Nunn charged with murder

Lexington police have obtained an arrest warrant charging former state Rep. Steve Nunn with murder in the slaying of his former fiancée, Amanda Ross.

Nunn, 56, also was charged with violation of a protective order. The warrants have been served to Nunn, who is being held in the Hart County jail, police said.

Nunn, the son of former Gov. Louie B. Nunn, had been in The Medical Center at Bowling Green since Friday, when police found him in a Hart County cemetery with his wrists slit just hours after Ross was shot to death in Lexington.

Lexington police obtained the warrants late Monday evening — a few hours after Vice-Chief Regional District Judge Derek Reed had set Nunn's bond at $57,000 on six charges of wanton endangerment of a police officer in Hart County for allegedly firing a gun near police officers.

Nunn was taken to the Hart County Jail by Kentucky State Police shortly before 10:30 a.m. CDT Monday after spending the weekend in the hospital. He was scheduled to be back in court in Hart County at 11 a.m. next Monday for an arraignment.

Mrs. Emmons

Kathy Ann Whisman Emmons, 55, of Erlanger, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 at her residence.

She was born in Fleming County on Sept. 1, 1954, to the late Woodrow Whisman and Hazel Fry Whisman of Flemingsburg.

She is survived by her husband, Elgin Emmons of Erlanger.

Mrs. Emmons was director of Services Medsphere Inc., and had also worked at Saint Joseph Lexington as head of the laboratory.

She is also survived by two sons, Scott (Amy) Emmons of Lexington and Chris Emmons of Erlanger; one daughter, Lee Ann (Jeremy) Fogle of Fairfield, Ohio; five brothers, George (Peggy) Whisman, Charles (Judy) Whisman, Tommy ( Wilhemina) Whisman, Kenny (Ellen) Fry and Gary Fry, all of Fleming County; two sisters, Mary (Eddie) Hamilton of Sunman, Ind., and Nanny (Aulden) Manning of Flemingsburg; and five grandchildren, Katie, Molly and Jack Fogle and Isaiah and Benjamin Emmons.

Services are 11 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, at the Tilton United Methodist Church with Rev. Michael Rowe officiating.

Burial will follow in the Fleming County Cemetery in Fleming County.

Visitation is 5-9 p.m., Wednesday, at the Denton-Workman Funeral Home in Flemingsburg.

Donations may be made to the Morehead State University to the Fund of Excellence.