ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY OFFICE OF MINE SAFETY AND LICENSING, THE WORKERS WERE IDENTIFIED AS 47-YEAR OLD DARREL WINSTEAD AND 33-YEAR OLD SAMUEL LINDSEY.
          AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THE TWO MEN WERE TRAPPED AT THE ARMSTRONG COAL COMPANY’S EQUALITY BOOT MINE IN THE OHIO COUNTY COMMUNITY OF CENTERTOWN AND THAT CREWS WERE WORKING TO EXTRICATE THEM THIS MORNING.
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OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED THIS EVENING THAT TWO COAL MINERS IN OHIO COUNTY DIED AFTER A HIGH WALL COLLAPSE CAUSED A ROCK TO FALL ON THEIR TRUCK.

            AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THE TWO MEN WERE TRAPPED AT THE ARMSTRONG COAL COMPANY’S EQUALITY BOOT MINE IN THE OHIO COUNTY COMMUNITY OF CENTERTOWN AND THAT CREWS WERE WORKING TO EXTRICATE THEM THROUGH THE MORNING.

            THE IDENTITIES OF THE MEN HAVE ALSO NOT BEEN RELEASED.

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Hunter

            THE MAN ACCUSED OF LEADING CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE ACROSS THE COUNTY THIS WEEK HAS BEEN EXTRADITED FROM CLARKSVILLE.

            IT TOOK SIX PAGES WORTH OF ARREST CARDS AND WARRANTS TO LIST ALL OF THE CHARGES AND COMPLETE THE PROCESS OF BRINGING 27-YEAR OLD JONATHAN HUNTER TO THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL.

            POLICE ORIGINALLY SAID HUNTER WAS FROM ASHLAND CITY, TENNESSEE—BUT THE ARREST CARD LISTS HIS ADDRESS AS 9043 NEW HOPE ROAD, CADIZ.

            HUNTER ALLEGEDLY STOLE A FOUR-WHEELER IN TRIGG COUNTY BEFORE A CITIZEN CALLED THE ECC AND NOTIFIED POLICE OF HIS WHEREABOUTS. HUNTER THEN CAUSED A WRECK WITH INJURY IN OAK GROVE AND ALLEGEDLY DROVE AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 100 MILES PER HOUR IN THE WRONG DIRECTION ON INTERSTATE 24 BEFORE EXITING AND FINALLY BEING STOPPED BY POLICE BETWEEN CLARKSVILLE AND GUTHRIE.

            HUNTER IS CHARGED WITH FLEEING FROM POLICE, LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT, WANTON ENDANGERMENT, ASSAULT, DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.

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            THE FATE OF TWO OHIO COUNTY COAL MINERS IS UNKNOWN THIS AFTERNOON, AFTER A HIGH WALL COLLAPSE CAUSED A ROCK TO FALL ON THEIR TRUCK.

            NUMEROUS MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE THE TWO MEN WERE TRAPPED AT THE ARMSTRONG COAL COMPANY’S EQUALITY BOOT MINE IN THE OHIO COUNTY COMMUNITY OF CENTERTOWN AND THAT CREWS WERE WORKING TO EXTRICATE THEM THROUGH THE MORNING.

            THE IDENTITIES OF THE MEN HAVE ALSO NOT BEEN RELEASED, WITH MORE DETAILS TO COME LATER IN THE DAY.

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            TRIGG COUNTY SHERIFF RAY BURNAM IS ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING THE PERSON OR PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THEFT OF THREE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS.

            SHERIFF BURNAM SAYS HE WAS CONTACTED AROUND 6AM ABOUT SOMEONE GOING TO BUILDERS DRYWALL ON OLIVER ROAD LAST NIGHT AND TAKING THREE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS.

            THE SHERIFF SAYS HE’S RECEIVED WORD SOMEONE SAW A DARK-COLORED VEHICLE IN THE AREA LAST EVENING AROUND 7 OR 8 O’CLOCK, BUT HIS DEPUTIES ARE STILL FOLLOWING UP ON OTHER LEADS.

            ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE SEEN A VEHICLE OR ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA IS ASKED TO CALL THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT 522-6014 OR 350-3815.

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