FORT CAMPBELL OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED SERGEANT BRENT BURKE WILL APPEAR AT AN ARTICLE 32 HEARING FRIDAY AT THE LOCAL POST.

            OFFICIALS SAY BURKE WILL FACE AN ARTICLE 32 INVESTIGATION, WHICH REQUIRES A THOROUGH AND IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION OF CHARGES AND SPECIFICATIONS BEFORE THEY BE REFERRED TO A GENERAL-COURT-MARTIAL FOR THE CRIMES WHICH ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED.

            IN ADDITION, OFFICIALS SAY UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE, BURKE IS PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL AND UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY.

            ACCORDING TO MILITARY DOCUMENTS, IT HAS BEEN ALLEGED THAT SERGEANT BURKE, DID AT OR NEAR RINEYVILLE. KENTUCKY ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 11^TH, 2007, WITH THE PREMEDITATION, MURDER TRACY BURKE AND KAREN COMER BY SHOOTING THEM WITH A FIREARM.

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            CLARKSVILLE POLICE REPORTEDLY ARRESTED TWO MALE JUVENILES EARLY THIS MORNING FOR CAUSING DAMAGES TO NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL.

            ACCORDING TO POLICE, AROUND 12-45 A.M. 911 RECEIVED TWO SEPARATE CALLS ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME ABOUT AN ALARM ACTIVATION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND A SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY CALL FROM A CITIZEN WHO HEARD A BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE SCHOOL AND SAW TWO JUVENILES, POSSIBLY WITH WEAPONS, WALKING IN THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL.

            FOLLOWING A SHORT FOOT PURSUIT WITH OFFICERS, THE 15 AND 17 YEAR OLDS WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH BURGLARY AND TRANSPORTED TO A JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY.

            POLICE SAY THE TWO TEENS, ONE OF WHOM ATTENDS NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL, CAUSED DAMAGES TO AN EXTERIOR DOOR AND WINDOW AND HAD SOCKS COVERING THEIR HANDS.

IN ADDITION, OFFICERS FOUND A BASEBALL BAT AND FLATTENED METAL PIPE WERE FOUND AT THE SCENE.

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DEER MATING SEASON IS NOW UPON US AND KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET OFFICIALS ALONG WITH STATE POLICE WANT TO REMIND AREA MOTORISTS TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AS DEER MAY RUN OUT ON ROADWAYS.
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A MANDATORY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TRAINING EXERCISE WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY AT NORTH TODD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE LOCAL RESPONDERS WILL PRACTICE AS IF AN EARTHQUAKE DEVESTATED THE CAMPUS DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
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A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY WAS RECENTLY HELD FOR PENNYRILE HOME MEDICAL, WHICH MOVED FROM THE INDIAN HILLS SHOPPING CENTER TO A NEW LOCATION ON THE EAGLE WAY BYPASS NEXT TO WHAT USED TO BE DOT’S AMERICAN RESTAURANT.
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THE HOPKINSVILLE-CHRISTIAN COUNTY DOWNTOWN FARMERS’ MARKET IS IN THE RUNNING FOR STATEWIDE MARKET OF THE YEAR, WHICH WOULD MEAN CASH PRIZES AND NOTORIETY FOR THE LOCAL MARKET OPEN ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.
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THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM WEBSITE NOW FEATURES A SECTION DEDICATED TO DOCUMENTING EVERYTHING KENTUCKY-RELATED FROM THE CIVIL WAR.
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GREENVILLE MAYOR ED DEARMOND WAS A FINALIST AND CAME IN THIRD PLACE FOR THIS YEAR’S KENTUCKY LEAGUE OF CITIES ELECTED CITY OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR.
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            CLARKSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SEXUAL BATTERY INCIDENT FROM LATE LAST NIGHT.

            THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 11:45 ON MARTIN STREET, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT FROM CLARKSVILLE POLICE, WHICH SAYS A 24-YEAR OLD FEMALE CAME TO HER HOME AND WAS APPROACHED BY THREE MEN BEFORE SHE COULD GET IN THE DOOR.

            ONE OF THE SUSPECTS BRANDISHED A HANDGUN AND ORDERED HER TO GET ON THE GROUND, WHILE THE OTHER TWO KICKED HER DOOR DOWN AND WENT INSIDE.

            ONE OF THE MEN DRAGGED HER INTO THE HOME BY HER LEGS AND FONDLED HER WHILE THE OTHER TWO RANSACKED HER HOME. THE SUSPECTS THEN DRUG THE VICTIM INTO A BATHROOM AND TOLD HER TO LAY THERE UNTIL THEY WERE GONE.

            POLICE SAY THE WOMAN WAS NOT PHYSICALLY INJURED IN THE INCIDENT.

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