Lawn Mower

WINCHESTER POLICE Charged — William J. Estes, 36, of 250 Oxford Drive, Apt. 43, was charged Friday with public intoxication, second-degree criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, fourth-degree assault, possessing operator’s license while privileges are revoked and third-degree criminal mischief. — Mervin Eugene Havens, 33, of 11 Madison Ave., was charged Saturday with violation of an EPO/DVO and fourth-degree assault. — Norman G. Havens, 30, of 12 Lincoln St., was charged Friday with fourth-degree assault.

Winchester Cemetery employee Bobby Richardson sends a pile of leaves flying with a leaf blower toward one of the cemetery roads, clearing the leaves from around the many headstones in the cemetery. Once the leaves were in the roadway, Brendan Ballard began the process of mulching them with a lawn mower.

The dogwood borer prefers flowering dogwood as its hosts. Infestations in young trees usually occur in the main trunk, often around lawn mower injuries. Infestations in order trees are likely to be higher up in limb crotches or main limbs and associated with pruning scars, cankers, or cracked bark. Dogwood trees planted in the sun are more susceptible than trees in the shade. Symptoms include dieback of branches and coarse, sawdust-like frass expelled from cracks in the bark. This insect species is widely distributed wherever dogwoods are cultivated.

A fire severely damaged a detached garage at 106 Carolyn Lane, off Vince Road, early Thursday morning. The Jessamine County Fire District received the call around 6:15 a.m., and upon arriving, they found flames shooting through the roof of the building. It took the fire district about five minutes to gain control of the blaze. Fire Chief Mike Rupard said the fire appeared to have started near the rear of the building. "It looked like the fire originated near the riding lawn mower," he said.

PERRYVILLE - A 4-year-old girl was airlifted to the University of Kentucky Medical Center after being injured in a lawn mower accident Saturday at her home at 260 Claunch Road. The girl was identified as Natalie Perez. Her grandfather, Danny Jones, said he was cutting the yard when Natalie tried to climb his riding lawn mower. She slipped and lodged her foot under the mower, cutting off part of her big toe, Jones said. "I told her all morning to get off of it, but she wouldn't listen," Jones said.

YOSEMITE - Three Casey County residents were injured Friday night when two cars collided on Ky. 70 near Yosemite. Kentucky State Police said Shana Wethington, 17, of Liberty was eastbound about 9 p.m. when she crossed the centerline in a curve. Her 2000 Ford Escort struck a 1994 Jeep operated by Merida Simmons, 45, Kings Mountain. Both vehicles left the roadway, police said. Wethington, Simmons and Tammy Campbell, age 43, of Yosemite, a passenger in Simmons' car, were transported to Casey County Hospital where they were treated and released.

HARRODSBURG - A Mercer County man has been indicted for having property belonging to a Woodford County woman who has been missing since October. Richard Kincaid, 42, of Salvisa also is considered a suspect in the disappearance of Patricia Last, 65. Kincaid worked on Last's horse farm near Versailles and was one of the last people to see her before she went missing on Oct. 10. "Let's just say he's a suspect based on the fact that he was in possession of her property," Versailles Detective Beth Thompson said Thursday.