Midday Headlines 5/6/11

OAK GROVE POLICE REPORT AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION WITH WEDNESDAY'S BANK ROBBERY AT B-B AND T BANK.  A NEWS RELEASE SAYS INDIVIDUALS PROVIDED A TIP TO HOPKINSVILLE POLICE WHICH LED TO THURSDAY'S ARREST OF 19-YEAR-OLD JARRED L. GOOD OF 8424-A DENNARD DRIVE.  INVESTIGATORS ALSO SAY A PORTION OF THE STOLEN MONEY WAS RECOVERED.  GOOD WAS LODGED IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL.  THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING AND MORE ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED.

PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL VISIT FORT CAMPBELL THIS AFTERNOON.  HE WILL BE JOINED BY VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN.  ALSO, THE NAVY SEAL TEAM WHICH CARRIED OUT THE KILLING OF OSAMA BIN LADEN SUNDAY WILL BE ON POST.  THE PUBLIC WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE AROUND THREE P-M.

MEANWHILE, GOVERNOR BESHEAR WILL NOT BE JOINING THE PRESIDENT TODAY.  BESHEAR'S SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE GOVERNOR IS COMMITTED TO ATTEND TODAY'S KENTUCKY OAKS RACE IN LOUISVILLE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS AGAIN EXTENDED A FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN INDIANA.  THE WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL NINE A-M SATURDAY.

GOVERNOR BESHEAR IS ASKING FOR 16 ADDITIONAL KENTUCKY COUNTIES TO BE ADDED TO THOSE HE HAS ALREADY REQUESTED DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR DUE TO THE RECENT STORMS AND FLOODING.  THOSE COUNTIES INCLUDE:  CHRISTIAN, TRIGG, TODD, LOGAN AND CALLOWAY COUNTIES.  BESHEAR HAD ALREADY REQUESTED DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR 21 COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY.