A CHRISTIANITY AGAINST ALCOHOL RALLY OF NORTONVILLE WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING FROM 5-6:30 P-M AT THE CITY GYMNASIUM.  THE MADISONVILLE MESSENGER REPORTS THOSE WHO ATTEND THE RALLY CAN REVIEW COPIES OF A PETITION SIGNED BY AT LEAST 25 PERCENT OF THOSE WHO VOTED IN THE LAST ELECTION CALLING ON A VOTE WHETHER TO ALLOW ALCOHOL SALES IN THE CITY.

NORTONVILLE IS SET TO VOTE ON THE ISSUE DURING THE MAY 13^TH PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

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KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SAY FIRES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WHICH DESTROYED AN OHIO COUNTY HOME AND DAMAGED HORSE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE “SUSPICIOUS” IN NATURE.  ARSON INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO SEE IF THE FIRES WERE INTENTIONALLY SET.  THE FIRE CAUSED CLASSES AT THE SCHOOL TO BE CANCELLED THURSDAY.

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FEW PEOPLE NOTICED A MINOR EARTHQUAKE WHICH OCCURRED NEAR LONE OAK THURSDAY NIGHT.  WEST KENTUCKY STAR.COM REPORTS THE U-S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AS SAYING THE QUAKE MEASURED TWO POINT FOUR ON THE RICHTER SCALE JUST AFTER TEN P-M. 

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A WANTED MAN WAS ARRESTED BY KENTUCKY STATE POLICE AFTER BEING SPOTTED BY TROOPERS IN A VEHICLE IN MURRAY THURSDAY.  JOSHUA JEROME WAS SPOTTED IN A VEHICLE ON U-S 641 SOUTH TOWARD MURRAY. 

WHEN TROOPERS TRIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, JEROME LED THEM ON A TWO MILE PURSUIT.  JEROME THEN STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND FLED IN THE BEST WESTERN MOTEL PARKING LOT WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED AFTER A BRIEF FOOT CHASE.  JEROME WAS LODGED IN THE CALLOWAY COUNTY JAIL.

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TWO MURRAY RESIDENTS ARE JAILED ON SEVERAL DRUG RELATED CHARGES.  MURRAY POLICE TELL WEST KENTUCKY STAR.COM 31-YEAR-OLD SHAWNA BENJAMIN AND 24-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN THARPE WERE ARRESTED THURSDAY AFTER POLICE RECEIVED A TIP ON CHARGES WHICH INCLUDE POSSESSION AND TRAFFICKING.  THARPE ALSO FACES CHARGES IN TENNESSEE. 

INVESTIGATORS SEIZED OVER 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH, ALONG WITH A LARGE QUANTITY OF MARIJUANA, COCAINE AND DRUG PARAPHANEILA.  BENJAMIN AND THARPE ARE IN THE CALLOWAY COUNTY JAIL.

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INVESTIGATORS STILL HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THE BODY FOUND WEDNESDAY IN THE GREEN RIVER IN HENDERSON COUNTY.  THE HENDERSON GLEANER REPORTS THE BODY IS THAT OF A WHITE MALE, WITH BROWN HAIR AND SOME BROWN FACIAL HAIR. 

THE MAN WHO APPEARS TO BE IN HIS LATE 20’S OR EARLY 30’S IS BETWEEN FIVE FEET EIGHT AND SIX FOOT TALL, WEIGHING BETWEEN 190 AND 200 POUNDS.  THE MAN DID NOT HAVE IDENTIFICATION, SO INVESTIGATORS ARE USING DENTAL RECORDS TO MAKE A POSITIVE I-D.  FOLLOWING AN AUTOPSY THURSDAY, THE STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE IS LISTING THE CAUSE OF DEATH AS DROWNING, HOWEVER THEY ARE AWATING TOXICOLOGY RESULTS.

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THREE BOWLING GREEN RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH BEING INVOLVED IN ORGANIZED CRIME AND POLICE HAVE WARRANTS FOR TWO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WHO ARE ACCUSED OF OPERATING A DRUG RING SELLING THE POWERFUL PAIN KILLER DILAUDID.

THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTS 35-YEAR-OLD TASSIE BUTTS, 23-YEAR-OLD RACHEL COLLINS AND 44-YEAR-OLD BRIAN CRISP ARE CHARGED WITH ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIME.  BUTTS, COLLINS AND CRISP ARE BEING HELD IN THE WARREN COUNTY REGIONAL JAIL ON 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND EACH.  THE THREE ARRESTS CULMINATE A FOUR MONTH INVESTIGATION.  MORE CHARGES ARE EXPECTED AFTER PRESENTATION TO A WARREN COUNTY GRAND JURY.

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