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State Police are investigating this
single vehicle accident on the AA Highway west of Vanceburg Saturday afternoon during
heavy rains. No serious injuries were reported. Several minor accidents were reported over
the weekend as a result of weather conditions. (December 19, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Vanceburg Police Chief Joe Billman
checks out a soft drink vending machine after it was broken into. The machine is located
in the parking lot adjacent to the Vanceburg Depot. (December 12, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Lewis County Sheriff Bill Lewis and
Deputy Sam Richmond display items recovered from a burglary last week at Camp Dix Wood
Products. The value of the items was estimated a $1,300. (December 5, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Deputy Sam Richmond talks with Ricky
Switzer Jr. following a fire at the Lewis County Detention Center. (December 5, 2000,
Dennis Brown) |
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A drug sniffing dog checks lockers at
LCHS. (December 5, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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A Kentucky State Police trooper guides
a drug sniffing dog through the parking lot at Lewis County High School. The school held a
drug search last week and plans for more throughout the school year. (December 5, 2000,
Dennis Brown) |
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A Kentucky State Police trooper takes a
photo of two vehicles involved in an acident November 27 on Ky. Rt. 344 south of
Vanceburg. Details of the accident were not available from the Morehead Post. (November
28, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Sheriff Bill Lewis, at
right talks with a four-wheeler operator Friday. Lewis and his deputies were out in force
over the Thanksgiving weekend. For several years, four-wheeler enthusiasts have gathered
into Lewis County for what had become known as the Turkey Run. Only a few were reported in
the area this year. (November 28, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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The guardrail is shown
in the engine compartment following an accident on the AA Highway near Tollesboro last
week. The guardrail passed completely through the vehicle, exiting through the back glass.
Click here for more photos. (November 21, 2000,
Dennis Brown) |
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Workers with Wills Wrecker Service
attempt to remove a vehicle, which had struck a guardrail last week on the AA Highway near
Tollesboro. The guardrail passsed through the vehicle exiting through the back glass. The
driver received only minor injuries in the accident.
(November 21, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Emergency workers examine the wreckage
of a vehicle last week following an accident on Ky. Rt. 8 east of Vanceburg that claimed
the life of a Mason County man. (November 21, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Rescue workers remove a victim from a
vehicle following an accident Sunday afternoon near
Garrison, at the intersection of Montgomery Road and the AA Highway. (November 14, 2000,
Dennis Brown) |
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Chris McGlone works to repair glass in
the front door of Professional Care Pharmacy in Vanceburg last week after a burglar broke
out the glass to gain entry. (November 14, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Sheriff Bill Lewis examines some of the
guns recovered following a rash of burglaries in the Tollesboro area. One person has been
arrested and charged in connection with burglaries. (November 14, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Vanceburg resident Clete Zornes
inspects the damage to his 1999 Ford pickup following an accident Sunday afternoon on Ky.
Rt. 3037 west of Vanceburg. (November 14, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Officials examine a Geo Metro following
a two-vehicle accident early Tuesday, October 31. The car is thought to have been stoeln
by one of three burglary suspects attempting to flee from
authorities. (November 7, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Care First Ambulance
workers tend to one of those injured October 31 in a two-vehicle collision at the
intersection of Kinney Road and the AA Highway. (November 7, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Tollesboro Volunteer
Firefighters spray water on a Chevrolet pick up following a single vehicle accident early
Sunday, November 5, near Ribolt. (November 7, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Vanceburg Lions Club member Tim Bowden
looks over items removed from a file cabinet when the E.V. Holder Jr. Lions Center was
burglarized early Tuesday, October 31. A UK jacket and an afghan were taken. (November 7,
2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Officials examine an area near Jones
Cemetery where Marvin Charles "Charlie" Prater was allegedly
killed the weekend of Oct. 21-22. (October 31, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Officials rake away leaves where the
body of Marvin Charles Prater was located in a remote wooded area off Paint Lick Road last
Tuesday afternoon. (October 31, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Firefighters check the walls of Betty
Poynter's home to make sure the fire has been extinguished. An electrical short is thought
to have caused the fire which resulted in substantial damage to the home. (October 17,
2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Karen Fraley is one of
the Sheriff's office workers beginning the annual tax season at the Lewis County Sheriff's
Office. Her wages and fringe benefits for the next year will be totally paid for by a
federal COPS grant. (October 10, 2000, Paula Franke) |
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Sheriff Bill Lewis
stands amid the remnants of Walter Fannin's mobile home on Horseshoe Bend Road after it
was destroyed by high winds. See more storm damage photos at our special storm report page. (September 29, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Rescue workers remove one of six Lewis
County resients who were injured Sunday morning as a result of a two-vehicle accident west
of Quincy. (September 26, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Deputy Sam Richmond is investigating
this single-vehicle accident Thursday. The pickup apparently had a brake failure as the
