AFTERNOON HEADLINES 2/7

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT MONDAY MORNING BEGAN WITH TURNED INTO A “WINTER STORM WARNING” AND FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF THE “WHITE STUFF” FELL ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE, WITH UPWARDS OF 10 INCHES IN MARSHALL COUNTY.
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NO FEWER THAN THREE CHRISTIAN AND TRIGG COUNTY SCHOOL BUSES SLIPPED OFF THE ROAD OR GOT STUCK ON A HILL IN THE SNOW, AFTER NEARLY EVERY SCHOOL SYSTEM LET OUT EARLY.
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THE HEAVY WET SNOW CAUSED 112 PENNYRILE ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS IN CHRSITIAN COUNTY TO LOSE POWER, 190 IN TRIGG AND 25 IN TODD; ACCORDING TO BRENT GILKEY, WHILE NO PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED BY HOPKINSVILLE ELECTRIC SYSTEM.
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STATE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A 17-YEAR OLD IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF 9-YEAR OLD AMY R. DYE NEAR TRENTON OVER THE WEEKEND, WITH WHOP NEWS CONFIRMING THAT THE VICTIM'S BROTHER; 17-YEAR OLD GARRETT DYE OF THE DOGWOOD ROAD HOME, WAS AMONG THOSE QUESTIONED FRIDAY NIGHT, THOUGH KSP CAN'T CONFIRM HE WAS ARRESTED DUE TO THE SUSPECT BEING A JUVENILE.
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DEMOCRATIC SECRETARY OF STATE CANDIDATE ALLISON LUNDERGAN GRIMES WAS IN HOPKINSVILLE MONDAY AND SAID SHE WOULD WORK TO BE SURE THE BALLOTS OF ALL MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN WOULD BE COUNTED, NO MATTER WHERE THEY WERE STATIONED AT THE TIME.
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