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Kentucky firefighter Leslie Leatherman answered the call for help, rushing into harm's way as he steadfastly did for decades, when a late-night tornado plowed through his community in the Appalachian foothills. It was his final act of selflessness, and the person he protected amid the chaos was his wife.

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear was at a podium Wednesday for a familiar scene: to discuss damage from the latest round of storms that battered Kentucky. But this time he contended that a new Republican-backed policy threatens to tie his hands in responding to any future disasters. Clay Wallace reports.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - “Help me!” “Can anybody hear me?”It was a worst-case scenario at the VA Medical Center on Leestown Road in Lexington Thursday. An EF-5…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - President Barack Obama has declared a disaster area in Kentucky, releasing federal funding for people in seven counties affected by last…