A wreck on Dawson Springs Road Sunday night injured a Christian County woman.

The report from the Christian County Sheriff’s Office says 37-year old William Mitchell of Dawson Road was attempting to pass another vehicle around 7:50pm and found an oncoming vehicle as he topped a hill.

Mitchell tried to get back in his lane, but the two vehicles collided sending the pickup driven by 37-year old Scott McLaughlin of Crofton off the roadway and into a ditch. McLaughlin’s vehicle overturned and came to rest near a driveway.

A passenger in the Mitchell vehicle, 39-year old Ella Thomas of Dawson Road, was taken by ambulance to Jennie Stuart Medical Center. McLaughlin went uninjured.

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04/17/2012/am

Officials in Todd County are becoming increasingly frustrated with the new Justice Center construction process—saying the rules are being changed in the middle of the game.

The Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts is in charge of such projects in the commonwealth and dozens of counties have built new buildings in the last few years. The office was extremely generous in its funding before the recession and counties were out very little expense, but budget cuts have caused drastic changes.

Todd County Attorney Mac Johns says while the Office of the Courts hasn’t changed their requirements for the Justice Center; they have reduced the amount of money they’re willing to spend.

One example Judge-Executive Darryl Greenfield gives is a 400-thousand dollar security camera system that has been paid for in almost every other county by the state. The AOC is saying Todd Fiscal Court will have to pay for the one in Elkton, but Judge Greenfield says the county doesn’t have that kind of money to throw around.

Going forward, Judge Greenfield says the county will have to be cautious with what it commits to regarding the Justice Center, because no one knows when the AOC could change the rules again.

The discussion began when Sheriff Joey Johnson told Fiscal Court he will soon need to hire bailiffs or security guards—with their 8 dollars per hour salaries supposed to be funded by the Administrative Office of the Courts—but not their tests required for the hiring process.

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04/17/2012/am

 The Christian County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary in Herndon from the weekend.

Deputy Adam Vanderkolk responded to 875 McCraw Road Sunday morning after someone broke into the home of 63-year old Jimmie Higgins and stole eight guns, a television and several other electronic devices. Total value of the items is listed at about 27-hundred dollars.

The perpetrator broke a window next to the front door to get inside, sometime between 9am and 11am Sunday morning. A named suspect is listed on the report and the investigation continues.

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04/17/2012/am

Hopkinsville Police have released a description of the suspect who robbed a convenience store last night.

Officers responded to the Kangaroo Mart at 932 North Main Street around 11:10, after a female clerk said a man walked in with a knife and demanded money. The suspect got away with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The suspect is listed as a white male with dark shoulder-length hair. He was wearing a long sleeve “long john” shirt at the time of the crime.         

Anyone with any information on the incident is asked to call the Crime Stoppers tips line at 887-TIPS.

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04/17/2012/am

A Hopkinsville woman was taken by helicopter to a Nashville hospital after a wreck in the city Monday afternoon.

The incident happened on Cox Mill Road at the Country Club Lane intersection around 3:15, according to the report from Hopkinsville Police, which says 70-year old Martha Logsdon of Hopkinsville was westbound on Country Club when she veered to the right at the intersection and hit a car stopped on Cox Mill driven by 24-year old Kristina Logan of Crofton in the left rear.

Ms. Logsdon continued across the median and into two yards, before crossing Cox Mill and into two more yards where her vehicle came to rest against a tree.

Ms. Logsdon was flown by Air-Evac helicopter to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where officials listed her in critical but stable condition. Ms. Logan went uninjured in the crash.