Midday Headlines 7.27.11

THE MAN CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF A TRIGG COUNTY WOMAN IN 2002 IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT THURSDAY.

THE CADIZ RECORD REPORTS 34-YEAR-OLD CLAUDE RUSSELL IS TO BE ARRAIGNED AT THE TRIGG COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT 11 A-M. RUSSELL TURNED HIMSELF IN TO AUTHORITIES LAST WEEK AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF SHANTELL HUMPHRIES BY A TRIGG COUNTY GRAND JURY. RUSSELL WAS ORIGINALLY ARRESTED IN 2002, BUT THE CASE WAS DISMISSED IN 2003 BECAUSE AT THAT TIME THERE WASN’T ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT HIM.

WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE AN APPEARANCE AT FORT CAMPBELL EARLIER THIS YEAR, IT WAS REPORTED GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR WAS ACCUSED OF SNUBBING THE PRESIDENT BY NOT MAKING AN APPEARANCE.

HOWEVER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS BESHEAR WAS NEVER INVITED TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE. THE A-P OBTAINED COPIES OF EMAILS FROM BESHEAR ADVISERS WHO SAY AN INVITATION WAS NEVER SENT. THAT WAS CONFIRMED BY A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL, WHO SAID NO ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM KENTUCKY WERE INVITED TO THE EVENT. OBAMA CAME TO FORT CAMPBELL TO HONOR THE NAVY SEALS WHO KILLED AL QUIDA LEADER OSAMA BIN LADEN.

THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN AS MANY YEARS, THE SEARCH FOR A SUPERINTENDANT FOR C-D-E LIGHTBAND   HAS FIZZLED OUT.

THE NEW C-D-E POWER BOARD WAS BRIEFED TUESDAY BY THE CONSULTANT HIRED TO FIND A NEW SUPERINTENDANT.

THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES FOR THE JOB PULLED THEIR NAMES FROM CONSIDERATION AMID POLITICAL UPHEAVAL ON THE C-D-E BOARD AND THE UNCERTAINTY OF C-D-E’S STATUS WITHIN CLARKSVILLE CITY GOVERNMENT.

THE CONSULTANT TOLD THE BOARD A NEW SEARCH WOULD HAVE TO BE CONDUCTED ALMOST FROM SCRATCH. HE ALSO SUGGESTED THE BOARD NOT RUSH INTO A QUICK HIRING, CITING C-D-E’S FRAGILE PUBLIC IMAGE.

ALMOST 15-HUNDRED AND FIFTY STUDENTS IN THE CLARKSVILLE- MONTGOMERY COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL BE CHANGING SCHOOLS FROM THE ONES THEY ARE CURRENTLY ZONED FOR BEGINNING IN THE 2012-13 SCHOOL YEAR.

THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS THE CLARKSVILLE-MONTGOMERY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD WAS PRESENTED WITH THE REZONING PLAN DURING A TUESDAY EVENING MEETING.

MOST OF THE STUDENTS AFFECTED LIVE IN NORTH CLARKSVILLE AND THE EASTERN THIRD OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY DOWN TO SANGO. SCHOOLS DIRECTOR MIKE HARRIS SAYS THE PLAN WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN PHASES TO MINIMIZE DISRPUTNESS TO FAMILIES.