Monday, June 10 2013 10:43 AM EDT2013-06-10 14:43:29 GMT
Dustin Rutledge
Two men from Tornado were arrested in Saint Albans just after noon Saturday for trying to cash a stolen check at the B B & T bank's drive-thru.St. Albans Police say the pair drove up to the drive-thru
Two men are in jail for trying to cash one a check belonging to one of the men's grandmother.
Thursday, June 6 2013 12:56 PM EDT2013-06-06 16:56:42 GMT
The northbound lane of I-77 near the Mahan area of Fayette County is shut down due to a tractor trailer accident. The accident is within a couple miles of the Kanawha County line.
Both northbound lanes of I-77 were shut down near the Mahan area of Fayette County after a tractor trailer flipped. The accident was within a couple miles of the Kanawha County line.
The National Weather Service has released data ranking the tornado in West Liberty as the longest tracked tornado in the country for 2012.
The tornado that moved through eastern Kentucky and western portions of West Virginia tracked a total of 85 miles. The longest tracked tornado, in recorded history, is 235 miles in 1953. The tornado that tore through West Liberty virtually leveled downtown and then traveled into parts of West Virginia. The tornado was fatal with two in Johnson County and two in Lawrence County, KY.
Chief meteorologist Spencer Adkins called the storm and its aftermath "historic" as an EF3 tornado hit West Liberty. No EF3 tornado had been seen in the region since May 1988, when such a twister hit Bell County, KY.
The outbreak of tornadoes and severe weather over the southeast and Ohio Valley (AL, GA, IN, OH, KY, TN, WV) had 75 confirmed tornadoes. This event, which includes the region, is listed as one of the top 11 "Billion Dollar Extreme Weather/Climate Events". Final data will be released in mid-2013 on the exact costs but for now, this puts the region in 3 of the 11, the derecho and Superstorm Sandy included.
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