AFTERNOON HEADLINES 09/12

TRAIL OF TEARS INDIAN POW-WOW ORGANIZER PEG HAYS SAYS THIS YEAR’S EVENT WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL EVER, ATTRACTING APROXIMATELY 5,000 ATTENDEES TO THE PARK ON EAST NINTH STREET, THANKS IN LARGE PART TO IDEAL WEATHER AND RAIN THAT HELD OFF UNTIL MOST OF THE FESTIVITIES HAD CONCLUDED.
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ELKTON CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO ADDRESS ITS PROPERTY TAX RATE THIS EVENING AT 7, WITH CITY CLERK/TREASURER LAURA BROCK SAYING COUNCIL COULD VOTE TO KEEP ITS 24.8 CENTS PER 100 DOLLARS OF ASSESSED VALUE RATE, OR A 24 CENT PER 100 DOLLARS RATE TO MAINTAIN THE SAME REVENUE STREAM.
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FOREST FIRE SEASON IS COMING UP IN KENTUCKY AND DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY SPOKESPERSON LYNN TRUE SAYS LEFT OVER BRUSH FROM THE 2009 ICE STORM STILL POSES A RISK IN WESTERN KENTUCKY, ESPECIALLY IF WE GO THROUGH ANOTHER DRY SPELL.
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A MAN FOUND DEAD BEHIND A STRAWBERRY ALLEY APARTMENT IN CLARKSVILLE FRIDAY MORNING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 41-YEAR OLD GREGORY BARTEE, WHO IS LISTED AS HOMELESS, WITH FOUL PLAY NOT SUSPECTED.
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A MOTORCYCLE VERSUS CAR REAR-END COLLISSION ON THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY IN NORTH CHRSTIAN COUNTY SATURDAY EVENING SENT 23-YEAR OLD JOHN SCHIRTZINGER OF MURRAY TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER FOR A GASH ON HIS FACE.
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A 53-YEAR OLD CLARKSVILLE MAN WITH A CONCEALED WEAPON CARRY PERMIT THWARTED A ROBBERY ATTEMPT YESTERDAY, WHEN A BLACK MALE APPROACHED HIM AT A CAR WASH DEMANDING HIS WALLET—ONLY TO RUN FROM THE SCENE AFTER SEEING THE WOULD-BE VICTIM’S HANDGUN.
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CLARKSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HOME INVASION AT A JENNY LANE RESIDENCE FROM SUNDAY MORNING, WHEN THREE JUVENILE FEMALES FORCED THEIR WAY INTO A HOME AFTER ASKING TO USE THE PHONE AND STOLE A COMPUTER, CELL PHONE, WALLET AND CASH.
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AN ELECTRICAL CREW WILL BE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON THE NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTS ON THE U.S. 68-80 CUMBERLAND RIVER-LAKE BARKLEY BRIDGE IN TRIGG COUNTY TUESDAY, CREATING A SLOW DOWN IN TRAFFIC WHEN FLAGGERS WILL REDUCE TRAFFIC TO ONE LANE.
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