Water safety important now with rain swollen lakes and rivers

FRANKFORT, Ky. – The middle of July usually means less grass mowing because of the parched, brown conditions of most lawns. Streams normally run low and clear in mid-summer and concern about drought clouds people’s minds. The Kentucky River at Frankfort looks like a flowing ribbon of foamy chocolate milk. This week, Buckhorn Lake in eastern Kentucky’s Leslie and Perry counties rose 13 ½ feet above normal summer pool while central Kentucky’s Taylorsville Lake swelled to 18 ½ feet above it. The