Rewards are being offered for information on separate burglaries last week at a Lewis County man's home and his business.

Deputy Johnny Bivens said the home of Harry Burriss on Town Branch Road was burglarized Wednesday between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Bivens said several firearms were taken along with about $300 in currency.

Vandals also broke into Burriss Variety Store on Lexington Avenue in Vanceburg late Friday or early Saturday.

A glass in the front door of the business was broken and the door was forced open. 

There was evidence that the burglar or burglars had rummaged through the store although it was not immediately known what may have been taken. Burriss said he does not keep cash on the premises.

Burriss said he did not have either location insured for such occurrences.

The break-in is being investigated by Vanceburg Police Lt. Tom Flannigan.

Officials are investigating separate accident on the AA Highway resulting in only relatively minor injuries. 

The first accident happened Wednesday afternoon on the Grayson Spur and involved a passenger car and a tractor trailer. The tractor trailer was hauling a cylindrical container of radioactive material. The driver of the rig, which was traveling north on the roadway, said a southbound auto veered into the northbound lane and sideswiped the rig. 

The driver's side of the auto sustained moderate damage and the trailer sustained minor damage. The container was not damaged and did not leak. The roadway was shut down for several hours until the accident scene was cleared. 

Departments responding to the accident included the Kentucky State Police, Department of Transportation, Lewis County Sheriff's Department, Lewis County Emergency Management, Vanceburg Fire and Rescue and Garrison Fire and Rescue. 

A second accident was reported Friday afternoon and involved one vehicle. Deputy Dwayne Stone said a 1996 Jeep Cherokee, operated by Brian K. Bonner, 35, of Vanceburg, was traveling west on the AA Highway when the vehicle went off the right side of the roadway. 

Stone said the vehicle traveled 300 feet, struck a mailbox, traveled 78 feet through the ditchline, struck a driveway culvert, went airborne for about 42 feet, struck an earth embankment and rolled 54 feet until coming to rest in the ditch. 

Stone said Bonner suffered injuries to his back and both lower legs. A 10-year-old passenger was not seriously injured. Both were taken to Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville by Portsmouth Ambulance. 

The accident remains under investigation and Stone was assisted at he scene by Sheriff Bill Lewis, Kentucky State Police and Tollesboro Fire and Rescue. Stone said seatbelts were in use at the time of the accident.

The Nina, a replica of Christopher Columbus' favorite ship, will be open for tours in Portsmouth and Maysville as the ship makes its way down the Ohio River.

The ship, which recently traveled past Vanceburg on her way up the river, was built completely by hand and without the use of any power tools

Archaeology magazine called the ship "the most historically correct Columbus replica ever built." The ship was utilized in the production of the film 1492 starring Gerard Depardieu and directed by Ridley Scott.

The ship has been touring continually since 1992 as a sailing museum to educate the public and school children of the "caravel", a type of Portuguese ship used by Columbus and many early explorers to discover the world.

The ship was built in Bahia, Brazil, by the Columbus Foundation, which is based in the British Virgin Islands. 

For more information, visit the website at www.thenina.com