NEWS HEADLINES 09/18

AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ALLEGED ROBBERY OF SCOTT’S MARKET ON EAST NINTH STREET FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AS 22-YEAR OLD ANTWAIN LOVING OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ABOUT SEVEN HOURS LATER AND CHARGED WITH TAKING AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF CASH AFTER TELLING THE CLERK HE HAD A GUN.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HIT AND RUN INCIDENT FROM AROUND 3:30 THIS MORNING ON NORTH ELM STREET, WHEN A SUSPECT RAN INTO A VEHICLE AND HOUSE BEFORE FLEEING THE SCNEE.
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ARRESTED FOR HIS SECOND DUI THIS YEAR AFTER CAUSING A WRECK ON NORTH MCPHERSON STREET YESTERDAY EVENING WAS 27-YEAR OLD ZEBULON HIZINE OF HOPKINSVILLE, WHO REPORTEDLY BLEW A .246 ON A BREATH TEST.
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A WRECK ON SOUTH CAMPBELL STREET FRIDAY EVENING INVOLVING A PARKED CAR SENT 23-YEAR OLD DLISHA PAYNE AND 3-YEAR OLD TAKIYAH DAVIE OF HOPKINSVILLE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER FOR WHAT APPEARED TO BE MINOR INJURIES.
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ARRESTED ON COCAINE AND MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING CHARGES BY HOPKINSVILLE POLICE YESTERDAY WAS 20-YEAR OLD DEANTE SHARP OF HOPKINSVILLE AFTER POLICE SAY THEY FOUND DRUGS ON HIS PERSON AND IN HIS DURRETT AVENUE RESIDENCE IN ADDITION TO A LOADED PISTOL IN HIS WAISTBAND.
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AN UNKNOWN SUSPECT BROKE INTO 707 ROSE DRIVE YESTERDAY MORNING AND STOLE THREE FLATSCREEN TELEVISIONS, A WII GAME SYSTEM AND A COMPUTER PRINTER, VALUED AT A TOTAL OF $2,800.
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OFFICERS WITH THE ELKTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ISSUED 30 TRAFFIC CITATIONS AND 31 WRITTEN WARNINGS DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND OPENED 12 CRIMINAL CASES MAKING 12 CRIMINAL ARRESTS ACCORDING TO THE MONTHLY LOG PROVIDED TO CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK BY ELKTON POLICE CHIEF BRUCE MARKLIN.
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THE WHOP FAMILY OF STATIONS IS ASKING FOR ITS LISTENERS TO TAKE AN ONLINE SURVEY POSTED ON ITS WEBSITES AND FACEBOOK PAGE TO INDICATE HOW WE CAN BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE NEWS DEPARTMENT—ASKING QUESTIONS SUCH AS WHERE YOU LISTEN FROM AND WHAT KIND OF EVENTS YOU ARE MOST INTERESTED IN.
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KENTUCKY UTILITIES, WHICH PROVIDES ELECTRICITY TO CROFTON AND HOPKINS COUNTY, HAS BEEN TOLD BY THE KENTUCKY PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO CLEAN UP ITS CUSTOMER SERVICE RECORD AFTER A COMPUTER SOFTWARE MALFUNCTION TWO YEARS AGO CAUSED CUSTOMERS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH TO HAVE THEIR POWER MISTAKENLY TURNED OFF.
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NORTH CAROLINA NATIVE RODNEY POTEAT IS BANNED FROM DEER HUNTING AFTER KILLING A 14-POINT BUCK IN WARREN COUNTY AND TAKING IT ACROSS THE STATE LINE, WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYING POTEAT AGREED TO A TWO-YEAR BAN AS PART OF A PLEA DEAL.
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STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICIALS ARE TOUTING A RECENT STUDY SHOWING A QUICKER PACE OF PREPARING YOUTHS AND ADULTS FOR THE “REAL WORLD” AND FOR A CAREER.
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