Ellis Towing Service called in for specialized removal work 2012-03-27 - Sparksville, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. This specialized tow truck from Ellis Towing and Transportation Systems of 515 Old Bloomfield Road, Bardstown, KY. had to be brought in from Bardstown, KY, to move the overturned explosives truck - owned by Austin Powder Company of Willisburg, KY and operated by Robert Cox of Bardstown - from the scene in Sparksville, KY. The wreckage necessitated the closure of KY 61 today, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. The photo was taken shortly after 10amCT, shortly after the truck arrived. Sources were estimating a minimum of 6 hours for the removal to be completed to 8 hours or longer before the road would be re-opened. Ellis Towing bills itself as "Central Kentucky's Largest Towing Service." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Greg Thomas, Adair Co. Emergency Disaster Coordinator 2012-03-27 - KY 61, Sparksville, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Greg Thomas Adair County Emergency Disaster Manager, was on the scene with the Hazardous Materials truck. Quite fortunately, a potentially dangerous situation was handled without further incident after the explosives truck overturned just south of Bird Road on KY 61 in Sparksville, KY. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Poke Sallet Days are here early this year: March 27, 2012 2012-03-27 - Sparksville, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Good eating days are here. Young tender sprouts of poke has arrived early this year. Not enough for a whole mess yet in this one-stalk patch, but it's the start of the makings of one of the best meals of the year: Poke, Cornbread, Green Onions, Coleslaw, and Catfish. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Old Jericho, Adair Co., KY: Jericho Schoolyard, Jim Riall Store 2012-03-27 - Photo by George Rice. George Rice found this rare photograph, taken, he believes with his Argus 620 camera. The year, he believes, was 1950, the year the Taylor County RECC brought electric to Jericho. He can't identify the four boys pitching horseshoes, but the location is the south part of the Jericho School/Charity Baptist Church campus. It was all one unit then. gravel road today is Holmes Bend Road, and across the road, the white building, is Riall's Store, operated by the late Jim and Eva Riall. It served as the shopping mall for Jericho, and housed the United States Post Office at Holmes, KY, Jim Riall, Postmaster. The grazing cows are in the Hyler Bault field, the homeplace of their son, Horace Bault. George Rice hopes that someone will recognize the athletes. The road to the right was the Mt. Carmel Road, which followed roughly the path of Corbin's Bend Road, along the Jericho Cliffs. At the end of the bluff, the road forked: The left prong went to Kelleyville, and the right to Mt. Carmel School and on down to the Rufus Dulworth and Mont Corbin Farms, with season fords across Green River. George Rice says surely someone from the era will remember the names of the athletes, above. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Breeding Firemen at Sparksville Explosives Truck accident 2012-03-27 - Sparksville, KY. - Photo by Ed Waggener. Eleven members of the Breeding Area Volunteer Fire Department were at the scene in Sparksville this morning, including, above Chief Terry Harvey, and Chris Taylor, Kyle Cundiff, Tony Harvey, Alex (FARVA) Burkett, Training Officer Brandon Harvey, and Jonathon Beams. Others present but not pictured were Janie Potts, Joe Smith, Brenda Harvey, Timothy Jennings, and Jonathan Burris. The department, soon to have a regional training center, brought three trucks to the scene. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Officer Josh Brockman, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement 2012-03-27 - Sparksville, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. CVE Officer Josh Brockman, was the first on the scene after explosives laden truck overturned this morning in Sparksville, KY. The popular former Columbia Police Department officer still lives in Columbia, KY. His territory for the CVE is Region 2, which includes the Kentucky State Police counties served by Post 3, Elizabethtown; KSP Post 4, Bowling Green; and KSP Post 15, Columbia, KY. Officer Brockman lauded the driver of the truck, Robert Cox, Bardstown, KY, for refusing to leave the scene for treatment until after he had given all the necessary information needed to stabilize the situation. Cox drives for Austin Powder Company of Willisburg, KY. The truck was on its way to Gaddie-Shamrock in Albany, KY, he said. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Truck overturned on KY 61 at Sparksville, KY 2012-03-27 - KY 61 near Bird Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Members of the Breeding Area Fire Department left are on standby at the scene in Sparksville where an overturned truck carrying explosives is requiring the closure of the road for most of the rest of the today. The accident occurred at around 6:45amCT, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Dozens of first responders are on hand. The situation appears to be headed to a methodical, orderly resolution, thanks to coordinated first response efforts from first response units. While officials think the outcome will have the least possible consequences, the situation remains cautious. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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