News Headlines 10/26/11

GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT PROPULSYS OF HOPKINSVILLE PLANS TO INVEST 9.5 MILLION DOLLARS AT ITS LOCAL FACILITY.

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KENTUCKY GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE DAVID WILLIAMS AND SECRETARY OF STATE CANDIDATE BILL JOHNSON WERE IN HOPKINSVILLE YESTERDAY MORNING TO RALLY UP SUPPORT AMONG LOCAL REPUBLICANS.

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CHRISTIAN COUNTY DISTRICT FIVE MAGISTRATE JIM FLEMMING PROPOSED THE IDEA OF CUTTING BACK COURT TO SIX MAGISTRATES DURING YESTERDAY MORNING’S MEETING OF FISCAL COURT, SAYING IT WOULD SAVE FUNDS AND COULD BE DONE AS SQUIRES RETIRE OR DECIDE NOT TO RUN AGAIN.

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ABSENTEE VOTING IS UNDERWAY IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY, WITH COUNTY CLERK MIKE KEM SAYING THOSE WHO WON’T BE IN THE COUNTY ON ELECTION DAY CAN VOTE AT THE COURTHOUSE DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS AND ON THE MORNING OF SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH.

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KENTUCKY SECRETARY OF STATE ELAINE WALKER SAYS SHE ONLY EXPECTS A TURNOUT OF 25 PERCENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH’S REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE UPCOMING GENERAL ELECTION, CONSIDERING ONLY 9,500 ABSENTEE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN CAST COMPARED TO 37,000 AT THE SAME TIME FOUR YEARS AGO.

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WINTER OUTLOOK FOR KENTUCKY IS FOR HIGHER PRECIPITATION THAN NORMAL AND AN EQUAL CHANCE FOR HIGHER OR LOWER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES—THOUGH FORECASTERS SAY THE DEVIL WILL BE IN THE TEMPERATURE DETAILS WHEN ANY GIVEN STORM APPROACHES.

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 CLARKSVILLE POLICE NEED YOUR HELP IN LOCATING TYLER HODGES BROWN, WHO’S LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS 16-04 PARADISE HILL ROAD IN CLARKSVILLE, POLICE SAY HE IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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KENTUCKY STATE POLICE CHARGED 45-YEAR OLD WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER BIRDSONG OF MURRAY WITH 25 COUNTS OF 1ST DEGREE SEX ABUSE INVOLVING A VICTIM UNDER THE AGE OF 12.

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