Kentucky

Andy Mead

FRANKFORT — A bill that would lead to a system of ATV trails in Eastern Kentucky was approved by a House committee Thursday.

House Bill 173, sponsored by Rep. Keith Hall, D-Phelps, would connect to similar trail systems in West Virginia and south-western Virginia.

Gavin Lesnick

WEBSTER COUNTY, Ky. — A 36-year-old Dixon, Ky. man is accused of riding an ATV while intoxicated and then fleeing Kentucky State Police troopers when they tried to pull him over.

It happened about 7:15 p.m. Sunday when a trooper saw Basil C. Stone driving the ATV on U.S. 41 north of Slaughters, Ky.

When the trooper tried to pull the vehicle over, it veered off the roadway and overturned, authorities said.

By: Steve Vantreese

Off-road vehicle riders may or may not know that they have been riding among the nests of federal endangered birds -- and on the exposed nerves of wildlife authorities -- around the southwestern tip of Livingston County.

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources officials say four-wheeler riders apparently have destroyed several nests of least terns on sand deposited at Livingston Point, which is formed by the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee rivers just upstream from Paducah's riverfront.

"We've got signs up every 40 yards," said Sgt. Bill Snow, KDFWR enforcement officer. "You shouldn't be able to miss them."

Ivy Brashear

An open public meeting concerning the use of ATVs in Knox County has been moved to this Thursday.

Jackie Napier, owner of Pershing Enterprises, which is a legal consulting firm in Corbin, helped organize the meeting. She said it will be a way for the community to voice opinions about the issues surrounding ATV use, including destruction of private property and noise pollution.

Bob White

ELIZABETHTOWN — Elizabethtown police say ATVs have caused extensive damage to land around Buffalo Creek Reservoir.

The area around the reservoir is open to walking, fishing and non-motorized activities, but not open to ATV riding, or any other motored fun.

The Franklin Clark

Kentucky State Police are currently investigating an attempted shooting that took place at about 10:30 p.m. on the night of Friday, March 27, at the intersection of Siloam Road and Alexander Road in the county.

The Trigg County Sheriff’s Department contacted the KSP and requested an investigation into a shooting incident that involved an unknown attacker and TCSD Deputy Jimmy Godair, according to a report by KSP Trooper Dean Patterson.

Godair had responded to a complaint of an all-terrain vehicle, or ATV traveling along the roadway, and when he responded to it, he saw an ATV with a camouflage coloring scheme in the road, said Patterson’s report.

The driver of the ATV fired two shots at the deputy, at which point Godair fired two shots at him, said Trigg County Sheriff Randy Clark, who added that Godair wasn’t injured and the assailant fled into a wooded area on the ATV.

The attacker, Patterson said, hasn’t been caught, and is being sought by the KSP, who is conducting an investigation into the matter, bus added that he couldn’t provide much more information without jeopardizing the investigation.

“We’re hoping we can catch him in good time,” Patterson said.

Patterson urged anyone that has any information pertaining to the investigation to contact Kentucky State Police, Post One, at 1-800-222-5555.

Source: http://www.cadizrecord.com/articles/stories/public/200904/01/4Lyy_news.html

Forest Service officials are expected to make a decision regarding the closure of several ATV routes in the coming months following the review of input on the proposal. Forest Service officials are expected to make a decision regarding the closure of several ATV routes in the coming months following the review of input on the proposal.

A 9-year-old Morgan County boy was killed Sunday while riding his ATV, and now his family wants to remind others about the dangers of ATVs.

Austin Coffee's family says he loved the outdoors, and especially riding his ATV. But his favorite activity cut his life short, and family members are trying to come to terms with his death.

WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky State Police said charges are pending against an eastern Kentucky man who crashed his all-terrain vehicle into a trooper's car.

Police said Tommy Newman of Whitesburg was airlifted to Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn., after the incident on Friday. Newman was reported by the Lexington Herald-Leader as recovering from his injuries.