WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks Monday on the Senate floor regarding the severe weather throughout Kentucky:

“This past weekend, the people of Kentucky endured significant severe weather. The storms that ripped through the Commonwealth on Friday caused mass power outages, localized flooding, and high winds that reached up to 75 miles an hour. At least one tornado was recorded in western Kentucky.

SALISBURY, MD (March 6, 2023) – The Maryland State Police (MSP) is reporting that an MSP Trooper and two others were injured after the departmental vehicle he was driving crashed into stopped traffic early Monday morning March 6, 2023 in Wicomico County.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, OR (March 6, 2023) - The Oregon State Police is reporting that on Friday, March 3, 2023, Troopers from the OSP, Bend office, arrested Audrey Cooper McHugh 29 from her residence in Bend, in connection to her involvement in a triple fatal motor vehicle collision on near MP 114.

GRAVES COUNTY, KY - The Graves County Sheriff's Office is reporting that on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at approximately 6:50 AM, Deputies with the Graves County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single-vehicle injury collision near the 21 mile marker of State Route 80 East.

FRANKFORT, KY - The Kentucky State Police (KSP) is reporting that KSP Post 12, Frankfort has been contacted by citizens in the post area regarding a phone scam. Citizens have received calls from someone stating they are a trooper with Kentucky State Police and there is civil litigation against them. The caller then demands an immediate payment over the phone to avoid being arrested.

LONDON, KY (March 5, 2023) - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's K-9/shift Sgt. Gary Mehler arrested Bridgett Carrie Evans age 46 of Corbin on Friday evening March 3, 2023 at approximately 5:51 PM.