On Monday, May 19, the Laurel County Fire Department shared a post in honor of Major Roger Leslie Leatherman after confirming ...

Major Leslie Leatherman, a 39-year veteran of the Laurel County Fire Department, was tragically killed while responding to a ...

Wattenbarger said he likely saved her life by shielding her with his own. He explained that Leatherman was a true lea ...

One of the tragic deaths related to a tornado that struck Laurel Co. on Friday night was a firefighter who died shielding his ...

He spent his life protecting the community and in the end, he did the same thing,” Kentucky fire chief says about Major Roger ...

A Major with the Laurel County Fire Department died while responding to the devastating tornado that struck Laurel County, ...

In a statement, the Laurel County Fire Department called Leatherman’s actions “the highest ideals of public service and ...

The community of Laurel County, Kentucky, is grieving the loss of more than a dozen people, including a firefighter who spent ...

Because of the dark, stormy conditions, Laurel County Fire Department officials are unsure if he knew who he was saving.

LEXINGTON, Ky. ( WKYT /Gray News) – A firefighter in Kentucky died Saturday morning after being injured while responding to ...

A Laurel County firefighter who spent nearly 40 years serving his community died Friday night while protecting others during the devastating tornado outbreak in southern Kentucky.

Just before 3 p.m., the Laurel County Fire Department confirmed Maj. Roger Leslie Leatherman was fatally injured while ...