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School classes cancelled as Kentucky highway shooter still on the run
Multiple Kentuck schools are staying closed as the search for a “person of interest” in a mass shooting over the weekend stretches into its third day.
Initially a “person of interest,” authorities have now named Joseph A Couch, 32, as a suspect in the shooting, which started around 5.30pm local time on Saturday near the interstate highway in Laurel County, according to the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office.
Upon arriving at the scene, deputies found five people who had suffered wounds during the shooting near Exit 49, which also damaged 9 vehicles, Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, a spokesperson for the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office, told reporters Sunday.
He added that all five people who were shot are in stable condition, although a few were “very severely injured,” some to the extent that deputies transported them to an area hospital for treatment themselves.
The Independent has contacted Laurel County Sheriff’s Office for further details.
The perpetrator of the attack is believed to have shot into the northbound and southbound lanes of the interstate.
Couch was described by police as white, 5’10 and weighing approximately 154 pounds, and is considered to be armed and dangerous, with members of the public cautioned not to approach him.
“We’re going to go in and we’re going to find this guy,” Acciardo said.
The sheriff’s office has also revealed a “silver colored SUV,” which appears to be a Toyota, registered to Couch was recovered from a road off exit 49 on Saturday night, which officials discovering a rifle case inside.
On Sunday afternoon, an AR rifle was discovered near I-75 and “in the vicinity’ of where the car was found.
A list of schools closed, according to their Facebook pages and WKYT is below – with some also moving to virtual learning until further notice,
Barbourville Independent
Clay County
Corbin Independent
East Bernstadt Independent
EKU-Corbin
EKU-Manchester
Jackson County
Knox County
Laurel County
Lincoln County
Red Bird Christian School
Rockcastle County
Whitley County
Williamsburg Independent
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December 18, 2025
Videos show rebels on the move in eastern DRC city Uvirapublished at 12:49 GMT
Peter Mwai
BBC Verify senior journalist
We have verified video showing fighters belonging to the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group on the move in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after M23 announced a withdrawal from the city of Uvira in South Kivu province which it seized a week ago.
The M23 had taken contorl of Uvira despite a ceasefire deal agreed between the governments of Rwanda and DRC and had come under increasing diplomatic pressure to withdraw its forces from the city.
The DRC government has reacted with scepticism, with a spokesperson asking on XL “Where are they going? How many were there? What are they leaving behind in the city? Mass graves? Soldiers disguised as civilians?”
We can’t tell where they are heading, but in the footage we have verified the fighters, together with vehicles, move north past the Uvira police headquarters.
We confirmed where the clips were filmed by matching the distinctively painted road kerbs, buildings and trees to satellite imagery.
The leader of the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), a coalition of rebel groups which includes the M23 group, had announced on Monday that the group would withdraw from the city as a “trust-building measure”.
It followed a request from the US which has been mediating between the governments of Rwanda and DRC.
The rebels remained present in the city after the announcement but on Wednesday M23 spokesperson Willy Ngoma announced the group had begun withdrawing troops. The group said it intends to complete the withdrawal today, but has warned against militarisation.
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