For the second time this year, a local high school had to be placed on lockdown this morning after startling information was received by police.

Hopkinsville High School was already on an unrelated lockdown around 9:20am, according to Sheriff Livy Leavell, who said lockdowns are used from time to time to check the building for any dangers such as weapons.

In accordance with that practice, students were being “wanded,” to find any possible weapons. While that was going on, a female student reportedly text messaged her mother reporting that shots had been fired in the building.

The mother called 911 and dispatchers relayed the message to the Christian County Sheriff’s Office and Hopkinsville Police. Sheriff Leavell said School Resource Officer Chris Williams was in the building and indicated he did not hear any shots, but all agencies responded as if there was an active shooter.

Thankfully, the report proved to be untrue and it was perhaps as much of a misunderstanding as anything. The sheriff says the student was being interviewed, but that she will almost certainly not be charged with any crime.

School system spokesperson Heather Aubin said all safety precautions were followed in the moments following the initial response and no weapons were found and everyone was safe.

Christian County High School was locked down for a few hours February 2^nd when a female student there allegedly emailed in a bomb threat that proved to be a hoax.

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There was a fairly routine agenda for Christian Fiscal Court this morning, which took action to repair roof damage on the Christian County Senior Citizen Center.

The almost brand new foam roof took significant damage early this month during a severe thunderstorm, according to Magistrate Jim Flemming, who said he believed the wind shouldn’t have been enough to damage it, if installed correctly.

Court unanimously approved giving Judge-Executive Steve Tribble emergency authority to go ahead with paying Gilliland Construction 59 thousand dollars to put a metal roof on the building, which Flemming believes will be much more durable.

Since the damage was weather-related, a vast majority of those costs will be paid by the county’s insurance provider—minus a deductible.

In other business, court approved signing a new lease agreement with the City of Hopkinsville on the Western Hills Golf Course and declared a piece of county road department equipment as surplus.

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03/27/2012/am

County governments across Kentucky and even across state lines have been willing to help each other before, during and after emergencies over the year and one official from Christian County recently traveled to a heavily damaged commonwealth county to assist in recovery efforts.

Five people were killed when a destructive tornado tore apart much of what was West Liberty in Morgan County on March 2^nd.

The twister went through the downtown area of the county seat, leaving most government buildings heavily damaged or destroyed according to Christian County Emergency Management Director Randy Graham.

Christian County Judge-Executive Steve Tribble allowed Graham to leave his local duties to help the recovery there and Graham said the experience taught him much more than he could have ever learned in a classroom or behind a computer.

The March 2^nd tornado outbreak in Kentucky was one of the deadliest on record, with 24 people killed—most in the eastern part of the state.

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03/27/2012/am

The exact intentions of a man in a Clarksville neighborhood from yesterday afternoon are unknown, but police are urging caution to parents of small children to keep their eyes open.

A news release from Clarksville police says officers responded to a call from a resident near the 400 block of Newman Street around 2:30 Monday afternoon after the man believed someone tried to abduct his nine-year old daughter.

The young girl was playing in her front yard when a man stopped in a white car and asked her if she knew where an address was. When the girl walked toward the stranger’s car, he opened his drivers’ side door.

A neighbor then came out of his house to tell the girl to be careful about being in the road and the stranger immediately took off. The 9-year old said the stranger never attempted to talk her into getting into the car or touch her, but police are urging the public to call 911 immediately if anyone witnesses any sort of suspicious activity.

The stranger is described as a white male with short hair or balding, wearing glasses, a gray shirt and blue jeans.

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03/27/2012/am

For the second time this year, a local high school had to be placed on lockdown this morning after startling information was received by police.

Hopkinsville High School was already on an unrelated lockdown around 9:20am, according to Sheriff Livy Leavell, who said lockdowns are used from time to time to check the building for any dangers such as weapons.

In accordance with that practice, students were being “wanded,” to find any possible weapons. While that was going on, a female student reportedly text messaged her mother reporting that shots had been fired in the building.

The mother called 911 and dispatchers relayed the message to the Christian County Sheriff’s Office and Hopkinsville Police. Sheriff Leavell said School Resource Officer Chris Williams was in the building and indicated he did not hear any shots, but all agencies responded as if there was an active shooter.

Thankfully, the report proved to be untrue and it was perhaps as much of a misunderstanding as anything. The sheriff says the student was being interviewed, but that she will almost certainly not be charged with any crime.

School system spokesperson Heather Aubin said all safety precautions were followed in the moments following the initial response and no weapons were found and everyone was safe.

Christian County High School was locked down for a few hours February 2^nd when a female student there allegedly emailed in a bomb threat that proved to be a hoax.

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03/27/2012/am