Local News
News Headlines for: 3/11/10
8TH DISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY(D-HOPKINSVILLE) SAYS THE $17.5 BILLION BUDGET AND $3.4 BILLION ROAD PLAN ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE INCLUDES $9-MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN CHRISTIAN AND TRIGG COUNTIES, WHICH HE SERVES.
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A 'TIP' FROM A NATIVE TO MEMBERS OF THE 1-0H-1ST AIRBORNE DIVISION'S 3RD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM HAS RESULTED IN THE RECOVERY OF A MASSIVE AMMUNITIONS CACHE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HUNDREDS OF THE DREADED 'IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES'.
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THIS WEEK'S FUGITIVES FROM CRIMESTOPPERS ARE BOTH NAMED IN WARRANTS ON FILE, WITH CASH REWARDS TO BE PAID FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARRESTS OF 25-YEAR OLD BRADLEY ROBINSON, A WHITE MALE, 5' 9'/140, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS ON THE EMPIRE RD, AND 48-YEAR OLD FENLON PEACHER, SR., A BLACK MALE, 5' 7'/140, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS ON GANT ST. INFORMATION WILL BE RECEIVED AT 887-TIPS, ACCORDING TO OFFICER PAUL RAY, WHO SAYS TIPSTERS NEED NOT GIVE THEIR NAMES AND THEY WILL NEVER HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT.
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A TRAFFIC INCIDENT ON WEST 2ND ST. AT RIVERFRONT DRIVE WEDNESDAY MORNING INVOLVING A PARKED CAR AND A FIRE HYDRANT SENT THE DRIVER,56-YEAR OLD JOANNE ROGERS OF 14-11 E 1ST ST. AND A PASSENGER, 83-YEAR OLD LUCY ROGERS OF 1706 E. 7TH ST. TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO BURGLARIES OF NOTE, WITH ITEMS WITH A COMBINED VALUE OF $4860 MISSING FROM THE HOME OF TORREY HURT AT 2537-A FAULKNER DR. AND A SAFE AND ITS CONTENTS WITH A COMBINED VALUE OF $50 TAKEN FROM THE HOME OF DOROTHY BRONAUGH AT 400 W. 2ND ST.
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THE CADIZ MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION IS SPONSORING THE FIRST-EVER TRIGG COUNTY 'CIVIL WAR DAYS' EVENT, WHICH IS SET FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY AT WEST CADIZ PARK AND ELSEWHERE, WITH TWO BATTLE REENACTMENTS SCHEDULED, ALONG WITH SELF-GUIDED TOURS OF EAST END CEMETERY, WHERE THE GRAVES OF CONFEDERATE AND UNION SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN MARKED. THE EDGAR CAYCE SEMINAR WILL BE NEXT WEEKEND.
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A TENNESSEE STATE SENATOR SAYS A STATE INCOME TAX IS INEVITABLE BECAUSE OF THE POOR STATE OF THE ECONOMY AND THAT'S WHY HE'S PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PERMANENTLY OUTLAW SUCH A LEVY;HOWEVER, OTHERS SAY THE ACTIONS OF SENATOR BRIAN KELSEY OF GERMANTOWN CONSTITUTE 'POLITICAL PANDERING' AND THAT THE CONSTITUTION ALREAY SAYS AN INCOME TAX IS NOT ALLOWED IN TENNESSEE.
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RECENTLY-NAMED REGISTRAR AT MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY TINA COLLINS GREW UP IN CLARKSVILLE AND WORKED AT AUSTIN PEAY 13 YEARS.
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STATE SENATOR JOEY PENDLETON CO-SPONSORED LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD ALLOW SURVIVING SPOUSES OF VETERANS WITH PURPLE HEARTS TO CONTINUE TO DISPLAY LICENSE PLATES PROCLAIMING THEIR SERVICE.
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FIRES IN TODD COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND REQUIRED THE SERVICES OF NO FEWER THAN 5 DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING TWO IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY.
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FORMER RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE SHERIFF'S DETECTIVE RON KILLINGS, WHO WAS RECENTLY EXONERATED IN THE TRAFFIC DEATH OF A HOPKINSVILLE GIRL IN MURFREESBORO IN 2-THOUSAND 8, FACES ANOTHER TRIAL IN CONNECTION WITH THE INCIDENT.
