Monday, March 3, 1997
OBITUARIES and LEGAL NOTICES in Enquirer-Post Classified.
RIVERS UNLEASHED: FLOOD OF '97
THOUSANDS FLEE TRISTATE RIVER TOWNS
The worst flooding in decades swamped parts of the Tristate Sunday, forcing thousands to flee as waters enveloped entire towns. Raging waters caused as many as 12 deaths in Kentucky and Ohio.
THE REGION
MORE RAIN TO PUSH OHIO HIGHER
Greater Cincinnati is bracing for its worst flooding in 33 years today, as the rain-swollen Ohio River continues to charge past its banks.
THE FORECAST
'THERE IS NO FALMOUTH'
FALMOUTH, Ky. - The muddy water of the Licking River left hundreds of people homeless Sunday in this small city described by the governor as the hardest hit in the commonwealth.
FALMOUTH, KY.
WHEN HOME IS GONE, FRIENDS ARE NEEDED
FALMOUTH, Ky. - The town, as far as you can see, is under dirty, brown water. McDonald's golden arches are just half moons. There's an IGA sign but no grocery, a Shell sign but no station.
LAURA PULFER COLUMN
UNUSUAL PATTERN BRINGS HEAVY RAIN
An unusual weather pattern at about 25,000 feet above the Louisville area directed the path of the rainstorm that devasted some Southern Ohio counties and Northern Kentucky. Cincinnati was largely spared for one simple reason: luck.
THE STORM SYSTEM
KENTUCKY DEATH TOLL HITS NINE
A second wave of massive flooding soaked rain-weary Kentuckians on Sunday. Deaths related to the weekend flooding rose to nine Sunday. Officials in Louisville and Jefferson County said Sunday that 40,000 homes and businesses had been flooded. Damage was estimated at $51 million.P
THE AFTERMATH
CLEANING, WAITING, WATCHING
BLUE CREEK, Ohio - A weekend rain of biblical proportions stunned Adams County residents. Many grieved for Jason Hall, a teen-ager drowned in the flood.
ADAMS COUNTY, OHIO
HOMELESS LOOK FOR SHELTER
BUTLER, KY. - ''When we woke up, we could see only this much,''Pat Jordan said as he formed his two thumbs and index fingers into a triangle, indicating how much of his house was still above water Sunday morning.
THE SHELTERS
OTHER LOCAL NEWS
WOMEN OF THE YEAR
Janet Ach has been known for giving, lending, donating, organizing, contributing and volunteering many things. This is the first time she ever loaned out the family barracuda.
STORY
'U.S. NEWS' PUTS UC GRADUATE MUSIC PROGRAM NEAR TOP OF SCALE
The University of Cincinnati has the nation's sixth best graduate music program, according to U.S. News & World Report.
STORY
CLOSE TO HOME: PLEASANT RIDGE
In a region noted for its segregated neighborhoods, Pleasant Ridge stands as an oasis that mixes black and white, young and old, struggling and well-to-do.
STORY
WELFARE ENLISTS 5 HELPERS
The county's Department of Human Services will both break into neighborhood operations and form a public/private partnership with five local non-profits - the FreeStore/FoodBank, Talbert House, Beech Acres, Lighthouse and Cincinnati Works.
STORY
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