Mayfield News

A bill to allow Amish buggies to use reflective tape rather than a slow-moving vehicle emblem sailed through the Kentucky Senate Tuesday.

Slender, 37-year-old Kevin Skinner of Mayfield, Ky., and Susan Boyle of Scotland have never met.

Private memorial services will be held at a later date. Brown Funeral Home in Mayfield is in charge of arrangements.

He was the beloved brother of Sheila Hawkins of Prospect, Ky., Ruth Nichols of Mayfield, Ky., Jim Spears, and Cheryl Schofield, all of Paducah, Ky.; three nieces; and five nephews.

Amanda Smith used to describe herself as shy. She stopped using that descriptor when she got to high school, got a job and got involved in every club Carlisle County High School offers.

Memorial services for William Leonard "Bill" Matheny, 83, of the Hickory community will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Christ United Methodist Church in Mayfield with the Revs.

Graves County Sheriffs deputies and Federal DEA agents have arrested a Mayfield man who they say could be the biggest cocaine supplier in Graves County.

The Kentucky State Police in Mayfield are seeking help on identifying a theft suspect from Carlisle County.

The Kentucky State Police responded to a home in Mayfield early this morning after receiving a 911 call for help.

It also provides nearly $500 million over six years to complete the widening of Interstate 65, with the 43-mile stretch in Barren, Hart, Larue and Hardin counties.

MAYFIELD, Ky. A buggy carrying five Amish children was hit by a sport utility vehicle in western Kentucky and the buggy driver was cited for not displaying a safety triangle.

Jacob Gingerich, member of a conservative Amish community, has been cited and jailed for refusing to place an orange safety triangle on the back of his buggy, parked here on his farm near Mayfield.

She is survived by her husband, Huel Leaver; two daughters, Karen Leaver of Paducah, Sharon Hancock and her husband, Eugene, of Paducah; one son, Chris Leaver of Spring Hill, Kansas; one sister, Nolie Rogers of Mayfield; three grandchildren, Michael Hancock, Huel Thorn, Catie Friend; four great-grandchildren, Brayden Friend, Cayden Hancock, Matthew ... (more)

In this photo taken Dec. 8, 2011, an Amish buggy sits parked on Jacob Gingerich's farm near Mayfield, Ky.

She is survived by her husband, Chad Wooley; one daughter, Cassie Wooley; one son, Chase Wooley; both of Mayfield; her stepfather, Leon Terry of Mayfield; two stepsisters, Rhonda Turnbow and Beverly Collins, both of Cunningham; and two stepbrothers, Steven and Randall Terry, both of Cunningham.

MAYFIELD, Ky. -- On Jacob Gingerich's farm in western Kentucky, there is no phone or electricity for his family of 12 children.

MAYFIELD, Ky. -- A group of conservative Amish men in western Kentucky have become scofflaws in their protest against a state law requiring orange safety triangles on their horse-drawn buggies.

In this photo taken Dec. 8, 2011, an Amish buggy sits parked on Jacob Gingerich's farm near Mayfield, Ky.