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News Headlines for: 3/10/10
ELKTON BUSINESSMAN BILL JOHNSON HAS DROPPED OUT OF THE REPUBLICAN U-S SENATE PRIMARY RACE. JOHNSON SAYS A POLL FOR THE CAMPAIGN COMPLETED TUESDAY INDICATED THE RESULTS WERE NOT ENCOURAGING FOR JOHNSON TO CONTINUE HIS RUN. JOHNSON SAYS FOR NOW HE WILL NOT ENDORSE EITHER BOWLING GREEN DOCTOR RAND PAUL OR SECRETARY OF STATE TREY GRAYSON. JOHNSON ADDS HE WILL OFFER HIS FULL SUPPORT TO WHOMEVER WINS THE PRIMARY ELECTION IN MAY. THE HOPKINSVILLE WATER ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY HAS TOLD THE CITY OF OAK GROVE IT WILL NOT APPLY FOR SEWER UPGRADE FUNDING UNTIL THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER OF THE OAK GROVE VILLAGE MALL SIGN AN AGREEMENT. THE EAGLE POST REPORTS A LETTER WAS SENT MARCH 1ST BY H-W-E-A’S ATTORNEY JACK LACKEY WHICH SAYS SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IS NEEDED TO PROVIDE A SEWER SERVICE UPGRADE AND THREE MILLION IS NEEDED FOR ADEQUATE WATER SERVICE. H-W-E-A AS A PUBLIC AGENCY FOR THE CITY OF HOPKINSVILLE HAS TO GET HOPKINSVILLE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL BEFORE APPLYING FOR LOANS. HOPKINSVILLE MAYOR DAN KEMP HAS REQUESTED H-W-E-A GET APPROVAL FROM OAK GROVE CITY COUNCIL AND AN AGREEMENT FROM THE MALL DEVELOPER BEFORE PRESENTING THE LOAN REQUEST TO CITY COUNCIL. AN OAK GROVE CITY POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FROM DUTIES PENDING THE RESULT OF AN INVESTIGATION. THE EAGLE POST NEWSPAPER SAYS SEARGENT VINCENT BROWN IS SUSPENDED WHILE THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. HOWEVER CITY OFFICIALS WILL NOT OFFER AN EXPLANTION INTO THE INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME. A MARSHALL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HAS DIED. WEST KENTUCKY STAR. COM REPORTS 15-YEAR-OLD COURTNEY KOHLER WAS AT VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN SHE COLLAPSED. THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS NOT KNOWN, PENDING AN AUTOPSY AT THE WEST KENTUCKY REGIONAL MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE IN MADISONVILLE. A DAVIESS COUNTY YOUTH WHO WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE LAST WEEKEND HAS DIED. W-E-H-T T-V, EVANSVILLE REPORTS 13-YEAR-OLD MADELINE MATLOCK DIED WEDNESDAY AT A LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL. THE DAVIESS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAYS MATLOCK WAS STRUCK BY A DARK COLORED FORD BRONCO IN THE 57-HUNDRED BLOCK OF OLD KENTUCKY 54 SATURDAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DRIVER FLED THE SCENE. CALDWELL COUNTY’S TAX ADMINISTRATOR IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE PRINCETON TIMES LEADER REPORTS QUESTIONS ABOUT CREDIT CARD EXPENDITURES FROM JANIE KIRK’S OFFICE HAVE RESULTED IN HER SUSPENSION FROM OFFICE AND AN INVESTIGATION BY THE COMMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. CALDWELL FISCAL COURT VOTED TUESDAY FOLLOWING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO SUSPEND KIRK WITH PAY WHILE THE INVESTIGATION TAKES PLACE. JUDGE EXECUTIVE BROCK THOMAS DID NOT ELABORATE ON THE NATURE OF CONCERNS BEING INVESTIGATED OR HOW LONG THE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE. A FORMER FREDONIA AREA RESIDENT WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH AN ASSAULT IN PADUCAH MONDAY HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD IN NORTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY. THE PRINCETON TIMES LEADER REPORTS THE BODY OF 38-YEAR-OLD KURT D. BURRIS WAS FOUND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING IN A WOODED AREA NEAR FREDONIA. CALDWELL COUNTY SHERIFF STAN HUDSON SAYS THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. PADUCAH POLICE RESPONDED TO A REPORT LATE MONDAY NIGHT OF AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN BURRIS AND 44-YEAR-OLD LARRY YATES OF PADUCAH. INVESTIGATORS SAY BURRIS TOOK YATES VEHICLE, WHICH WAS FOUND TUESDAY NEAR THE CRIME SCENE.
News Headlines for: 3/10/10
CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAILER BRAD BOYD SAYS A COST-CUTTING MEASURE IN THE CORRECTIONS CABINET IN WHICH 2,000 NON-VIOLENT FELONS WILL BE RELEASED WILL MERELY TRANSFER THE COST TO THE COUNTIES.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT BRADY LINK SAYS THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL BE ASKED TO APPROVE A FINAL CALENDAR FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR AT NEXT WEEK'S MEETING, CALLING FOR SCHOOL TO END THE LAST FRIDAY IN MAY.
