Council members Marby Schlegel, Patricia Bell, Jimmy Dossett and Wesley Grimes (left to right) listen to a presentation.

            MEETING ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, HOPKINSVILLE CITY COUNCIL HEARD A REPORT ON THE DOWNTOWN MUNICIPAL BUILDING PROJECT TUESDAY NIGHT.

            CODELL CONSTRUCTION IS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FIRM AND PROJECT MANAGER RICHARD MITCHELL GAVE A TIMELINE FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT.

            “BASICALLY, OUR TENTATIVE SCHEDULE IS OF COURSE TO HAVE THE BONDS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER, FINALIZE PLANS IN JANUARY, WE HOPE TO HAVE THE PROJECT OUT TO BID IN FEBRUARY, BIDDING IN EARLY MARCH…,” HE SAID.

            “AND PRIOR TO THIS GOING OUT TO BID, WE WILL HOLD A JOB FAIR FOR INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS. ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS WE ARE ON BOARD AND WORKING FOR YOU IS WE’RE GOING TO PLACE A REAL EMPHASIS ON LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND EMPLOYEES AND MINORITIES. WE’RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND HELP THEM AND ASSIST THEM THROUGH THE BUSINESS PROCESS THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT.”

            MITCHELL WILL ADRESS COUNCIL AGAIN AT THIS MONTH’S COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING, WHERE HE SAID HE PLANS TO GIVE A PRICE ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT TO COUNCIL.

            IN OTHER BUSINESS ON A VERY SHORT AGENDA, COUNCIL APPROVED FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO REFINANCE A LITTLE OVER 5 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF BONDS FROM THE WATER PARK AND OLD FIRST CITY BANK PROJECTS.

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RAY CHARLES NELSON

            A CLARKSVILLE MAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND ANOTHER IS IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY JAIL AFTER A FIGHT LATE ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT ON “E” STREET.

            PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER JIM KNOLL SAYS DISPATCH RECEIVED A CALL OF TWO MEN FIGHTING, BUT THAT THE CALLER ABRUPTLY SAID “NEVERMIND, IT’S OVER” AND HUNG UP. OFFICERS CONTINUED TO “E” STREET TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY AND FOUND 47-YEAR OLD RAY CHARLES NELSON AND 47-YEAR OLD JOHN DAVIE SCOTT—BOTH OF CLARKSVILLE—LYING ON THE STREET BLEEDING.

            WITNESSES WERE NOT VERY FORTHCOMING, BUT POLICE DETERMINED NELSON STRUCK SCOTT WITH A BOTTLE, CAUSING SEVERE INJURIES AND DOING DAMAGE TO AN ARTERY. POLICE SAY BOTH MEN HAD BEEN DRINKING.

            NELSON WAS TREATED AT GATEWAY MEDICAL CENTER AND THEN TAKEN TO THE MONTGOMERY COUTNY JAIL. SCOTT WAS TAKEN TO GATEWAY, BUT TRANSPORTED TO VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

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            AN OAK GROVE WOMAN WAS INJURED IN A SINGLE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

            THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ABOUT TEN MINUTES AFTER 11 NEAR THE JOHN RIVERS ROAD INTERSECTION, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, WHICH SAYS 22-YEAR OLD KENYATCHA COLEMAN OF OAK GROVE RAN OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, ROLLED HER PICKUP AT LEAST THREE TIMES AND FINALLY CAME TO REST UPRIGHT NEAR A TREE.

            POLICE SAY MS. COLEMAN WAS HEARD TELLING EMS WORKERS SHE WAS A LITTLE DRUNK AND THAT BLOOD TESTS ARE PENDING TO DETERMINE WHETHER SHE WAS IMPAIRED.

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            THE FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER FOUND DEAD IN A WOODED AREA OF OAK GROVE SUNDAY EVENING TRAGICALLY TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.

            CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEPUTY CORONER MIKE STOKES TELLS WHOP NEWS THAT WAS THE DETERMINATION AFTER THE MAN’S BODY WAS FOUND NEAR THE 100 BLOCK OF WATERFORD DRIVE AROUND 7PM SUNDAY.

            OAK GROVE POLICE WERE RESPONDING TO A COMPLAINT OF ANIMAL CRUELTY SUNDYY EVENING WHEN OFFICERS WERE NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS A WHITE MALE IN THE WOOD LINE NEAR THE RESIDENCE WHO WAS UNRESPONSIVE.

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Coleman

            A HOPKINSVILLE POLICE OFFICER ATTEMPTING TO SERVE A GRAND JURY INDICTMENT FOR DRUG CRIMES WAS ATTACKED BY THE ALLEGED PERPETRATOR MONDAY NIGHT.

            THE ARREST CARD FOR 26-YEAR OLD DELMARCO COLEMAN OF HOPKINSVILLE SAYS OFFICER ADAM SMITH WAS SERVING THE INDICTMENT AT 315 SOUTH JESSUP STREET AROUND 8:30 WHEN COLEMAN ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO PUNCH THE OFFICER IN THE FACE.

            OFFICER SMITH WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE PUNCH, BUT COLEMAN ALLEGEDLY PUSHED SMITH OUT OF THE WAY AND RAN OUT A BACK DOOR AND JUMPED OVER A FECE.

            COLEMAN REPORTEDLY KEPT RUNNING ACROSS ROADWAYS UNTIL FINALLY BEING APREHENDED IN THE PARKING LOT OF SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH ON WEST SEVENTH STREET.

            COLEMAN WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT OF A POLICE OFFICER, FLEEING FROM POLICE AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. THE GRAND JURY INDICTMENT WAS FOR TRAFFICKING IN A CONTROLED SUBSTANCE.

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