A HERNDON WOMAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES.  KENTUCKY STATE POLICE AT MADISONVILLE SAY 26-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL LANCASTER WAS ARRESTED AROUND 5:20 ON BRADSHAW ROAD, SIX MILES SOUTH OF HOPKINSVILLE.  INVESTIGATORS SAY LANCASTER WAS PULLED OVER ON A TRAFFIC VIOLATION, HOWEVER, SEARCH OF HER VEHICLE FOUND NARCOTICS AND ITEMS USED TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE.  LANCASTER IS LODGED IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTH OF MURRAY LAST WEEK.  A N-W-S SURVEY TEAM FOUND THE TWISTER TOUCHED DOWN JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT APRIL 26TH IN A RURAL AREA OFF HOPKINS ROAD.  A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT REPORT INDICATES THE 70 MILE PER HOUR TORNADO HAD A PATH WIDTH OF 150 YARDS AND TOUCHED DOWN FOR THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE.  DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO UPROOTED TREES AND TO ROOFS OF BUILDINGS.

THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD FOLLOWING A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN HICKMAN COUNTY.  HICKMAN COUNTY SHERIFF MARK GREEN TELLS THE PADUCAH SUN 19-YEAR-OLD LARAY LIGHTNER AND 27-YEAR-OLD JEWELL SMITH OF COLUMBUS, ALONG WITH 62-YEAR-OLD RALPH BOGLE WERE ALL DEAD AT THE SCENE.  THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON KENTUCKY 58 ABOUT THREE MILES FROM CLINTON.  INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.