Kentucky State Police are asking for the public’s help in solving a robbery in Livingston County from Friday night.

A news release says KSP received the report of a while male armed with a handgun robbing the Ledbetter Minit Mart of an undisclosed amount of cash around 9:40pm.

The man was approximately six feet tall, wearing a gray sweatshirt, multi-colored baseball cap and a blue bandana partially covering his face.

The suspect should be considered armed and dangerous and state police are being assisted by the Livingston and McCracken County Sheriff’s Offices in the investigation.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call KSP at 1-800-222-5555.

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01/08/2012/am

Ross Workman

A mayor of a local town has resigned to take another job.

WFIE TV reports Dawson Springs Mayor Ross Workman has resigned to take a job as manager of the Golden Pond Planetarium at the Land Between the Lakes. Mayor Workman has served since he was appointed in 2008 and defeated Jenny Sewell by 12 votes in 2010.

Dawson Springs City Council is now tasked to name a replacement within 30 days, or it then becomes Governor Steve Beshear’s job. The governor likely knows some qualified candidates, considering Dawson Springs is his hometown.

In other political news from Hopkins County, Circuit Court Clerk Karen McKnight has filed her papers to run for re-election.

Ms. McKnight is a Democrat and is currently unopposed in this May’s Primary Election.

Meanwhile, two people have announced their intentions to seek the state house seat of 5^th District Representative Melvin Henley, who is retiring after this year.
Republican and former representative Kenneth Imes of Murray has filed his paperwork with the Secretary of State’s office, while Murray Democrat Hal Kemp tells the Murray Times and Ledger he will also file for the open seat.

Former 1^st District Congressman Carol Hubbard has already filed his papers to run for re-election as 1^st District State Senator.

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01/06/2012/am

There is a new chairman of the Jennie Stuart Medical Center Board of Trustees.

A news release from the hospital says Theresa Nichol was elevated from the position of secretary-treasurer to chairperson.

Ms. Nichol has served on the board for nearly five years.

Elected as vice-chair was Ray Cobb, Earl Calhoun was voted secretary-treasurer and Wilson Sisk as member at-large.

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01/06/2012/am

No one was injured in an attempted home invasion on South Virginia Street last night.

The report from Hopkinsville Police says 41-year old Kimberly Daniels called the ECC after someone knocked on her front door and showed her a handgun. The suspect then attempted to kick the door in, but was unsuccessful.

The unknown male fled the scene before police arrived. Officers did a neighborhood canvas, but were unable to locate the alleged perpetrator.

The suspect is described as a black male, approximately 5 feet, 8 inches tall, wearing a burgundy hooded sweat jacket, black shirt and a bandana across his face.

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01/06/2011/am

The Christian County Sheriff’s Office is investigating three significant thefts this week.

The first happened at a construction site on Princeton Road, where Pembroke resident Joe Rives told deputies someone removed $1,200 worth of copper that would take $1,800 worth of labor to replace as it was.

Rives used a gun to stop copper thieves in their tracks last summer after being victimized on multiple occasions.

The second report came from Kem Stacey of International Systems, which has a construction site on Gate 7 road near Oak Grove. Stacey told police someone broke open the front door and stole a saw, two drills, several thousand feet of wiring, a laptop and a impact wrench.

The total value of the items came to nearly $3,000. There are no suspects listed on either report.

The most recent incident was reported Thursday at 2365 Empire Road near Crofton, where James Bullock said someone stole a generator, boat battery, rifle totaling $1,690 in value.

A suspect is listed on that report, with all three investigations ongoing.

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