A HOPKINSVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED AND ANOTHER MAN HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING A THURSDAY AFTERNOON SHOOTING.  HOPKINSVILLE POLICE SAY 20-YEAR-OLD LEWIS A. SMITH AND 22-YEAR-OLD TAVARIS J. QUARLES WERE WALKING IN THE 100 BLOCK OF ELM STREET WHEN SMITH CONFRONTED QUARLES AND ACCUSED HIM OF BURGULARIZING HIS HOME.  WORDS WERE EXCHANGED, WITH SMITH SHOOTING QUARLES IN THE RIGHT LEG.  QUARLES WAS FIRST TREATED AT JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER AROUND 4:30, THEN TRANSFERRED TO VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER.  SMITH IS BEING HELD ON FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT CHARGES IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL.

MCCRACKEN COUNTY JAIL ESCAPEE DARRYL SCOTT WAS RECAPUTRED EARLY THIS MORNING.  WEST KENTUCKY STAR.COM REPORTS AUTHORITIES RECEIVED A TIP ON SCOTT'S WHEREABOUTS, WITH HIS CAR INTERCEPTED AROUND ONE A-M.  ORIGINALLY HELD ON BURGULARY AND DRUG RELATED CHARGES, SCOTT WILL FACE ADDITIONAL PENDING CHARGES.  SCOTT HAD ESCAPED FROM THE MCCRACKEN COUNTY JAIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

A MURRAY MAN WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY ON A NUMBER OF SEXUAL TRANSACTION CHARGES.  KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SAY 22-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW J. O' NEAL WAS INDICATED BY A CALLOWAY COUNTY GRAND JURY JUNE 16TH.  O'NEAL IS ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTED UNLAWFUL TRANSACTION WITH A MINOR AND TWO COUNTS OF USING AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TO PROCURE A MINOR FOR SEX OFFENSE.  THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.  O'NEAL IS BEING HELD IN THE CALLOWAY COUNTY JAIL ON A 25-THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH BOND.

TWO PADUCAH AREA RESIDENTS REMAIN HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION AT THEIR HOME WEDNESDAY MORNING.  WEST KENTUCKY STAR.COM REPORTS FREDDY AND DEBBY REED ARE BEING TREATED AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER.  THE PADUCAH SUN REPORTS INVESTIGATORS WITH THE STATE FIRE MARSHALS OFFICE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF A PROPANE GAS LEAK MAY HAVE TRIGGERED THE EXPLOSION.

THE KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET SAYS A PUBLIC MEETING CONCERNING WIDENING A PORTION OF U-S 68.80 IN TRIGG COUNTY THURSDAY EVENING WENT WELL.  SOME 75 RESIDENTS ATTENDED THE MEETING, WITH K-Y-T-C DISTRICT ONE CHIEF ENGINEER JIM LEFEVRE SAYING THEY WILL USE COMMENTS FROM THE MEETING TO TWEAK PLANS AS THEY MOVE FORWARD.  THE MEETING CONCERNED WIDENING TWO MILES OF THE 68/80 CORRIDOR FROM THE END OF THE LAWRENCE MEMORIAL BRIDGE NEAR CANTON TO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF KENTUCKY 14-89.