FOR THE SECOND TIME IN JUST OVER A WEEK, A BODY HAS BEEN RECOVERED FROM A RIVER IN HENDERSON COUNTY.  THE HENDERSON GLEANER REPORTS A BODY WAS RECOVERED AROUND 8:30 THIS MORNING ON THE OHIO RIVER BY RESCUE CREWS FROM HENDERSON AND EVANSVILLE.  NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE.

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TWO WESTERN KENTUCKY WOMEN WERE ARRESTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES AT HARRAH’S CASINO WEDNESDAY MORNING.  METROPOLIS POLICE TELL WEST KENTUCKY STAR.COM THE ARRESTS OF 29-YEAR-OLD SARAH E. VEACH OF HENDERSON AND 40-YEAR-OLD KIMBERLY D. HARRIS OF OWENSBORO ON SEVERAL DRUG RELATED CHARGES OCCURRED JUST AFTER THREE A-M.  INVESTIGATORS RECOVERED METHAMPHETAMINE, MARIJUANA, A VARIETY OF PILLS, A PIPE USED TO INGEST DRUGS AND ROLLING PAPER.  BOTH WOMEN WERE LODGED IN THE MASSAC COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.

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A WESTERN KENTUCKY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A TEENAGE DRIVER IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WHICH KILLED ANOTHER TEEN EARLIER THIS YEAR.  19-YEAR-OLD WHITLEY P. BENNETT IS CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF 19-YEAR-OLD HAKEEM L. HARRIS OF EVANSVILLE JANUARY 30^TH.  KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SAY BENNETT’S VEHICLE RAN OFF KENTUCKY 56 IN MCLEAN COUNTY AND HIT SOME TREES.  TWO OTHER PASSENGERS WERE INJURED.