{"id":869178,"date":"2026-06-15T15:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T15:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/869178\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T15:44:20","slug":"black-bear-spotted-in-morehead-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/869178\/","title":{"rendered":"Black bear spotted in Morehead, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">MOREHEAD, Ky. (WKYT) &#8211; A black bear was spotted in Morehead over the June 12 weekend according to authorities. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyt.com\/page\/wkyt-apps-for-ios-and-android-devices\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"WKYT Streaming Apps\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781538260_97_MEPHTWNVMREWLEQQWWFJM27ZMA.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Morehead Police Department says a black bear was seen in the county. Police say while it doesn\u2019t mean the bear will make its way into the city, preparation is important. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Police ask for any sightings to be reported to them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Authorities say some important safety tips are:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list | article-list\">\n<li>Give the bear plenty of space<\/li>\n<li>Keep trash, pet food, and grills secured<\/li>\n<li>Bring in bird feeders for now<\/li>\n<li>Never corner a bear, let it wander on its way<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WKYT. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MOREHEAD, Ky. (WKYT) &#8211; A black bear was spotted in Morehead over the June 12 weekend according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":869179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[27],"tags":[8170,2418,7026,3040,4155,357,64781,353848,7207,8152,159,18374,67,132,68,837],"class_list":["post-869178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-authorities","tag-bear","tag-black","tag-department","tag-june","tag-kentucky","tag-ky","tag-morehead","tag-police","tag-safety","tag-science","tag-tips","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-wildlife"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116754898706723600","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}