THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL SEVEN P-M THIS EVENING.  SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MILES PER HOUR, CAUSING CONDITIONS TO BE FAVORABLE FOR OUTDOOR FIRES TO SPREAD RAPIDLY.  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON.

A CASH BOND OF 25-THOUSAND DOLLARS IS SET FOR 22-YEAR-OLD SENECA D. MOORE, WHO CURRENTLY FACES FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HIS ROOMMATE--22 YEAR-OLD TERRY YOCUM JUNIOR--AT THE GAINEY DRIVE RESIDENCE IN OAK GROVE THE TWO SHARED.  YOCUM WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS FACE DOWN INSIDE THE HOME EARLY MONDAY MORNING.  HE LATER DIED AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER.

HOPKINSVILLE CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY NIGHT APPROVED A MEASURE TO SPEND 22-THOUSAND 500 DOLLARS FOR A CONTRACT WITH "CODE RED", AN AGENCY WHICH FACILITATES "REVERSE 911" CALLS TO CITY RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES DURING WEATHER AND OTHER EMERGENCIES WHEN THE CITY NEEDS TO GET INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS QUICKLY.  COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED A BUDGET AMENDMENT ALLOWING HOPKINSVILLE POLICE TO PURCHASE A 23-THOUSAND 600 DOLLAR HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE AND TO PURCHASE MAYOR DAN KEMP A 23-THOUSAND DOLLAR VEHICLE, WITH KEMP'S OLD CAR TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DRUG UNIT.

A MADISONVILLE MAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO BREAKING IN THE NORTONVILLE CITY HALL MARCH 21ST.  THE MADISONVILLE MESSENGER REPORTS 41-YEAR-OLD LARRY HARVEY JUNIOR PLEADED GUILTY TO LESSER CHARGES OF SECOND DEGREE FLEEING/EVADING AND FIRST DEGREE CRIMINAL TRESSPASSING.  HARVEY WAS GIVEN 360 DAYS JAIL TIME.

A GRAVES COUNTY MAN APPEARED FOR ARRAIGNMENT IN A MCCRACKEN COUNTY COURT TUESDAY ON CHARGES OF FORGERY AND THEFT BY DECEPTION.  36-YEAR-OLD GREG O' GUINN OF FANCY FARM WAS WANTED ON 25 WARRANTS IN FIVE WESTERN KENTUCKY COUNTIES BEFORE TURNING HIMSELF IN MARCH 1ST.  A PRELIMINARY HEARING WILL BE HELD APRIL 19TH.

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF ONE OF ITS FORMER PRESIDENTS.  DOCTOR DERO DOWNING--WHO SERVED AS WKU'S FOURTH PRESIDENT FROM 1969-1979--DIED MONDAY AT A NASHVILLE HOSPITAL AT AGE 89.  FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD FRIDAY IN BOWLING GREEN.

KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SAY PRELIMINARY STATISTICS INDICATE THREE PEOPLE DIED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS LAST WEEK.  ONE OF THE FATALITIES WAS REPORTED IN CALLOWAY COUNTY.  THUS FAR, 141 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THIS YEAR, DOWN 28 FROM THROUGH THE SAME PERIOD ONE YEAR AGO.