THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF HOPKINSVILLE IS APPLYING FOR A FEDERAL GRANT WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE AGENCY TO BUILD NEW HOUSING NEXT DOOR TO WESTWOOD SENIOR HOMES ON WEST SEVENTH STREET.

A STORY IN MONDAY’S KENTUCKY NEW ERA SAYS HOPKINSVILLE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS THE MATTER AT SIX THIS EVENING.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY—VICKIE SMILEY—SAYS THE CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ARE BEING ASKED TO PLEDGE 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH TOWARD PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY.

THE COUNCIL WILL HEAR SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING NEW SEWER RATES FOR HOPKINSVILLE, WITH THE FUNDS FROM THE INCREASE TO BE USED BY THE HOPKINSVILLE WATER ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY TO FUND THREE LARGE PROJECTS.

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HOPKINS COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL HAVE LESS TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS NEXT YEAR.

THE MADISONVILLE MESSENGER REPORTS HOPKINS COUNTY SUPERINTENDANT JAMES LEE STEVENS TOLD THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MONDAY THE CUTS ARE DUE TO DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND CUTS IN STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING.

THIRTY SEVEN TEACHERS AND STAFF WILL BE ELIMINATED.

THE CUTS ARE PART OF A TENATIVE 58 POINT TWO MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

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THE CHILD WHO DIED IN THE SCHOOL BUS CRASH MONDAY AFTERNOON IN CARLISLE COUNTY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.

CARLISLE COUNTY CORONER STEVE FREEMAN SAYS THE VICTIM IS SIX YEAR OLD LOGAN SIMPSON OF KIRBYTON, WHO WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.

THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 1:40 P-M ON U-S 62 NEAR CUNNINGHAM. 17 PEOPLE ON THE BUS WERE INJURED. THE FIRST AND SECOND GRADERS WERE RETURNING FROM A FIELD TRIP TO PADUCAH.

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CLARKSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING WHICH LEFT A MAN DEAD.

THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS POLICE WERE DISPATCHED TO A POPPY DRIVE RESIDENCE JUST AFTER TEN P-M SUNDAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY 30-YEAR-OLD DARREN JAMES YAEGER ENTERED THE HOME AND EXCHANGED GUNFIRE WITH THE HOMEOWNER.

A GUEST IN THE HOME WAS WOUNDED AND TAKEN TO VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, WHILE YAEGER’S BODY WAS DISCOVERED MONDAY IN A YARD ON MILL CREEK ROAD.

POLICE SAY THIS IS THE FIFTH VIOLENT HOME INVASION SINCE NOVEMBER, AND THE SECOND THIS MONTH.

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A NASHVILLE MAN ADMITTED MONDAY TO BEATING HIS GIRLFRIEND TO DEATH AT HER MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOME AND BURYING HER BODY IN HER BACKYARD.

THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS 42-YEAR-OLD LEROY THOMPSON, JUNIOR WAS SCHEDULED FOR A JURY TRIAL IN THE DEATH OF 45-YEAR-OLD TINA YOUNG BREWER, WHO DIED IN OCTOBER, 2009.

THOMPSON PLEADED GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES AND WILL BE SENTENCED JULY 21^ST.

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HEMLOCK SEMICONDUCTOR IS CURRENTLY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE STATE OF TENNESSEE ON A INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR A THREE BILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION OF ITS FACILITY.

THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS IT’S THE FIRST PUBLIC MOVEMENT TOWARD WHAT’S BEEN THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN SINCE THE PLANT WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED IN 2008.

THE FACILITY WILL IMPACT THE REGION MORE THAN THE INITIAL ONE POINT TWO BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT AND 500 JOBS. THE EXPANSION WOULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL 900 JOBS AND THE INVESTMENT WOULD INCREASE TO FOUR POINT TWO BILLION DOLLARS.

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