Union County News

Union County, Ky., authorities arrested three people on Sunday after an alleged anhydrous ammonia theft from Crop Production Services in Waverly.

Tina Eckels in the visitation room will be managing the new St. Anthony's Hospice Unit at Community Methodist Hospital.

The Union County school district had the highest academic testing gain in Kentucky and is now ranked among the top 100 districts in the state, officials there said.

A ribbon cutting was held for a new coal mine in Western Kentucky on Friday. Production at the Riverview Mine in Union County began last month although full capacity won't be reached until the middle of next year.

An investigation is underway by Kentucky State Police into a death at the Union County Jail.

State police say a 39-year-old western Kentucky woman died in her jail cell. A deputy jailer found 39-year-old Trisha Powell of Sturgis unresponsive in the Union County Jail during a routine check Friday.

A new Union County central dispatch is in the works. Right now if you make a 911 call in Union County, the call is directed through Kentucky State Police in Henderson.

Henderson's population is growing, although at a rate less than half the state average, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

A boy injured in a double fatal fire this weekend in western Kentucky is expected to be released from the hospital Monday.

A spokesman for the Kentucky Public Protection Cabinet says major violations have been found with an elevator at a western Kentucky church where a boy died.

On June 13, 2009 Kentucky State Police responded to the 1st Christian Church in Sturgis, KY reference a child lodged in an elevator.

At approximately 800 pm on June 13th, 2009, an 8 year old male juvenile was found lodged in an elevator at the 1st Christian Church in Sturgis, KY.

The weekend death of an 8-year-old boy in a church elevator shaft is under investigation by Kentucky State Police.