AREA POLICE CONTINUE TO WARN OF A HIGHER THAN NORMAL FREQUENCY OF VEHICLE-VERSUS-DEER WRECKS THIS FALL.

            CLARKSVILLE POLICE SPOKESMAN JIM KNOLL WARNED OF THE DANGER EARLIER IN THE WEEK IN A STORY ON WHOP NEWS AND SAID THERE WERE 11 WRECKS INVOLVING DEER BETWEEN 6PM WEDNESDAY AND 9:30 AM THURSDAY IN THE CITY LIMITS OF CLARKSVILLE ALONE.

            OFFICER KNOLL WARNS MOTORISTS TO BE CAREFUL AND ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE ANIMALS WHICH ARE MORE ACTIVE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

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            A WRECK ON THE WEST SIDE OF HOPKINSVILLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INJURED A CLARKSVILLE MAN.

            THE INCIDENT HAPPENED JUST AFTER 12 ON WEST SEVENTH STREET AT THE CADIZ ROAD-PRINCETON ROAD SPLIT, ACCORDING TO HOPKINSVILLE POLICE.

            34-YEAR OLD JASON SIMPKINS OF CLARKSVILLE WAS REPORTEDLY DRIVING A BREAD TRUCK WESTBOUND ON SEVENTH HEADED TOWARD CADIZ WHEN 40-YEAR OLD ANJA GARCIA OF CADIZ WAS EASTBOUND ON PRINCETON ROAD AND REPORTEDLY RAN THE STOP SIGN, STRIKING SIMPKINS’ TRUCK.

            55-YEAR OLD ELIZABETH STEWART OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS COMING INTO TOWN ON 68 AND RAN OVER A STREET SIGN IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID THE WRECK.

            THE ONLY PERSON INJURED WAS SIMPKINS, WHO WAS TAKEN BY PRIVATE VEHICLE TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF NECK PAIN. EVERYONE INVOLVED WAS WEARING A SEATBELT.

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AMY DYE

            THERE WERE REPORTEDLY AT LEAST EIGHT OCCASSIONS WHEN THE STATE CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES HEARD FROM THOSE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF AMY DYE OF TODD COUNTY—WITH ONE MEDIA OUTLET REPORTING THERE MAY HAVE BEEN MANY MORE BEFORE SHE WAS MURDERED FEBRUARY 4^TH.

            THE TODD COUNTY STANDARD WON A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CABINET REQUESTING THE RECORDS REGARDING THE YOUNG GIRL, WHO WAS BEATEN TO DEATH BY HER BROTHER—18-YEAR OLD GARRETT DYE OUTSIDE THEIR HOME FEBRUARY 4^TH WHILE THE TWO SHOVELED GRAVEL AS PUNISHMENT FROM THEIR PARENTS IN THE RAIN AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 30’S.

            FRANKLIN CIRCUIT JUDGE PHILLIP SHEPHERD ISSUED A SCATHING 19-PAGE REPORT, DETAILING YEARS OF ABUSE REPORTED TO THE CABINET WHICH NEVER RESULTED IN THE REMOVAL OF AMY DYE FROM THE DOGWOOD ROAD HOME NEAR TRENTON.

            THE JUDGE CITES NO FEWER THAN EIGHT TIMES SOMEONE REPORTED ABUSE TO THE CABINET, WITH A MAJORITY OF THOSE COMING FROM A SCHOOL NURSE AT SOUTH TODD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

            THE TODD COUNTY STANDARD CITES THREE SOURCES WHO WISHED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS IN THIS WEEK’S PAPER WHO ESTIMATE THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF REPORTED ABUSES ARE AT LEAST DOUBLE WHAT SHEPHERD CITES IN HIS ORDER.

            THOSE ABUSE REPORTS TO THE STATE REPORTEDLY CAME FROM A COMBINATION OF ADMINISTRATORS, NURSES, TEACHERS AND TEACHERS’ AIDES.

            THE ABUSE AT THE HOME ALLEGEDLY CAME FROM EVERYONE AMY LIVED WITH—HER MOTHER KIMBERLY, FATHER CHRIS, GARRETT AND AN OLDER BROTHER NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE COURT DOCUMENTS.

            NOONE OTHER THAN GARRETT HAS EVER BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME RELATING TO THE ABUSE OR MURDER AND IT’S UNCLEAR HOW THE RELEASE OF THESE DOCUMENTS MAY OR MAY NOT CHANGE THAT. A MONDAY CALL TO THE OFFICE OF COMMONWEALTH’S ATTORNEY GALE GUILING WENT UNRETURNED AND MS. GUILING WAS NOT IN HER OFFICE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

             CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY ON JUDGE SHEPHERD'S RULING.

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REESE BAILEY

            OFFICIALS AT HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HOSTED THEIR FIRST OF WHAT WILL BE AN ANNUAL VETERANS DAY COMMEMORATION EVENT THIS MORNING ON CAMPUS.

            THE EVENT WAS HELD IN THE AUDITORIUM BUILDING, WITH AGENCIES WHO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER SERVICES ALSO SETTING UP BOOTHS IN THE LOBBY.

            THE FEATURED SPEAKER WAS MILITARY VETERAN AND HCC LIBRARY ACADEMICS DIRECTOR REESE BAILEY, WHO SPOKE ON HIS UPBRINGING IN POVERTY ON A FARM AND HOW EDUCATION AND SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY HELPED HIM OVERCOME HIS CIRCUMSTANCES.

            BAILEY SAYS THE FAMILIES OF SERVICE MEMBERS ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN THEIR SACRIFICES, WHICH SHOULDN’T BE THE CASE GIVEN THEIR ENORMOUS DUTY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.

            TRAINING IN THE ARMY PREPARES THAT SERVICE MEMBER FOR ANYTHING THAT HE OR SHE CAN FACE IN CIVILIAN LIFE, SAYS BAILEY, AS THOSE MEN AND WOMEN ARE PREPARING FOR WAR.

            BAILEY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE DESPITE COMING INTO CONTACT WITH ADVERSITY FROM TIME TO TIME, AND SAYS OTHERS CAN DO THE SAME WITH HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION.

            TOMORROW IS VETERANS DAY AND THE LOCAL VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS COMMEMORATION WILL BE AT THE POST OFF SKYLINE DRIVE AT 11AM.

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            BEING A MILITARY SPOUSE IS TOUGH, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEIR SOLDIER MISSES OUT ON LIFE BACK HOME.

            THAT’S WHY FORT CAMPBELL OFFICIALS ARE STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE AND HOSTING A GROUP BABY SHOWER FOR 60 EXPECTANT MOTHERS.

            ACCORDING TO POST OFFICIALS, THE MOMS TO BE, WHOSE HUSBANDS ARE DEPLOYED WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND COMFORT AND SUPPORT FROM OTHER WOMEN IN THE SAME SITUATION AS THEY CELEBRATE THIS MILESTONE.

            THE SHOWER WILL BE HELD OVER THE VETERAN’S DAY WEEKEND AND IS BEING SPONSORED BY OPERATION SHOWER.

GUESTS AT THE SHOWER WILL INCLUDE KENTUCKY NATIVE AND 14-TIME PGA TOUR CHAMPION KENNY PERRY AND HIS WIFE, SANDY.

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