Midday Headlines 4.7.11

ONE OF THE TWO SUSPECTS FEATURED IN THIS WEEK'S CRIMESTOPPERS REPORT HAS TURNED THEMSELVES IN.  HOPKINSVILLE POLICE SAY 19-YEAR-OLD KEON BROOKE LACY CAME TO THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  LACY WAS WANTED ON CHARGES OF ASSAULT, UNLAWFUL TRANSACTION WITH A MINOR, AND TWO COUNTS OF FAILURE TO APPEAR.  LACY WAS JAILED.

AN EVANSVILLE MAN WAS INJURED IN AN EARLY MORNING TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN CALDWELL COUNTY.  KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SAY JUST BEFORE THREE A-M, 53-YEAR-OLD DAVID EVANS WAS TRAVELLING EASTBOUND ON INTERSTATE 24 NEAR THE 56 MILE MARKER WHEN HE SAW DEER IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS LANE OF TRAVEL.  EVANS STEERED LEFT TO AVOID THE DEER AND OVERCORRECTED.  HE WAS TAKEN TO CALDWELL COUNTY HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF POSSIBLE INTERNAL INJURIES.

MADISONVILLE CITY COUNCIL LATER THIS MONTH WILL TAKE UP THE ISSUE ON WHETHER ALCOHOL SALES BY THE DRINK ON SUNDAYS WILL BE ALLOWED.  THE MADISONVILLE MESSENGER REPORTS AN ORDINANCE PROPOSING SUNDAY SALES WILL BE INTRODUCED AT THE COUNCIL'S ARPIL 18TH MEETING.

A PARKED TRUCK LEFT IN NEUTRAL WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED ON THE ELKTON SQUARE WEDNESDAY ROLLED ACROSS THE STREET AND INTO THE FRONT WALL OF THE OFFICE OF TODD COUNTY ATTORNEY HAROLD "MAC" JOHNS OFFICE.  LITTLE DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

JUST AS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT IS CONCLUDING FROM MONDAY'S SEVERE WEATHER, THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS WESTERN KENTUCKY UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, WITH SUNDAY EVENING LOOKING LIKE THE MOST POTENT SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH.