THE TRIAL OF TWO MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING A HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DRUG INFORMANT IN 2009 WAS TO BEGIN TODAY.  HOWEVER, THE JUDGE IN THE CASE OF TAVIAN SPENCER AND JERMON CHILDS MUST DECIDE IF THE TWO MEN WILL BE TRIED TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY.  CHRISTIAN CIRCUIT JUDGE JOHN ATKINS WILL MAKE A DECISION AFTER PREVIOUSLY DENYING REQUESTS.  41-YEAR-OLD JOHN LYLE WAS KILLED BY SIX PEOPLE TWO YEARS AGO.

THE KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET REPORTS TWO ROADS IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATERS.  KENTUCKY 109 AT MILE POINTS SIX TO SEVEN AND KENTUCKY 1338 AT MILE POINTS THREE TO FOUR.

FLOODING IS CONTINUING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS ACROSS ROADWAYS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.  THE KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET REPORTS U-S 60 IS CLOSED AT THE 25 MILE MARKER NEAR THE HENDERSON-UNION COUNTY LINE AND U-S 60 IS ALSO CLOSED AT THE SOUTH END OF UNION COUNTY AT THE UNION-CRITTENDEN COUNTY LINE.  THE CLOSURES LEAVE ONLY TWO ROUTES INTO AND OUT OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY.

WEST KENTUCKY STAR.COM REPORTS THERE ARE SOME MANDATORY EVACUATIONS UNDERWAY IN BALLARD COUNTY AND LIVINGSTON COUNTY.  LIVINGSTON JUDGE EXECUTIVE CHRIS LASHER SAYS RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ALONG THE OHIO RIVER AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY.  LEVEES IN SMITHLAND SHOULD BE OVERTOPPED BY TOMORROW MORNING IF NOT SOONER.

A PADUCAH WOMAN WAS RESCUED FROM FLOOD WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT AFTER DISREGARDING FLOOD WARNING SIGNS.  AROUND 6:45, 52-YEAR-OLD CARYN WATKINS DROVE INTO FLOOD WATERS ON BENTON ROAD NEAR FANTACY LANE.  WATKINS WAS RESCUED BY TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE USING THEIR BOAT TO ACCESS THEIR PROPERTY.  WATKINS WAS REVIVED AND TAKEN TO LOURDES HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER TREATMENT.