Midday Headlines 6.13.11

THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM LATE THIS MORNING ANNOUNCED A NEW PRINICIPAL FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.  MIKE STEVENSON COMES TO HOPKINSVILLE FROM THE CALDWELL COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM CENTRAL OFFICE.  IT WAS ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT HEATHER AUBIN HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S NEW COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.

HOPKINSVILLE FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL PROBING WHAT CAUSED A SATURDAY NIGHT FIRE WHICH DESTROYED THREE BUSINESSES.  THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTS ON ITS WEBSITE CUNNINGHAM INSURANCE, CHRISTIAN COUNTY YOUTH LEAGUE AND A SALON WERE DESTROYED IN THE BLAZE AT 807 COUNTRY CLUB LANE.

THE KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET REPORTS THE WESTBOUND I-24 WELCOME CENTER AT THE KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE STATE LINE IS CLOSED.  SPOKESMAN KEITH TODD SAYS THE FACILITY HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE NINE SUNDAY NIGHT BECAUSE OF A SEWER ISSUE.  MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE RESTROOM FACILITIES AT PRIVATE BUSINESSES AT EXITS 86 AND 89.

A ONE BLOCK AREA AROUND MAYFIELD'S CITY HALL WAS EVACUATED THIS MORNING.  WEST KENTUCKY STAR.COM REPORTS SOME CHILDREN PLACE A MORTAR ROUND AT THE BUILDING.  IT'S NOT KNOWN IF THE ROUND IS LIVE OR NOT. NO OTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE.