AFTERNOON HEADLINES 04/18
FOUR FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIERS WERE KILLED IN A SUICIDE BOMBING INCIDENT SATURDAY IN AFGHANISTAN, ACCORDING TO A STORY ON WSMV TV IN NASHVILLE, WHICH TOOK PART IN A CONFERENCE CALL WITH FORT CAMPBELL COMMANDING GENERAL JOHN CAMPBELL WHO SAID THE BOMBER WAS LIKELY A ROGUE AFGHAN POLICE OFFICER.
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THE 61ST ANNUAL WHOP ROTARY RADIO AUCTION OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF THIS MORNING WITH A BREAKFAST AT THE BRUCE CENTER, WHERE AUCTION CHAIR KERMIT ROWE CHALLENGED THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE EVENT WHICH RAISES MONEY FOR STUDENT LOANS AND SCHOLARSHIPS AS IT HAS THE LAST 60 YEARS.
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PADUCAH HELD A CONFERENCE CALL WITH EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND MEDIA MONDAY AFTERNOON, WHERE THEY DISCUSSED THE INCREASING THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN WESTERN KENTUCKY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY APPROACH THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY AREA BETWEEN 3 AND 5AM WEDNESDAY, ACCORDING TO METEOROLOGIST GREG MEFFERT, THOUGH THERE COULD BE SOME SEVERE CELLS OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
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A VEHICLE VERSUS COW WRECK ON U.S. HIGHWAY 41 JUST SOUTH OF PEMBROKE SATURDAY SENT 58-YEAR OLD TERRY COOK OF PEMBROKE TO VANDERBILT MEDICAL CENTER IN NASHVILLE, WHERE HE IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION.
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