LEXINGTON, Ky. - The militia movement in Kentucky is waning due to a fading national interest and some high-profile arrests, analysts and militia members say.

        With former Kentucky State Militia commander Charlie Puckett in prison and Steve Anderson - another high-profile member of the group - being sought as a fugitive, the militia is in disarray, despite recent efforts to regroup.

        The state militia is dead without Mr. Puckett's leadership, militiaman Roger Shanks of Lancaster said.

        Mr. Puckett was sentenced to 30 months in prison on federal weapons charges.

        The Kentucky militia's decline follows a national trend that has seen the number of civilian paramilitary groups drop from 858 in 1996 to 158 last year.

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