Important Takeaways:
- A Kentucky couple have said a “date night idea” unfolded into a multi-day bounty hunt that led them to the body of a suspected gunman.
- The body is believed to be that of Joseph Couch, wanted for a shooting rampage on an interstate highway earlier this month. No formal identification has yet been made.
- Police scoured through dense rural brush for 11 days in search of Couch, and offered a $35,000 (£26,000) reward for information leading to his capture.
- Fred and Sheila McCoy had been live-streaming over a period of six days when they made their discovery.
- At about the same time as the McCoys stumbled upon the body, two Kentucky state police troopers had also been drawn to the site by the smell and the sight of circling scavengers.
- In a statement on Wednesday, the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said it had located a body presumed to belong to Couch.
- The state medical examiner’s office in Frankfort is conducting an autopsy to confirm it is him.
- The manhunt sparked fear among the local community, with several school districts cancelling classes and business owners locking their doors.
- The McCoys have said they joined the search both for a piece of the reward and to bring a sense of normalcy back to the community.
- “We are very confident that this brings closure to the search for Joseph Couch,” police commissioner Phillip Burnett Jr said.
- He confirmed the McCoys would receive a full reward.
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Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Important Takeaways:
- In Mayfield, a community still working to recover after it was struck by a deadly tornado in 2021 was dealt a blow on Wednesday because of historic flooding there and elsewhere in west Kentucky.
- “Mayfield, stay strong. We’ve got through the tornado; we’re gonna’ get through the flood. Just keep on. Keep God first.”
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Mathew 24:12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
Important Takeaways:
- Kentucky police end bank shooting within minutes, ‘absolutely’ saved lives: timeline
- City leaders said officers arrived within three minutes and put an end to the carnage.
- At least one other officer suffered a minor injury, and the attacker was also killed, according to police.
- A gunman stormed into an Old National Bank location in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, killing four and wounding eight
- Andy Beshear also spoke, revealing that he knew at least two people shot in the attack.
- “This is awful,” Beshear said at a press conference. “I have a very close friend that didn’t make it today. And I have another close friend who didn’t either. And one who’s at the hospital that I hope is going to make it through.”
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Mathew 24:12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
Important Takeaways:
- Shooting outside community college in Louisville leaves 1 dead, 1 wounded; suspects at large
- Multiple suspects are believed to be on the loose in Louisville, Kentucky, after a shooting outside a community college left one dead and another wounded on Monday, authorities said.
- Russel Miller of the Louisville Police Department told reporters.
- The incident was unrelated to the shooting that occurred hours earlier at an Old National Bank location in the city
- The suspects were initially on foot before running to a car and driving off following the shooting, according to police.
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Mathew 24:12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
Important Takeaways:
- Louisville police say 5 dead, 6 injured in shooting in Kentucky city’s downtown area
- Louisville police, mayor urging public to stay out of downtown area
- The Louisville Metropolitan Police Department says there are “multiple casualties” in the Kentucky city Monday “
- The lone shooter in the incident – who has not been publicly identified – is “deceased,” according to police. The shooting happened around 8:30 a.m. local time at a building that houses an Old National Bank location and officers responded within minutes.
- “Please pray for all of the families impacted and for the city of Louisville,” Gov. Andy Beshear said in a tweet, adding that he is heading there now.
- Further details about the incident were not immediately available.
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- America’s floodgates open: Three 1,000-year storms in a week from Illinois to Kentucky have left at least 38 dead and left experts warning that this wild weather will now become the norm
- America faced three once-in-a-thousand-year rain storms last week that left 38 people dead
- It began on July 25, when record-breaking rainfall drenched St Louis, Missouri, trapping cars in more than 10 inches of floodwater and leading to at least one death
- On July 28, parts of eastern Kentucky were also flooded after the National Weather Service received reports of up to 14 inches of rainfall
- At least 37 people there have been confirmed dead from the storms, as dozens are still missing
- In Illinois, as residents were reeling from the storm last Monday, the southern part of the state was drenched by eight to 12 inches of rainfall in just 12 hours
- All the incidents are considered once in 1,000 year rain events because the amount of rain that fell during such a short amount of time has only a 0.1 percent chance of happening in any given year
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- National Guard Rescues Hundreds Amid Flooding in Kentucky; 37 Dead
- Thus far Kentucky has confirmed that 37 residents have died from the flooding, including at least four children,
- The Kentucky National Guard — along with partners from bordering states — has rescued an estimated 580 people, according to Kentucky Guard spokesperson Lt. Col. Carla Raisler. The unit will soon be transitioning to food and water distribution for those affected by the disaster, she told Military.com.
- “As the National Guard we are conducting a joint mission using both Army and Air resources and capabilities and also reaching across state lines to West Virginia and Tennessee for assistance.”
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- Flooding in Central Appalachia Kills at Least 8 in Kentucky
- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear asked for prayers as the region braced for more rain.
- “In a word, this event is devastating,” Beshear said Thursday. “And I do believe it will end up being one of the most significant, deadly floods that we have had in Kentucky in at least a very long time.”
- Beshear warned that property damage in Kentucky would be extensive and opened an online portal for donations that would go to residents affected by the flooding.
- Meanwhile, dangerous conditions and continued rainfall hampered rescue efforts Thursday, the governor said.
- Flash flooding and mudslides were reported across the mountainous region of eastern Kentucky, western Virginia and southern West Virginia, where thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain over the past few days.
- us reported more than 33,000 customers without electricity in eastern Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia, with the bulk of the outages in Kentucky.
- Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for six counties in West Virginia after severe thunderstorms this week caused significant local flooding, downed trees, power outages and blocked roads.
- In West Virginia’s Greenbrier County, firefighters pulled people from flooded homes, and five campers who got stranded by high water in Nicholas County were rescued
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- Kentucky flooding: Homes, cars under water with over 22,000 power outages reported
- This catastrophic flooding in Kentucky came just two days after a historic flood in St. Louis killed one person on Tuesday when more than 9 inches of rain fell.
- In Buckhorn, a photo shared on social media showed the elementary school was almost completely underwater.
- More than 8 inches of rain has fallen in the city of Hazard since Wednesday, most of which fell in just a few hours early Thursday morning.
- Many other areas in eastern Kentucky have received between 4 and 8 inches of rain.
- The North Fork of the Kentucky River at Whitesburg has risen to an all-time record crest of 16.81 feet, smashing the previous record of 14.7 feet from Jan. 29, 1957. The river level rose more than 13 feet in about 7.5 hours early Thursday morning.
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- More than half of Kentucky in moderate drought category
- The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor report issued on Thursday shows more than half of Kentucky is now in the “moderate drought” category.
- Fifty-five percent of Kentucky is considered in moderate drought in the latest report, up from 31.05% last week
- The estimated population of Kentucky now in moderate drought is 1,757,300, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor
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