A ROGUE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE SUNDAY AFTERNOON, WITH A TREE BLOWN DOWN ON SOUTH MAIN STREET IN PEMBROKE AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES REPORTED ACROSS CHRISTIAN COUNTY, THOUGH THE MOST TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN HOPKINS AND MUHLENBERG COUNTIES.
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A SINGLE-VEHICLE WRECK IN HOPKINS COUNTY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT SENT 29-YEAR OLD CASSIE HOOPER OF DAWSON SPRINGS TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF A POSSIBLE BROKEN ARM, WITH MS. HOOPER RUNNING OFF THE ROAD IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVIOD HITTING A DEER.
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A FRIDAY NIGHT PARTY AT THE JAYCEES BUILDING TURNED VIOLENT AS WILLIAM MCCALISTER, JR OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS SHOT IN BOTH LEGS AS HE ATTEMPTED TO FLEE THE SCENE, WITH NO SUSPECTS LISTED ON THE REPORT FROM CITY POLICE.
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CLARKSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED 31-YEAR OLD EUGENE THOMAS BOMPERS OF CLARKSVILLE FRIDAY NIGHT ON AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY SHOT A 22-YEAR OLD MAN OVER WHO WAS FIRST IN LINE AT A TATOO PARLOR ON ELDER STREET.
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A TRESPASSING INVESTIGATION IN MUHLENBERG COUNTY FRIDAY LED TO THE ARREST OF 23-YEAR OLD BRITTANY HANEY OF THE SACRAMENTO COMMUNITY ON MANUFACTURING METHAMPETAMINE CHARGES AFTER SHE AND A MALE SUSPECT RAN INTO THE WOODS AFTER BEING CONFRONTED BY WORKERS AT THE P&L RAILROAD.
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A MOTORISTS WITH GOOD INTENTIONS OF “WAVING” ANOTHER DRIVER ACROSS FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD FRIDAY AFTERNOON WOUND UP CAUSING A WRECK WHICH SENT 27-YEAR OLD LATREZ BRISON, 25-YEAR OLD KELLIN ELLIOTT AND 29-YEAR OLD KYLE CONGDON OF HOPKINSVILLE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER.
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A THREE-VEHICLE REAR END COLLISSION CHAIN RECATION ON WEST SEVENTH STREET FRIDAY INJURED A PASSENGER IN THE MIDDLE CAR—28-YEAR OLD LADEKEICHIE MERCER OF HOPKINSVILLE—WHO COMPLAINED OF STOMACH PAIN.
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THE 400-MILE YARD SALE WRAPPED UP IN MOST LOCATIONS YESTERDAY, WITH FORMER HOPKINSVILLE CITY CLERK, U.S. 68-80 RESIDENT AND YARD SALE VETERAN MARK WITHERS SAYING THERE HAD BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY LESS TRAFFIC THIS YEAR, BUT THAT HE AND HIS WIFE LINDA HAD DONE ABOUT AS MUCH BUSINESS IN THE THREE-DAY EVENT AS EVER.
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SEVERAL MORE KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION FROM THIS SPRING’S SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING, WITH HOPKINS, UNION, MUHLENBERG, WEBSTER, DAVIESS AND HENDERSON COUNTIES JOINING MOST OF THE PENNYRILE IN KENTUCKY.
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FARMERS AND OTHERS WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES OR THEMSELVES TO SERVE ON LOCAL FARM SERVICE AGENCY COUNTY COMMITTEES, BEGINNING JUNE 15TH.
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THERE’S AN ONGOING MOVEMENT LED BY THE KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN CONGLOMORATE TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION IN KENTUCKY WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOOD STAMPS TO BE USED AT FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, THOUGH IT IS BEING MET WITH FIERCE OPOSITION.
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A BIBLICAL THEME PARK IN WILLIAMSBURG, KENTUCKY HAS RAISED MORE THAN THREE MILLION DOLLARS, WITH THE PROPOSED PARK TO INCLUDE A NOAH’S ARK REPLICA.
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MORE STUDIES ARE OUT INDICATING THAT CELL PHONE USAGE IN EXCESS MAY, IN FACT, BE A CAUSE OF LONG-TERM HEALTH PROBLEMS.
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