CREWS WILL WORK THROUGH THE WEEKEND ON THE LAKE BARKLEY BRIDGE IN CANTON IN AN EFFORT TO EXPEDITE REPAIRS AND TO REMOVE WIDTH RESTRICTIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

            A NEWS RELEASE FROM HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN KEITH TODD SAYS A PLATFORM IS NEEDED TO FACILITATE THE WORK AND THAT MEANS THE 7 AND A HALF FEET RESTRICTION ON THE BRIDGE WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE.

            EXTRA POLICE HAVE BEEN IN THAT AREA OF TRIGT COUNTY THROUGH THE WEEK PATROLING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE OR WOULD VIOLATE THE LAW AS THE PLATFORM HAS ALREADY BEEN STRUCK NO LESS THAN SIX TIMES BY TRUCK DRIVERS AND OTHERS WHO VIOLATED THE RESTRICTION CLEARLY NOTED BY SIGNAGE.

            TODD SAYS THOSE WHO VIOLATE THE RESTRICTIONS PUT THEMSELVES, OTHER MOTORISTS AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN DANGER AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE CITED UNTIL THE WORK CAN BE COMPLETE.

            THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SAYS THOSE VIOLATING THE RESTRICTION ONLY CAUSE THE WORK TO TAKE LONGER.

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11/04/2011/AM

NOLES

            STATE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A FEMALE GRAVES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER WHO ALLEGEDLY HAD A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A STUDENT.

            A NEWS RELEASE FROM KSP SAYS 38-YEAR OLD AMY NOLES IS CHARGED WITH 1^ST DEGREE SEXUAL ABUSE AND IS LODGED IN THE GRAVES COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.

            STATE POLICE SAY THEY RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM REGARDING A POSSIBLE INAPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP AND AN INVESTIGATION LED TO THE ARREST. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

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HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS SET A NEW ALL TIME ENROLLMENT RECORD.

            ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, ENROLLMENT INCREASED 15.4 PERCENT COMPARED WITH THE SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

            HCC PRESIDENT, DR. JIM SELBE SAYS HE WAS SHOCKED ABOUT THE ENROLLMENT FIGURES.

THE COLLEGE CURRENTLY HAS A HEADCOUNT OF 4,464 STUDENTS TAKING CLASSES FOR THE CURRENT TERM, COMPARED TO 3,667 STUDENTS LAST FALL.

            HCC’S FORT CAMPBELL CAMPUS SEEN A 27.7 PERCENT GROWTH IN ITS HEADCOUNT WITH 351 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS CAMPARED TO FALL 2010.

            DR. SELBE SAYS HE COULDN’T BE HAPPIER ABOUT HOW WELL THE FORT CAMPBELL CAMPUS IS DOING.

            ACCORDING TO THE HCC PRESIDENT, THE COMMUNITY COLLGE ACCOUNTS FOR 44 PERCENT OF THE OVERALL HEADCOUNT INCREASE FOR KCTCS.

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TWO TRIAL DATES HAVE BEEN SET FOR A COUPLE OF LAWSUITS AGAINST THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

            SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY JACK LACKEY JR, SAYS A NOVEMBER 13^TH TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR A LAWSUIT THAT DATES BACK TO A NOVEMBER 2010 INCIDENT AND INVOLVES A MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT.

            ACCORDING TO LACKEY, THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THE CHILD OF AMANDA BOSSETT OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED BY ANOTHER CHILD ON THE BUS AND HE SAYS A DISTRICT INTERNAL INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS NO NEGLIGENCE FOUND AGAINST THE BUS DRIVER.

            MEANWHILE, LACKEY SAYS A DECEMBER 10^TH TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR THE SECOND LAWSUIT CONCERNING A MAY 2010 INCIDENT INVOLVING A BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT.

            ACCORDING TO LACKEY, THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THE CHILD OF BRENDA RODRIGUEZ OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS INJURED DURING A FIGHT ON A BUS AND A DISTRICT INTERNAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE BUS DRIVER WAS NOT NEGLIGENT IN THE INCIDENT.

            A THIRD LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY IN THE DISCOVERY PHASE AND IT INVOLVES A OCTOBER 2010 INCIDENT INVOLVING 18-YEAR OLD JOHN KOZAK.

            THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES KOZAK WAS WORKING ON A CLASS ROOM WELDING PROJECTS AT THE CAREET AND TECHNICAL CENTER WHEN THE TIP OF HIS THUMB WAS CUT OFF.

            LACKEY SAYS THE INCIDENT WAS AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT AND A DISTRICT INTERNAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE TEACHER WAS NOT NEGLIGENT.

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PLANS ARE REPORTEDLY UNDERWAY TO REMOVE CLARKSVILLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND CEO JAMES CHAVEZ FROM OFFICE.

            COUNCILMAN NICK STEWARD SAYS A CLEAR REASON FOR HIS PROPOSED DISMISSAL HAS NOT BEEN EXPLAINED TO HIM AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO DOCUMENTED ACTION OF MISCONDUCT ON HIS PART.

            ACCORDING TO THE CLARKSVILLE COUNCILMAN, CHAVEZ HAS SERVED THE CLARKSVILLE COMMUNITY WELL AND THAT HE HAS SHOWN GREAT LEADERSHIP DURING VARIOUS PROJECTS DURING HIS TENURE AND HOPES HE WILL REMAIN IN OFFICE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

            COUNCILMAN STEWARD WILL ASK CLARKSVILLE MAYOR KIM MCMILLAN TO HOLD A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ON MONDAY TO PRESENT A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF CHAVEZ.

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