WASHINGTON -- Federal investigators have concluded that the crew of a cargo ship ignored radioed and visual warnings about lights being out on a western Kentucky bridge in the moments leading up to a wreck.  

National Transportation Safety Board investigators said the crew of the Delta Mariner used only visual cues and went under the wrong span of the Eggner's Ferry Bridge last year.  

The wreck tore down a 322-foot span of the bridge over Kentucky Lake.  

Investigators also concluded that white warning lights on the bridge had been out for several years and other lights shorted out before the wreck.  

The missing span halted traffic on U.S. 68 between the western shore of Kentucky Lake and the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area  
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Cadiz Police continues to investigate a two-vehicle wreck that happened this afternoon in the 2000 block of Main Street involving multiple injuries.

Police say preliminary investigation showed that 21-year old Morgan K. Spann of the city was eastbound on Main Street and attempted a left turn into the Ferrell's parking lot.

Police say Spann’s vehicle pulled into the path of a vehicle driven by 28-year old Crystal L. McCraw of Gracey, which was westbound on Main Street. 

Police say the impact of the collision caused Spann’s vehicle to do a 180-degree clockwise turn, causing it to go off the shoulder, strike a road sign, and come to rest against a large sign post.

Police add that Spann went uninjured in the wreck, but her passenger, 20-year old  

Miranda Thacker of the city suffered multiple injuries and was freed from the vehicle by mechanical means by the Trigg County Rescue Squad.

McCraw suffered neck and knee injuries and her 3-year old child, who was restrained in a booster seat suffered face and head injuries.

Police say McCraw’s 3-month son, who was in a child seat went uninjured in the wreck.
All of the injured were transported to Trigg County Hospital.  

Trigg County Sheriff's Office and Trigg County Rescue Squad assisted at the scene.
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Christian Fiscal Court received several doses of good news at its first meeting in the month of May.

Bids on the addition to the Christian County Animal Shelter came in significantly lower than they did the first time the project was bid out—with Westerfield Construction submitting the lowest at 193 thousand dollars. The bid was approved and Judge-Executive Steve Tribble says meeting with interested contractors for “value engineering” helped the county reduce costs.

The addition will add more room for kennels and will create a new concrete walkway outside where residents can meet their potential new pet in clean and controlled environment.

Fiscal Court also learned the county's insurance costs will only go up by less than one percent in the coming fiscal year. The county is mostly self-insured and Agent Mack Major says claims have remained flat—allowing the cost of the “safety net” insurance from Anthem to remain fairly stagnant.

Costs and benefits to county employees will remain exactly the same in the coming year.

Court also heard from the Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Cheryl Cook, who says tourism numbers continue to be encouraging locally—thanks in large part to consistent activity at Tie Breaker Park that brings families to town for softball tournaments.

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Time is running out for area residents to donate to Project Graduation, an all-night drug and alcohol free party for graduating seniors in Christian County.

Event Organizer, Diane Pyle offers more information about Project Graduation.

A man wanted for burglaries in Guthrie, Cadiz and Clarksville was arrested in Kentucky Monday night.

Clarksville Police Sgt. Charles Gill says 56-year old Ray Farmer was arrested in Lawrence County, Kentucky. There had been at least 28 warrants on file for his arrest in this area, including ones in Todd, Trigg, Montgomery and Davidson counties.

Farmer was caught on video allegedly burglarizing a bar on the Montgomery-Todd County line in January and has allegedly caused tens of thousands of dollars worth of damages to buildings and alarm systems while committing the crimes over several years.

He was considered a “career criminal” and allegedly escaped a halfway house he was released to last summer.

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