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Top 20 Stories on KY3.com in 2011

The list is determined by the number of page views per story

December 20, 2011|by Paul Adler and Brad Belote, KY3 News | newsalerts@ky3.com
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13. Will Norton's body found  (May 28)  The numbers look increasingly bleak for families hoping for the best after a monster tornado that devastated the town of Joplin, as the city has raised the death toll to at least 142 and state officials say 100 people are still missing.  Thousands more people far beyond Joplin had been waiting for good news about a teen believed to have been ejected or sucked from his vehicle on the way home from graduation. Several social networking efforts specifically focused on finding information about Will Norton. But his family says he, too, is among the dead -- found in a pond near where his truck was located.

14. Woody Justice dies (Oct. 24)  A businessman well known for his whimsical ads and his "Wokka Wokka" diamonds, Woody Justice, has died.  

15. Royal wedding cake recipe (April 29) Local chocolatier shares a recipe on Taste of the Ozarks just before the royal wedding. 

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16. Monkey injures girl (Aug 16) Monkeys seem cute and harmless, but one family is seriously concerned for their daughter's health after what they call a monkey attack.  They're also frustrated at how the incident was handled. As 8-year-old Tayce Nickel, her parents and three siblings were going to get back-to-school hair cuts, they got an unexpected surprise.  The SUV they parked next to in the parking lot contained a monkey. "As we got out, Tayce, being 8 years old, wanted to see the monkey, so she got out, looked up at the monkey, said, 'Hi,' and he gave the animal just enough slack to where it could jump out, grab her by her hair, and bite her on the forehead," said Mike Weeks.

17. Abby Dyer's biography New meteorologist joins KY3. 

18. 13-year-old performs abortion (News Share from KTLA)  A 30-year-old man in Kunkletown, Pa., has been charged with raping a 13-year-old neighbor who got pregnant and burying the body after the girl performed a home abortion.  Michael James Lisk was arrested after the girl was treated at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest for complications from the abortion.

19. Willinghams murder (July 8)  Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott says two people of interest for the Willinghams murder case are in custody on unrelated charges.  He updated the investigation at a news conference on Friday morning.  One person of interest was arrested within 72 hours of the murders of Don and Helen Willingham, another later.

20.Ted Williams Homeless (Jan. 7) The golden pipes of Ohio's Ted Williams has put a new spin on the plight of the homeless.  But some fear his story may encourage the wrong trend. Williams has been offered voice-over jobs and money after people heard this former d.j. fell on hard times and has been living on the streets for 10-years. The former homeless men now taking classes at Victory Mission think Williams' story is "pretty cool."

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