Local farmer's cows killed when struck by lightning

By Jennifer Corbett

Sun Summer Intern

It had seemed like a normal day when Kevin Coulter left six cows and a bull to graze near a tree on his farm July 21.

Soon it began to rain, so Coulter waited an hour before he went back to his cattle.

But when he came back, all of them were dead. They had all been struck by lightning.

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