The community of Laurel County, Kentucky, is grieving the loss of more than a dozen people, including a firefighter who spent nearly four decades helping others, after a tornado destroyed his ...

Hundreds gathered at the church to pay their final respects to a man who was a dedicated public servant for nearly 39 years. Leatherman was well-known all across emergency services, truly one who ...

Meteorologists with the NWS Paducah office have also confirmed several tornadoes in its region the afternoon and evening of ...

Major Roger Leslie Leatherman was praised by his peers for his “selfless actions” that exemplified “the highest ideals of public service and sacrifice” Laurel County Fire Department Major ...

Major Roger Leslie Leatherman of the Laurel County Fire Department died in the line of duty during a tornado in Kentucky He was critically injured while shielding his wife, Michelle Leatherman, from ...

Major Roger Leslie Leatherman of the Laurel County Fire Department died in the line of duty during a tornado in Kentucky He was critically injured while shielding his wife, Michelle Leatherman ...

The department detailed the events that led up to Major Roger Leslie Leatherman's death, who had been with the department for almost four decades, after he responded to a fire alarm just before ...

Kentucky Gov Andy Beshear remembered 19 people killed by a tornado that ripped through the state Friday as children of God and asked for prayers for others injured or displaced by the event ...

Laurel County Fire Major Roger Leslie Leatherman devoted his career to protecting others. He died doing precisely that while shielding his wife from the powerful tornado that ravaged their ...

Among the dead is Firefighter Major Roger Leslie Leatherman, who was killed while responding to the destruction. Beshear said damage assessments were still being conducted Monday by the Kentucky ...