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THREE HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY IN CONNECTION WITH POSSESSION OF TWO 'SOFT-PELLET' AIR-POWERED GUNS.
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OUT OF CONSIDERATION FOR SCHOOL SYSTEMS WHICH HAVE LITTLE TO OFFER IN THE WAY OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION FOR OLDER STUDENTS, THE BILL RAISING THE HIGH SCHOOL 'DROP OUT' RATE FROM 16 TO 18 HAS BEEN DEFERRED.
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PENNYROYAL HOSPICE HAS A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WITH KELLY MARTIN BRINGING OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY FROM FLORIDA.
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CHRISTIAN FISCAL COURT MAGISTRATES APPROVED A $149,000 PAYMENT OF STATE MONEY FOR THE TRILOGY CENTER FOR DRUG-DEPENDENT WOMEN AND ALMOST $96,000 ON THE ROOFING PROJECT AT THE JAIL AS THEY MET TUESDAY.
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HOPKINSVILLE RESIDENT AMY WATSON WAS PRESENTED AN 'EMMY' FOR EXCELLENCE DURING THE RECENT MID-SOUTH AWARDS BANQUET FOR HER PART IN THE TELECAST OF THE 4TH OF JULY 'LET FREEDOM RING' RIVERFRONT CELEBRATION TELECAST BY WTVF, CHANNEL 5, WHERE MS. WATSON CO-ANCHORS THE 'MORNING NEWS'.
News Headlines for: 3/09/10
FORMER LONG-TIME HOPKINSVILLE CITY COUNCILMAN RICHARD COVINGTON SAYS HE WILL RUN AN 'OPEN ADMINSTRATION' WITH NO INFLUENCE FROM 'SPECIAL INTERESTS' IF HE'S ELECTED MAYOR, WITH COVINGTON KICKING OFF HIS CAMPAIGN AT THE FORMER TOM WADE'S MEN'S STORE DOWNTOWN MONDAY NIGHT.
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THE BRAZEWAY CORPORATION, WHICH OPERATES A PLANT IN HOPKINSVILLE, IS MENTIONED IN AN ARTICLE IN FRIDAY'S 'NEW YORK TIMES',WHICH POINTS OUT THAT THE MANUFACTURER OF TUBING FOR REFRIGERATORS HAS 'TRIMMED' ITS WORKFORCE BY MORE THAN 30-PERCENT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
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THE HOPKINSVILLE KIWANIS CLUB IS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THEIR ANNUAL TWO-DAY SOAP BOX DERBY EVENT, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON BETHEL STREET, NEXT TO THE LIBRARY, ON JUNE 11TH AND 12TH.
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A TWO VEHICLE CRASH ON FT. CAMPBELL BOULEVARD AT THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY MONDAY MORNING SENT THE DRIVERS, 34-YEAR OLD JOHN DAWSON OF DAWSON SPRINGS AND 61-YEAR OLD EDITH STIRSMAN OF MUHLENBERG COUNTY, TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER.
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CITY POLICE ARRESTED 39-YEAR OLD HENRY LEE BURTON OF FOXFIELD DRIVE FOR BURGLARY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AFTER HE ENTERED AN APARTMENT AT PENNYRILE VILLAGE WHERE HE WAS NOT KNOWN.
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STATE TROOPER MARK FRANKLIN CHARGED 26-YEAR OLD JAMES T. MITCHELL AND 23-YEAR OLD CHARLES E. DANIELS OF HOPKINSVILLE WITH MANUFACTURING AND TRAFFICKING METHAMPHETAMINES FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP FOR SPEEDING ON THE SHAW-OVIL ROAD MONDAY AFTERNOON.
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IF YOU FELT LIKE IT WAS A 'COLDER WINTER' THAN USUAL, YOU'RE RIGHT, ACCORDING TO THE PADUCAH OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WHICH SAYS THE 2-THOUSAND 9/2-THOUSAND 10 'METEROLOGICAL WINTER', WHICH IS DEFINED AS THE THREE MONTH PERIOD FROM DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY, IS THE 6TH COLDEST ON RECORD FOR PADUCAH, WHERE RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1937.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HAS COME UNDER CRITICISM FROM CONGRESS FOR ITS SUSPENSION OF A PROGRAM AIMED AT GIVING THE SPOUSES OF SOLDIERS MORE 'PORTABLE' SKILLS WHICH WILL HELP THEM AS THEIR SPOUSES ARE TRANSFERRED.
