Andrews

            A MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING SEVERAL MCDONALDS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IS FINALLY FACING THOSE CHARGES IN JAIL.

            HOPKINSVILLE POLICE SERVED A WARRANT ON FIRST DEGREE ROBBERY CHARGES AGAINST 48-YEAR OLD TIMOTHY TYRONE ANDREWS OF CLARKSVILLE THIS MORNING AT 2:50.

            POLICE SAY ANDREWS WENT INTO THE FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD MCDONALDS ON APRIL 20^TH, 2009 ARMED WITH A PISTOL AND DEMANDED EMPLOYEES TO LIE ON THE FLOOR AND TO PROVIDE HIM WITH CASH.

            AFTER GETTING MONEY, HE FLED THE SCENE. ANDREWS IS ALSO ACCUSED OF A SIMILAR MCDONALDS ROBBERY IN DICKSON, TENNESSEE AND TWO IN CLARKSVILLE.

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11/14/2011/AM

DARRELL TIDWELL

         AN OAK GROVE MAN IS DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING INCIDENT ON CARTER ROAD IN OAK GROVE LAST NIGHT AND HIS SON IS CHARGED WITH MURDER.
         STATE POLICE SAY WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE CARTER ROAD RESIDENCE SHORTLY AFTER 8:30, THEY FOUND 86-YEAR OLD KENNETH TIDWELL DEAD ON THE FLOOR. THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION, THEY COLLECTED EVIDENCE TO CHARGE HIS SON—56-YEAR OLD DARRELL TIDWELL—WITH HIS FATHER’S MURDER.
         THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES BY DETECTIVE BILLY SUMNER AND STATE POLICE WERE ASSISTED ON THE SCENE BY OAK GROVE POLICE AND THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
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PHOTO PROVIDED BY CLARKSVILLE POLICE

        HIGH WINDS DAMAGED A TALL AND LARGE SIGN ON WILMA RUDOLPH BOULEVARD IN CLARKSVILLE SUNDAY MORNING.
        CLARKSVILLE POLICE WERE AT OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE FROM JUST AFTER 9AM INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AFTER THE SIGN TILTED AND APPEARED TO BE NEAR FALLING OFF THE POLE.
         AN OFFICER STAYED THERE UNTIL A CRANE FROM OUT OF KENTUCKY CAME TO STRAIGHTEN IT BACK OUT, MAKING THE AREA MUCH SAFER.
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11/13/2011/AM

            LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR AN INMATE ESCAPED FROM THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL.

            KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SPECIALIST ROBERT LITTLEPAGE SAID THIS MORNING THAT 22-YEAR OLD DEVAN MOTRELL MATLOCK HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 1:00 WHEN HE REPORTEDLY WALKED AWAY FROM A WORK RELEASE SITE AT THE SALVATION ARMY.

            MATLOCK IS A BLACK MALE WHO STANDS ABOUT 5 FEET 11 INCHES TALL AND WEIGHS APROXIMATELY 180 POUNDS. HE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A BLACK AND WHITE HOODIE AND JEANS.

            MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT TRY TO APREHEND MATLOCK IF SEEN, ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, WHO ASK THE PUBLIC TO INSTEAD CALL LAW ENFORCMENT.

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11/13/2011/AM

            VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE RESPONDED TO MULTIPLE SMALL FIELD FIRES YESTERDAY AND THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM AGAIN TODAY WITH A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT.

            THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY, WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES PER HOUR COMMON.

            IN ADDITION TO THE FIRE DANGER, HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE WINDS, ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING IN AN EAST TO WEST DIRECTION. BOATERS ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED FROM VENTURING OUT ON WATERWAYS DUE TO ROUGH CONDITIONS.

            THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY AROUND 4PM THIS AFTERNOON.

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