OAK GROVE CITY COUNCIL VOTED UNAMINOUSLY LAST NIGHT TO ALLOW A CHURCH TO WORK OUT A PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH A BUILDING DEVELOPER TO FINISH CONSTRUCTION ON ITS FACILITY.

THE EAGLE POST REPORTS THE LA ROCA ETERNA BAPTISTA IGLESIA HAS 120 DAYS TO WORK OUT A PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE PARITIALLY COMPLETED CHURCH ON HUGH HUNTER ROAD.

TWO WEEKS AGO, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A MEASURE TO PURCHASE THE BUILDING FOR 200-THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE BUILDING WOULD HAVE HOUSED OAK GROVE’S POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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THERE APPEARS TO A RIFT BETWEEN OAK GROVE CITY LEADERS AND THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROPOSED OAK GROVE VILLAGE.

MAYOR DAN POTTER SAID AT LAST NIGHT’S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE DEVELOPER—LUCIA ALBERS OF CALIFORNIA—WAS CROSSING A THIN LINE BETWEEN ETHICAL AND UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR ACCORDING TO AN EAGLE POST STORY.

TWO WEEKS AGO, COUNCIL TABLED CONSIDERATION OF A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ALBERS COMPANY AND THE HOPKINSVILLE WATER ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY.

ALBERS TOLD CITY COUNCILMAN TIM JOHNSON SHE DID NOT WANT TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT WITH H-W-E-A WHICH CONCERNS WASTE WATER TREATMENT. JOHNSON WENT ON TO SAY HE FELT THE OAK GROVE VILLAGE PROJECT WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

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THE RETRIAL OF A HOPKINSVILLE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A PRINCETON MAN IN 2006 HAS BEEN POSTPONED AGAIN. THE PRINCETON TIMES LEADER REPORTS 30-YEAR-OLD DESMOND SNORTON WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES IN 2008 IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF 32-YEAR-OLD MARTY MCKINNEY.

THE CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED BY THE KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT LAST APRIL. COURT OFFICIALS SAY THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE RETRIAL IS DUE TO THE FACT A KEY PROSECUTION WITNESS IS ON MEDICAL LEAVE. THE RETRIAL IS SET TO BEGIN SEPTEMBER 13^TH.

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THE CITY OF NORTONVILLE VOTED TUESDAY NOT TO ALLOW ALCOHOL SALES AT RESTAURANTS. THE MADISONVILLE MESSENGER REPORTS 78 PERCENT OF VOTERS SAID NO TO ALCOHOL, WHILE 22 PERCENT VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE MEASURE.

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A GREENVILLE WOMAN IS JAILED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP IN CENTRAL CITY.

KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SAY 36-YEAR-OLD PAMELA EAVES WAS A PASSENGER INVOLVED IN THE TRAFFIC STOP. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY LEARNED DURING THE STOP EAVES WAS WANTED ON LOCAL WARRANTS. DURING EAVES’ ARREST, SHE WAS FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF SUSPECTED METHAMPHETAMINE, HYDROCODONE AND DRUG PARAPHANELIA.

EAVES IS IN THE MUHLENBERG COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.

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THE PADUCAH SUN REPORTS THE PADUCAH CITY COMMISSION VOTED TUESDAY NIGHT TO BECOME A PORTION OF A PARTNERSHIP TO EXPAND THE MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY REGIONAL CAMPUS.

MCCRACKEN FISCAL COURT APPROVED THE MEASURE LAST WEEK AND MURRAY STATE’S BOARD OF REGENTS VOTE ON THE MEASURE FRIDAY.

THE NEW CAMPUS WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED ON INTERSTATE 24 IN WESTERN PADUCAH.

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THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE HAS A BIG LEAD IN AN ONLINE VOTE TO BECOME THE MOST PATRIOTIC CITY. THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS AS OF THIS MORNING, CLARKSVILLE HAS 451 VOTES. TO PLACE YOUR VOTE FOR CLARKSVILLE, GO ONLINE TO BEST OF THE ROAD DOT COM. THE VOTE IS BEING CONDUCTED BY RAND MCNALLY AND U-S-A TODAY.

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A CONVICTED KENTUCKY SEX OFFENDER WAS ARRESTED MONDAY ON A 2009 GRAND JURY INDICTMENT WHICH ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A BOY UNDER THE AGE OF 13.

THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS 43-YEAR-OLD SCOTT RICHARD STANTON WAS CONVICTED OF SODOMY IN TODD COUNTY IN FEBURARY, 2010. HE WAS ARRESTED AT THE KENTUCKY STATE REFORMATORY IN LAGRANGE ON SIX COUNTS OF RAPE. BOND IS SET AT 35-THOUSAND DOLLARS.