AFTERNOON HEADLINES 04/27

CHRISTIAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR RANDY GRAHAM SAYS HOPKINSVILLE MAYOR DAN KEMP AND JUDGE EXECUTIVE STEVE TRIBBLE HAVE SIGNED A JOINT DECLARATION TO JOIN GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR IN PROCLAIMING A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR FLOODING.
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STATE POLICE ARE REMINDING RESIDENTS TO “TURN AROUND, DON’T DROWN,” AS THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STANDING WATER ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY.
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN KEITH TODD SAYS THE CLOSURE OF THE CAVE IN ROCK FERRY IS CAUSING HEADACHES FOR MANY RESIDENTS, WHO MUST NOW TAKE AN 80-MILE DETOUR TO GET ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER AND INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.
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PENNYRILE RC&D COORDINATOR CHARLES TURNER IS RETIRING FROM HIS PAID POST AFTER 39 YEARS OF SERVICE AFTER THE ORGANIZATION LOST ITS FEDREAL FUNDING, THOUGH HE SAYS HE WILL REMAIN ON AS A VOLUNTEER IN A CAPACITY THAT ALLOWS HIM TO SEEK OUT PRIVATE FUNDING SOURCES.
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