement on protests and riots

Press release from Mitch McConnell's office U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today regarding the protests in Louisville, Kentucky and around the country: “The killings of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, George Floyd in Minneapolis, and Breonna Taylor in...
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Memorial Day weekend launches summer boating season

Summer-like temperatures have arrived in Kentucky and many families will be headed to their favorite lake during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, May 23-25. “Memorial Day weekend is the traditional start of recreational boating season in Kentucky,” said Maj.
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UPDATED ROAD CLOSURES

As the waters recede, roads are slowly becoming open to travel BUT DO NOT try and pass through flooded waters on roadways.
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River is nearly at crest level

While local officials acting proactively based on the information provided to them by the National Weather Service, that information proved to be a worse case scenario that has never came to pass.
The map represents areas of northwest Falmouth that could experience flooding based on a 41 feet crest level

The map represents areas of northwest Falmouth that could experience flooding based on a 41 feet crest level

Flooding map significantly changes as NWS changes crest level

National Weather Service lowered the crest level for the Licking River to 41 feet at 12 a.m. on Thursday, May 21. The crest level was set in the morning of Tuesday, May 19 at 43 feet. They raised it to 44 feet in the afternoon which would have flooded most of northwest Falmouth.