AFTERNOON HEADLINES 02/25
OFFICIALS WITH POST PUBLIC AFFAIRS SAY FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER 29-YEAR OLD STAFF SGT. JEROME FIRTAMAG OF POHNPEI, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA DIED IN HOSPICE CARE IN PEMBROKE THURSDAYAFTER BEING MEDICALLY EVACUATED FROM AFGHANISTAN DUE TO LIVER CANCER, WITH SGT. FIRTAMAG SURVIVED BY WIFE KIMBERLY FIRTAMAG OF HOPKINSVILLE.
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM DAMAGE SURVEY DETERMINED AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN THURSDAY EVENING ABOUT 3.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRACEY AND STAYED ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 5.5 MILES WITH WINDS UP TO 115 MILES PER HOUR.
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PADUCAH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE WARNING METEOROLOGIST RICK SHANKLIN SAYS FORECASTERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED TO IMPACT WESTERN KENTUCKY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHICH COULD PRODUCE MORE SEVERE WEATHER.
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FOUR CHILDREN OF AN AMISH FAMILY IN GRAVES COUNTY ALL PERISHED LATE THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN THEIR MOTHER ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THROUGH STANDING WATER OVER A ROADWAY IN A HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE.
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101 VEHICLES WITH TINTED WINDOWS WERE DRIVEN TO THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FRIDAY FOR OFFICERS TO CHECK THEIR LEGALITY, WITH ONLY FIVE OF THOSE CARS AND TRUCKS WINDOWS’ WITHIN THE LEGAL DARKNESS LIMITS.