By CARLA SLAVEY
Commonwealth Journal May 3, 2021
Dr. Robert Supinski
Captain Troy McLin of the Pulaski County Sheriffâs Office announced Friday afternoon that the body of Dr. Robert Supinski has been recovered from Lake Cumberland.
McLin said that the 66-year-old Supinski was found around 2:30 p.m. The body was recovered by Somerset-Pulaski County Rescue Squad divers after being located by sonar.
McLin said the body has been turned over to the Pulaski County Coronerâs Office.
Coroner Clyde Strunk confirmed that Supinskiâs body was recovered from an area that was around 80-foot deep.
The body will be taken to the State Medical Examinerâs Office in Louisville to determine a cause of death, Strunk said.
Volunteers begin clearing fire-damaged SRT building
Commonwealth Journal (Somerset, KY)
Somerset-Pulaski County Special Response Team s building, Chief
Doug Baker tried to look at the bright side. After all, it was a chance to do some spring cleaning, he said.
The building, several vehicles and a lot of equipment were severely damaged in a fire that took place Monday afternoon at the SRT s headquarters on
Stigall Drive.
On Saturday, workers were clearing out the building, throwing out anything that can t be used and saving anything that might be salvageable.
Baker said that next week a company called Servpro would come in and clean the equipment so that SRT can determine what can definitely be saved.
By CARLA SLAVEY
Commonwealth Journal May 1, 2021 1 of 2
The SRT s fire-damaged Mobile Command Center still sits within the SRT building on Stigall Drive. SRT Chief Doug Baker said it had to remain as-is until insurance investigators were finished with their work.
Carla Slavey
Volunteers, including firefighters from Lincoln County and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, were on hand to help sort through items at the SRT headquarters.
Carla Slavey
As volunteers helped to clean up what was left within the Somerset-Pulaski County Special Response Teamâs building, Chief Doug Baker tried to look at the bright side. After all, it was a chance to do some spring cleaning, he said.
By CARLA SLAVEY
CNHI Kentucky Apr 30, 2021
Apr 30, 2021
SOMERSET â Captain Troy McLin of the Pulaski County Sheriffâs Office announced Friday afternoon that the body of Dr. Robert Supinski has been recovered from Lake Cumberland.
McLin said that the 66-year-old Supinski was found around 2:30 p.m.
The body was recovered by Somerset-Pulaski County Rescue Squad divers after being located by sonar.
McLin said the body has been turned over to the Pulaski County Coronerâs Office.
Supinski apparently fell Wednesday afternoon over a 100-foot bluff while using a zero-turn mower on his property.
The search was being conducted in the Slate Branch area of Lake Cumberland. Along with the Rescue Squad, McLin said that an organization specializing in water location, Bruceâs Legacy, assisted in the search, as did the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
By CARLA SLAVEY
Commonwealth Journal Apr 28, 2021
Apr 28, 2021
Rescuers prepare to launch at the Slate Branch Boat Ramp to aid in the search of a missing man who was last seen mowing his lawn. Caleb Lowndes
First responders are searching an area of Lake Cumberland in the Slate Branch area for a missing man who was last seen mowing his lawn.
According to Captain Troy McLin of the Pulaski County Sheriffâs Office, Dr. Robert S. Supinski, 66, was last seen using a zero-turn riding mower on his property on Lake House Drive.
The property overlooks Lake Cumberland, and officials say it appeared that the mower may have slid over a bluff.