A FORMER HOPKINSVILLE BUSINESS OWNER AND ONE OF HER CHILDREN ARE DEAD FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN ASHLAND CITY, TENNESSEE.  WKRN NEWS 2 NASHVILLE REPORTS TIFFANY RODRIGUEZ AND HER 11-YEAR-OLD SON JOSHUA REYES DIED IN THE TWO VEHICLE MISHAP.  A THIRD PERSON IN THE RODRIGUEZ VEHICLE--LOUIS HIGGINS--IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, WHILE RODRIGUEZ'S SIX YEAR OLD DAUGTHER WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM A LOCAL HOSPITAL TO THE CARE OF HER GRANDPARENTS.

MADISONVILLE'S GENERAL ELECTRIC AVIATION PLANT HAS WON A PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.  THE MADISONVILLE MESSENGER REPORTS FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR, G-E HAS WON THE GOVERNOR'S SAFETY AND HEALTH AWARD.  THE PLANT EMPLOYS ALMOST 650 PEOPLE.

A MURRAY MAN IS JAILED ON DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES.  WEST KENTUCKY STAR.COM REPORTS 23-YEAR-OLD LANDON SLAWSON WAS ARRESTED AFTER 41 MARIJUANA PLANTS WERE DISCOVERED AT HIS COLLEGE FARM ROAD APARTMENT.  SLAWSON IS IN THE CALLOWAY COUNTY JAIL.

A PORTION OF KENTUCKY 93 IN LYON COUNTY COULD RE-OPEN LATER TODAY OR EARLY TOMORROW.  KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO RECONSTRUCT THE ROAD FROM THE EIGHT TO NINE MILE MARKER SOUTH OF EDDYVILLE AFTER A LANDSLIDE LAST MONTH.