Hey Pancho, This near you and Jan ???????? Flesh-eating bacteria probe in Kentucky OWENSBORO, Ky., July 22 (UPI) - State health officials are trying to determine (Thursday) whether there's been an outbreak of the deadly flesh-eating bacteria in a western Kentucky county. But officials say it may be mere coincidence that since May four older adults in Ohio County have been stricken by the fast-moving bacteria and needed emergency surgery to remove infected tissue.