Searchers report that they have found missing Ironton man alive

Published 3:51 pm Saturday, July 20, 2024

By Mark Shaffer

Scott Hern, of Ironton, has not been seen since the Fourth of July. Search teams are looking for him in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky. (submitted photo)

CAMPTON, Ky. — Rescue teams are reporting that missing Ironton man Scott Hern has been located and is alive.

Wolfe County Search & Rescue Team posted on Facebook that Hern is in need of medical attention and teams are now working on evacuating him by air from a remote location in Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky.

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