James

An employee of a Hopkinsville daycare was arrested yesterday for allegedly forgetting about and leaving a 2-year old unattended in a van which was being serviced.

The report from Hopkinsville Police says 40-year old Erica James of Hopkinsville dropped a van belonging to House of Angels Daycare off at a tire store just before 3:30.

About 45 minutes later, a mechanic went to bring the van inside and found a 2-year old little girl inside alone and crying. The child had been inside the van, which wasn’t running, in the parking lot on Fort Campbell Boulevard alone for the entire time.

Police say James came back and picked the child up and took her home, but did not tell the mother why she was so late in getting her there.

James was charged with 1^st degree Wanton Endangerment and was lodged in the Christian County Jail.

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01/24/2012/am

Hopkinsville Police are investigating an alleged case of sexual abuse which happened yesterday in the city.

Officers were called to the Oak Grove Wal-Mart around 4:30am, where the 43-year old female victim told police she had been sexually assaulted by a man in Hopkinsville whom she knew.

The incident reportedly took place between 1 and 2am near the entrance of Sheffield Downs.

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01/24/2012/am

Carroll

A Hopkinsville man was arrested last night on assault charges for allegedly beating another man with a pipe.

The alleged incident happened near the 1800 block of Walnut Street, where 49-year old Gary Lynn Carroll of Hopkinsville is accused of pressing a metal pipe against the throat of 20-year old Christopher Cullum of Hokpinsville and then using it to strike him multiple times.

Cullum reportedly told police he’d seek medical attention today and photos were taken of his injuries, which included welling to the right arm and a raised spot behind his ear.

Carroll was arrested at a nearby bar, where he works, and was charged with 2^nd degree Assault and lodged in the Christian County Jail.

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01/24/2012/am

High School Basketball

Boys: Fort Campbell over Todd Central 67-59, Calloway County over Caldwell County 68-49, Murray defeated Livingston Central 70-64, Lyon County edges Hopkins Central 66-62, Union County over Owensboro Catholic 60-50 and Warren Central defeated Russellville 66-63.

Girls: Todd Central defeated Fort Campbell 48-30, Barren County over Logan County 51-38, Muhlenberg County over Ohio County 64-45, Mayfield defeated Heath 60-50, Graves County defeated Carlisle County 54-49 in overtime.

Tonight’s games

Hopkinsville hosts Todd Central in a boy-girl doubleheader at Tiger Gym. The girls game begins at 6, with the Heritage Bank pre game show at 5:45 on Newstalk 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP and whopam.com.

Girls:   Christian County hosts Marshall County, Fort Campbell goes to Community Christian, Madisonville at Owensboro, Dawson Springs hosts Hopkins Central, Caldwell County welcomes Calloway County, Union County hosts Crittenden County, Warren Central at South Warren.

Boys: Fort Campbell at Community Christian, Dawson Springs hosts Hopkins Central, Bowling Green goes to Muhlenberg County, Lyon County hosts Marshall County, Murray goes to Lone Oak, Madisonville at Owensboro, Warren Central at South Warren, Paducah Tilghman hosts Reidland.

College Basketball

Monday’s women’s scores:   Murray State defeated Longwood 86-77, SIU Edwardsville defeated Austin Peay 72-61, 2^nd rated Notre Dame defeated 9^th ranked Tennessee 72-44.

Tonight’s games:   Top ranked Kentucky meets Georgia in Athens, with Countdown to Tipoff on the air at 6:30 on Lite 98.7.

Other games: Vanderbilt hosts Tennessee.

Murray State’s Isaiah Cannan was named the Ohio Valley Conference player of the week for the fourth time this season Monday. Canaan averaged 20.5 points a game in wins for the Racers over Morehead State and SIU Edwardsville.

Austin Peay junior guard Jerome Clyburn was named co Ohio Valley Conference newcomer of the week Monday. Clyburn averaged 11 points in wins for the Governors at Eastern Illinois and SIU Edwardsville last week.

Kentucky is the new number one in both major college basketball polls this week. Murray State moved up to 9^th in the ESPN/USA Today poll, while the Racers are 11^th in this week’s Associated Press poll.

NFL

The Tennessee Titans lost one member of their coaching staff, but gained another Monday. The Tennessean reports Keith Millard was hired to be a Titans defensive assistant, while longtime coach Dave McGinnis will reunite with former Titans coach Jeff Fisher in St. Louis as assistant head coach.

NHL

The Nashville Predators won for the 11^th time in the last 13 games Monday night, defeating Columbus 4-1 at Bridgestone Arena.

The National Weather Service has confirmed it was a tornado that touched down in Calloway County late Sunday night.

A survey team determined an EF1 tornado stayed on the ground for 5.6 miles and had peak winds of 95 miles per hour.

The twister went from Hazel to about a quarter mile northeast of New Providence. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted and one home had shingle damage and windows blown out. Three barns were damaged, a garage was destroyed and a couple of sheds were leveled.

The weather service estimates property damages totaled $50,000. Most importantly, there were no injuries or fatalities in the tornado.
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