(WKYT) – The Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash in Casey County over the weekend. The crash happened on Sunday afternoon on KY 70 near Pruitt Lane, and the preliminary investigation shows [...]

CASEY COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – A head-on collision on KY 70 near Pruitt Lane in Casey County killed one driver and sent five others to the hospital Sunday afternoon. Kentucky State Police Post 15 Troopers responded to the two-vehicle crash just before 3 p.m. Investigators say 69-year-old Ronnie Lee of Liberty, was driving south on KY 70...

LIBERTY, Ky. – The Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal crash in Casey County. According to a release, KSP troopers responded to a two-vehicle collision on KY 70 near Pruitt Lane Sunday afternoon. KSP’s preliminary investigation shows that 69-year-old Ronnie Lee, of Liberty, was driving south on KY 70 in his pickup truck when it crossed the center line...

LIBERTY, Ky.  (July 6, 2026) – Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 15 Troopers responded to a two-vehicle injury collision on KY 70 near Pruitt Lane in Casey County, just before 3:00 P.M. CDT Sunday afternoon. The preliminary investigation revealed that Ronnie Lee, 69, of Liberty, was traveling south on KY 70 in a 2000 Mazda pickup.  Mr. Lee crossed the centerline and entered the northbound lane of KY 70 into the path of a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado traveling north on KY 70, oper

One person was killed and another seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision Sunday afternoon in Casey County. Casey County Coroner Mike Brown told WJRS NEWS that 69-year-old Ronnie D. Lee of Liberty died at the scene of [...] The post Liberty Man Killed in Two-Vehicle Crash Sunday first appeared on Laker Country 104.9 FM WJRS.

(WKYT) – The Kentucky State Police is looking for an escaped inmate in Casey County. Troopers are searching for Brandon Earles, 35, who was last seen wearing blue pants and no shirt. He is 5′8″ [...]

LIBERTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – Casey County is dealing with the fallout from critically low water levels at Lake Liberty, the town of Liberty’s main source of water. Liberty Mayor Dr. Sam Haddad enforced water use regulations after the city declared a state of emergency on June 15. Dakota Hoskins, co-owner of Safari Falls Car Wash, has been...

Kentucky State Police are searching for an escaped inmate in the area of the Casey County Schools Bus Garage on Kentucky 70 in Liberty. Troopers say 35-year-old Brandon Earles escaped while on a work detail. [...] The post KSP searching for escaped inmate in Casey County first appeared on Laker Country 104.9 FM WJRS.

Liberty’s emergency water situation continues, but help is on the way. Mayor Dr. Sam Haddad told the Casey County News Tuesday afternoon that a temporary pipeline to pump water from the Green River to Lake [...] The post Temporary Pipeline Approved for Liberty first appeared on Laker Country 104.9 FM WJRS.

 (WKYT) – Casey County residents are being told to conserve water as part of a shortage emergency, despite rainfall Thursday that left some parts of Kentucky with more than four inches.   Graphics show Casey [...]