driver was approaching Ky. Rt. 8 on Meadowbrook Lane. The truck went across the roadway
and struck a storage building and tree. September 19, 2000, Sam Howard) |
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Officials look over the
scene of an accident Friday. which claimed the lives of a father and son. The accident
happened just west of Quincy as a pickup and tractor-trailer collided head-on. (September
5, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Garrison firefighter Marty Strong
attempts to shut off a fuel valve following an accident Friday near Quincy. Garrison
firefighters contained the fuel in buckets to keep it from running down a ditch and into a
creek. (September 5, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Vanceburg police officers look over a
car after a chase that ended in this field about two miles off Fly Branch Road. (August
29, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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UP IN SMOKE . . . Lewis County
Sheriff's Deputies and witnesses watch as evidence from
completed cases is destroyed. Among the items were processed marijuana, drug
paraphernalia and other items confiscated by the department as evidence in cases over the
past several months. (August 22, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Deputy Sam Richmond displays some of
the marijuana confiscated last week near Petersville before destroying it. Samples were
taken from the plants to be sent for lab analysis to be used as evidence if the case
should go to trial. (August 22, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Deputy Tom Polley makes some last
minute adjustments to a pile of evidence before it is set alight. (August 22, 2000, Dennis
Brown) |
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A 1991 Plymouth Sundance burns in the
parking lot of Comprehend, Inc., on Market Street in Vanceburg on Aug. 18. The auto,
belonging to Oona G. Thomas, 36, of Aberdeen, Ohio, sustained substantial damage. The
cause of the fire has not been determined. (August 22, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Several emergency response vehicles are
parked near the head of Little Sulphur near the site where a falling tree fatally injured
James R. "Jim Bob" Brown July 27. (August 1, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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The driver of this 1995 Honda was
injured last week after striking a tractor-trailer on Route 3037. (August 1, 2000, Dennis
Brown) |
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Three people were injured July 17 as a
result of this two-vehicle accident at the intersection of the AA Highway and Ky. Rt. 59.
The driver of the pickup apparently pulled into the path of the Cadillac, according to a
Kentucky State Police spokesman. (July 25, 2000, Paula Franke) |
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Vanceburg firefighter Darrell Hackworth
kept an eye on a fire last week on Flinders Drive in Vanceburg. The owner of the structure
utilized a controlled fire to burn down the vacant house. (July 18, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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A hay fire last week at the Larry Hull
farm resulted in a response by the Tollesboro Volunteer Fire Department. Steve Vice, left,
and Roger Ferguson hosed down the smoldering bales. (July 4, 2000, Paula Franke) |
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NEW DRIVE-THRU . . . Workers at
Super Quik in Vanceburg have heard all of the drive-through jokes they want since an
accident Saturday morning sent this car crashing through the front doors. Vanceburg Police
Lt. Tom Flannigan said the standard shift car was parked in front of the convenience store
until an 11-year-old youth inside the auto turned the key. No one was hurt in the mishap.
(June 20, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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A stuck accelerator was blamed
for this mishap Thursday, June 15, near Bivens Car Wash in Vanceburg. Vanceburg Police
Chief Joe Billman said the auto had driven onto the car wash lot as the accelerator
apparently stuck, causing the auto to go over a small embankment and come to rest on its
top on the railroad tracks. The driver was treated for multiple injuries. (June 20, 2000,
Dennis Brown) |
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Crews work to contain gasoline leaking
from a tanker May 28 after the vehicle went off the road and overturned next to a
residence near Quincy. (June 6, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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Rescue workers help to remove the
occupants of this vehicle after it collided with a propane tanker at the intersection of
Lions Lane and the AA Highway June 2. (June 6, 2000, Dennis BRown) |
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Firefighters were called out May 27
when passersby saw this blaze Triple D Lumber Company on the AA Highway west of Vanceburg.
The fire turned out to be a controlled burn of some slabs at the mill site. (May 30, 2000,
Dennis Brown) |
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Firefighters spray water on a pile of
slabs at Everman Lumber Company in Garrison on Friday, May 19. All area fire departments
responded to the fire, which was reported by a neighbor. The cause has not yet been
determined. (May 23, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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This loader was among several pieces of
equipment destroyed in the fire at Everman Lumber Company. (May 23, 2000, Dennis Brown) |
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An unidentified burned pickup truck was
discovered Thursday evening, May 18, over an embankment near Firebrick. (May 23, 2000,
Lewis County Sheriff Photo) |
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Deputies investigating a trespassing
complaint last week discovered 11 marijuana plants growing near a home in Black Oak. (May
23, 2000, Lewis County Sheriff Photo) |
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Among the recent marijuana discoveries
were 77 seedlings growing in trays on the roof of an outbuilding near McDowell Road on
April 29. (May 9, 2000, Lewis County Sheriff photo) |
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This 1997 Dodge pickup truck was
recovered May 5 after being reported stolen overnight from the Black Oak area. (May 9,
2000, Kathy Brown) |
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