Lewisport News

According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, Corey Alvey, 21, of Lewisport, Kentucky was climbing on the rocks near Chimney Rock, when he slipped and fell.

In his final actions before being shot down by a gunman in Afghanistan, Sgt. 1st Class Barry Jarvis protected the life of his platoon leader by pushing him out of the line of fire.

Six soldiers from Fort Campbell, Ky., were killed last year when an Afghan Border patrolman opened fire during a routine partnering mission, but 1 of those soldiers was credited with saving his platoon leader by pushing him out of the line of fire.

Federal prosecutors say a Kentucky man bilked $1.4 million from 23 people in three states, many of them elderly, as part of a fake investment scam.