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Rural Kentucky suffers significant flooding with more rain on the way

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11 months ago

April 5, 2025

Rural Kentucky suffers significant flooding with more rain on the way

BOSTON, Ky. (WAVE) – For decades, Eddie Baker has counted the rising Lick Creek inch by inch. With PVC pipes in his yard, he’s watched the water rise from the heavy rains that slammed Kentucky this week.

“It’s pretty stressful,” he said. “Not even the good Lord knows where the stopping point of rising water will be.”

Baker’s been through too many floods to count; 1997, 2010, and even in February. It’s enough experience to have handling it down to a science. He had a friend helping him raise his belongings above the 2010 water line.

“I didn’t mind it so much back then,” Baker said. “But now it’s just a headache.”

Rivers and streams have already seen water rise well beyond their normal banks.

In neighboring Nelson County, the Chaplin River meets Cartwright Creek creating the perfect storm for flooding.

“This one’s just different,” resident Derek McIntire said.

McIntire has to use a kayak to reach his home of 12 years. Friends and family have helped him and his wife prepare for flooding before the first raindrop even fell.

It’s an exhausting process that’s only going to continue as more rain rolls through.

“Honestly I ain’t had time to think about it,” McIntire said. “Got two kids at homes, we’re staying with my dad so it’s take care of them, make sure they’re all good, come back here, do what we got to do, check on them. It is what it is.”

After flooding time and time again, Baker says this one might be the last time.

“If it gets like it did in 2010, if it does I don’t think I’m going to stay,” he said.

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Watch: Blast brings down Northern Kentucky bridge

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10 hours ago

March 2, 2026

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Watch: Blast brings down Northern Kentucky bridge

COVINGTON, Ky. (WKRC) – The Licking River Bridge was demolished Monday morning in a controlled blast, clearing the way for a replacement structure.

Authorities established a 1,000-foot safety perimeter, closed nearby roads and asked residents to shelter in place before the demolition. The bridge collapsed within seconds of the blast.

“Today we say goodbye to a bridge that has served Kentuckians for nearly a century and we make room for something new. A signature bridge that is safer, stronger and we make room for something new,” Gov. Andy Beshear said. “This region, like the rest of the commonwealth, is evolving, it is booming, it’s economy growing every day. What we’re doing together is building our new Kentucky home.”

The Licking River Bridge is now history after crews brought it down with a controlled demolition Monday morning. (WKRC)

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Crews will begin construction on the new bridge after debris removal is complete. The replacement bridge is expected to open in the summer of 2028.

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Kentucky Lottery Cash Ball, Pick 3 Evening winning numbers for March 1, 2026

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March 2, 2026

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Kentucky Lottery Cash Ball, Pick 3 Evening winning numbers for March 1, 2026

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Woman dies in head-on collision in Bullitt County

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1 day ago

March 1, 2026

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Woman dies in head-on collision in Bullitt County

Kentucky State Police is investigating after a Shepherdsville woman died Feb. 28 in a two-vehicle crash in Bullitt County.

A preliminary investigation shows the crash, which occurred at 7:34 p.m. at the intersection of KY 44 East and Watergate Drive, began when the passenger-side tires of a Toyota Tacoma heading westbound on KY 44 East dropped off the right side of the roadway and onto a steep shoulder, Master Trooper Bryan Washer said in a statement March 1.

The teenage driver “overcorrected, causing the vehicle to cross the centerline into the eastbound lane and into the path of a Ford Escape.”

Due to a head-on collision, the Ford Escape went down a small embankment and overturned on its roof before coming to rest, Washer said. The driver of the Ford Escape, Sarah Weisman, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Bullitt County Coroner’s Office. The driver of the Toyota Tacoma was not injured from the crash.

Trooper Scott Wheatley and Detective Brad Holloman of the State Police conducted the initial investigation into the crash, Washer said. Holloman continues to investigate.

Reach reporter Leo Bertucci at lbertucci@usatodayco.com or @leober2chee on X, formerly known as Twitter

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