HEADLINES 02/27
MUCH OF WESTERN KENTUCKY STILL REMAINS IN THE “MODERATE RISK” AREA FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING, WITH FORECASTER CHRIS KNOWLES SAYING TORNADOS, HIGH WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING ARE ALL POSSIBILITIES IN THE REGION.
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 9PM THROUGH NOON MONDAY FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY AS ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN COULD EXASERBATE PROBLEMS CREATED BY THURSDAY NIGHT’S STORMS.
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CITY POLICE ARRESTED 28-YEAR OLD JENNIFER BURSE OF HOPKINSVILLE AROUND 5:15 SUNDAY MORNING FOR ALLEGEDLY STABBING BENJAMIN BELL AT THE PENNYRILE APARTMENTS, THOUGH SHE SAYS SHE DEFENDED HERSELF WITHOUT USING A KNIFE AFTER HE ATTACKED HER FOR SMOKING THE LAST OF HIS COCAINE.
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MEANWHILE, 26-YEAR OLD CHRISTINE TAYLOR OF CLARKSVILLE WAS ARRESTED ON SOUTH O’NEAL STREET SATURDAY MORNING ON CHARGES OF TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA AFTER POLICE SAY THEY FOUND THE ILLEGAL WEED ON HER DURING A TRAFFIC STOP.
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY’S BILL TO CHANGE THE WAY THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM TREATS DRUG OFFENDERS HAS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND FRANKFORT AND WILL LIKELY SEE A FULL SENATE VOTE MONDAY, WITH REPUBLICAN REPRESENATIVE MYRON DOSSETT SAYING HE HAS ASSURED CONSITUENTS THE BILL WILL NOT PUT VIOLENT OFFENDERS OR TRAFFICKERS BACK ON THE STREETS.