THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR A NUMBER OF COUNTIES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL FIVE P-M TODAY.  THE COUNTIES INCLUDE MONTGOMERY, ROBERTSON, STEWART, SUMNER, CHEATHAM AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES.

GAS PRICES ARE UP ALL OVER THE PLACE.  TRIPLE A OF KENTUCKY SPOKESMAN ROGER BOYD SAYS THE WIDE RANGE IN PRICES SHOWS A PLACE HAS NOT BEEN MADE TO SETTLE WITH THE MARKET IN SUCH A FLUX.  BOYD IS HOPEFUL PRICES WILL BEGIN TO FALL, BUT SAYS RIGHT NOW ITS JUST TOO HARD TO PREDICT.

A MARSHALL COUNTY WOMAN TRYING TO BE A GOOD SAMARITAN TO A STRANDED MOTORIST LATE LAST NIGHT HAD HER VEHICLE STOLEN.  25-YEAR-OLD SARA STEPHENS REPORTED HER VEHICLE STOLEN JUST BEFORE 11 PM ON I-24 NEAR EXIT 11 WHEN SHE HELPED A MOTORIST GET HIS VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD.  THE SUSPECT--LINH LUONG--OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS WAS ARRESTED A SHORT TIME LATER ON NUMEROUS CHARGES AND LODGED IN THE MCCRACKEN COUNTY JAIL ACCORDING TO WEST KENTUCKY STAR.COM.

KENTUCKY STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF AN INMATE IN THE MCCRACKEN COUNTY JAIL.  THE BODY OF 47-YEAR-OLD MARK A. BAGWELL WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE JUST BEFORE FIVE A-M FRIDAY, SOME TWO HOURS AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED ON AN ALCOHOL INTOXICATION CHARGE.  INVESTIGATORS DO NOT SUSPECT FOUL PLAY, WITH AN AUTOPSY PERFORMED ON THE BODY AT THE REGIONAL MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE IN MADISONVILLE.