The dangers of low head dams and how a Kentucky community is honoring former first lady Rosalynn Carter.

Our Toby Gibbs has more in tonight's look at headlines around Kentucky.

Crews demolish the U.S. 60 Cumberland Bridge in Smith Lynn, Kentucky, by explosives last week.

The Paducah Sun reports after the bridge fell, it took workers less than 2 hours to clear the new bridge of debris.

Crews also work to remove debris from the river.

Two more explosions will be set off to demolish the remaining parts of the bridge in the coming weeks.

Wildlife officials are warning of the dangers of low head dams in the state.

The Kentucky Lantern reports more than a thousand low hit dams remain in Kentucky and most do not have a purpose.

The dams, which can be as little as one foot or as high as 15 feet, are responsible for at least 40 deaths in Kentucky in the last few decades.

Ward Wilson, a former executive director of the Kentucky Waterways Alliance, tells the Kentucky Lantern People can easily get stuck and drown because of the way the water flows around the dam.

A Russell County soldier killed in combat during World War Two was buried in Pulaski County last week.

The Commonwealth Journal reports that 24 year old Henry Cassell Wade was from Decatur.

Army officials said Wade was killed in November of 1944.

Defense P.O.W.

Mia Accounting Agency press release says Wade died during a battle with German forces where fighting lasted four days.

He was declared non recoverable in 1951.

His remains were identified through DNA testing in 2021.

Habitat for Humanity of Pulaski County, Kentucky, is allowing people to share kind words on a framed door to remember former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who was a passionate volunteer.

Carter died November 19th.

Her husband, President Jimmy Carter, served in the White House from 1977 through 1981.

The Commonwealth Journal reports the door has been placed in the lobby of the Pulaski County Courthouse on the fountain square.

The Carters were regarded as the nonprofit's most famous volunteers with headlines around Kentucky.

I'm Toby Gibbs.