Carrollton News

As survivors and victims' families mark the 20th anniversary of the Carrollton bus crash, the man who prosecuted Larry Mahoney is remembering as well.

“The message was nothing about death, nothing about fire. I was just told six ambulances were on the way.”

Then: Six months after graduating from traffic collision reconstruction training for the Kentucky State Police, Trooper Sonny Cease, 26, was named lead investigator of the Carrollton bus crash. via Kentucky.com

“I hope bringing the story back out will wake up some people”

On May 14, 1988, after a day of riding roller coasters at Kings Island near Cincinnati, 63 chattering children and four chaperones packed into a church bus for a 9 p.m. trip back to Radcliff, Ky. via The Courier-Journal

“I asked her why, and she said, 'Because I want to make a difference in the world,'”

By now, Karolyn Nunnallee has told the story thousands of times. She has told it to reporters, to congressmen and to drunken drivers ordered to listen to her. via Tampa Bay Online

“Before '88 there was not much to the driver training program but, since, we've practiced defensive driving and all the things to avoid accidents. But, should you get involved in an accident, we do practice the proper evacuation techniques”

Last Update: 5/13 8:57 pm Tom McKee Alyssa Bunn The biggest changes ever made in school bus safety are a direct result of the nation's worst drunk driving crash in history. via WCPO

It has been 20 years since the northern Kentucky bus crash that ranks as the deadliest alcohol-related highway catastrophe in the nation. via WDRB-TV Louisville

“He has shared many of his life experiences involving the Latvia prison ministry, professional sports (which he covered) and also somewhat about the bus tragedy”

The Rev. Gregg Anderson marks the chapters in his life as having occurred before and after the Carrollton bus crash, 20 years ago this week. via The Courier-Journal

“I just saw him yesterday out in the field over there. They were digging up oil tanks or whatever out of the ground and he was over there watching over that”

We're learned more information about the Tuesday's double shooting involving an elderly couple at Carrollton, Kentucky nursing home. via WAVE-TV Louisville

Kentucky taxpayers have spent hundreds of millions of dollars renovating Kentucky State Parks over the past dozen years. via WHAS

“Once inside the room, Mr. Hopperton shot his wife in the head”

A tragic ending to a long life and a seemingly happy marriage has left a town in shock. via Cincypost.Com

Kerry Duke Three Northern Kentucky students have won National Merit Scholarships. via Kypost.Com

Kentucky has been the site of the two deadliest school bus crashes in U.S. History. via WKYT-TV Lexington

Army National Guard Sgt. Jared M. Smith, Army National Guard 2nd Lt. Bronson M. Sapp and Army National Guard Spec. via Commonwealth Journal

The people of eastern Kentucky know all too well the devastation mountaintop removal mining has wrought: miles of barren moonscapes where once were verdant forests and scenic vistas, flash floods made worse by ... via Winchester Sun

Collectors, processors and other key players in the recycling industry met last week to begin planning a new statewide networking organization, the Kentucky Recycling Interest Group. via Bizjournals

Gov. Steve Beshear's proposed budget includes $17.5 million for Kentucky River locks and dams -- money that then-Gov. Ernie Fletcher vetoed two years ago.

Some of the work lawmakers envisioned when they put that appropriation in the 2006 budget already has begun, with the river's water customers, not the state's general fund, footing the bill.

But Stephen Reeder, the executive director of the Kentucky River Authority, said there always is a need for more money to shore up an old navigation system that now serves chiefly to hold water supplies for Lexington and other Central Kentucky cities. Read more

The Cynthiana Democrat is in its third century of service, having been published continuously in Harrison County since 1868. via Cynthiana Democrat

“She was just a real sweet girl.”

CARROLLTON, Ky. - Friends and relatives gathered Thursday to say goodbye to a family of five found dead in a creek after being missing for 2 1/2 weeks. via ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com

Friends and family prepare to say goodbye to a family of five who drowned in their car last week in northern Kentucky. via WBKO-TV Bowling Green

Close friends and immediate relatives of a former Hamilton family who died after their car apparently plunged into a creek will gather today during private funeral services. via MiddletownJournal