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THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING A POSSIBLE ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE THAT OCCURRED SUNDAY.
27-YEAR OLD DANIELLE RIEMERS OF 212 DELL DRIVE REPORTED TO POLICE HER 15-MONTH OLD TABBY CAT WAS FOUND IN HER DRIVEWAY WITH A STANDARD SIZED ARROW STICKING OUT OF ITS HEAD.
RIEMERS REPORTEDLY TOLD POLICE HER INDOOR CAT HAD BEEN LET OUT FOR THE MORNING AND THAT HER HUSBAND DISCOVERED THE INJURED ANIMAL OUTSIDE IN THEIR FRONT YARD.
POLICE SAY THE CAT WAS TREATED BY MANSFIELD ANIMAL CLINIC AND WAS RELEASED BACK TO THE 27-YEAR OLD.
NO SUSPECT DESCRIPTION WAS PROVIDED IN THE REPORT.
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TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A WRECK IN OAK GROVE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
DETAILS ARE SCARCE, BUT THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 5:30 NEAR THE 200 BLOCK OF STATELINE ROAD. INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THE VICTIMS WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD ON THE SCENE. THE OAK GROVE AND CLARKSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENTS SHUT DOWN STATELINE ROAD FROM FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD TO HIGHWAY 115 WHILE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE CAME TO THE SCENE FOR ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION. WE’LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS INCIDENT AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. ** |
IT’S LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKE THERE WILL BE NO SPECIAL SESSION THIS YEAR FOR REDRAWING STATE LEGISLATURE DISTRICTS, AS SENATE PRESIDENT DAVID WILLIAMS BELIEVES THAT WORK CAN BE DONE IN JANUARY AND STATE SENATOR JOEY PENDLETON SAYS HE HEARS IT CAN BE DONE IN 2013. ** CHRISTIAN COUNTY NATIVE AND STATE POLICE LIEUTENANT MARK MAYES WILL OVERSEE THE NEW STATE POLICE CRIME LAB UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN HOPKINS COUNTY—WHICH WILL BE 9,200 SQUARE FEET ACCORDING TO A RECENT NEWS RELEASE. ** SOUTH CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS THE HIGHEST PERFORMING IN THE DISTRICT LAST YEAR AND PRINCIPAL JANIE GILES SAYS BEING SURE EVERY STUDENT IS WORKING TO HIS OR HER POTENTIAL IS A LARGE PART OF THAT ACHIEVEMENTS. ** REAL LIVING, SOUTHERN STYLE REALTORS WAS ONE OF THE FIVE BUSINESSES FEATURED IN A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RIBBON CUTTING ON THE EAGLE WAY BYPAS LAST WEEK, WHEN OWNER/OPERATOR ETTA WALKER SAID HER STAFF IS EXCITED TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE AT THEIR NEW LOCATION. ** CHRISTIAN FISCAL COURT MAGISTRATE TOM JONES ALSO SERVES ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BOARD AND SAYS MUCH-ANTICIPATED RENNOVATIONS AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN MOSTLY COMPLETED—GIVING STAFF THERE MORE SPACE FOR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AND FOR TRAINING AND MEETINGS. ** THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS IS HOSTING A NON-PARTISAN CAMPAIGN SCHOOL FOR ANYONE WHO’S EVER CONSIDERED RUNNING FOR POLITICAL OFFICE SATURDAY MORNING FROM 8:30 UNTIL 2PM AT HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT A COST OF 20 DOLLARS TO ATTEND. ** NEARLY 2,800 GRAMS OF PRESCRIPTION AND NON-PRESCRIPTION PILLS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED AT THE “DROP BOX” LOCATED IN THE LOBBY OF THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE BEING PLACED THERE A FEW WEEKS AGO. ** HOPKINSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETS TOMORROW NIGHT AND WILL DICUSS AND LIKELY VOTE ON ORDINANCES REGARDING HWEA ENTERING THE NATURAL GAS BUSINESS AND RUNNING SERVICE TO THE TVA MEGASITE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOPKINSVILLE. ** ANOTHER “SUPPER IN THE CEMETARY” EVENT IS SCHEDULED LOCALLY, WITH THE PENNYROYAL AREA MUSEUM TO HOST THE POPULAR EVENT IN LAFAYETTE’S POWELL CEMETARY OCTOBER 22ND AT 3PM. ** |
KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SAY 29-YEAR OLD MICAH RODGERS OF NORTONVILLE IS IN ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE AFTER WRECKING A 4-WHEELER ON GOOD HOPE ROAD LAST NIGHT IN HOPKINS COUNTY, WHILE PASSENGER 31-YEAR OLD MICHELLE TESTER OF MADISONVILLE WAS TREATED AT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. ** A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM WAS IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY FRIDAY AND DETERMINED AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN TWO MILES NORTHEAST OF HERNDON ONE WEEK AGO TODAY, DAMAGING TWO BARNS AND SNAPPING SEVERAL TREES WITH WINDS OF UP TO 90 MILES PER HOUR WHILE IT STAYED ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT A MILE. ** THE CHILLY WEATHER MAY HAVE KEPT SOME AWAY, BUT ATTENDANCE WAS STILL HIGH FOR THE ANNUAL TODD COUNTY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE HARVEST FEST ON THE HISTORIC ELKTON SQUARE YESTERDAY, WHERE THE CROWD WAS ENTERTAINED BY LIVE MUSIC AND HAD PLENTY OF VENDOR BOOTHS TO SHOP FROM. ** A SINGLE VEHICLE WRECK ON THE WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAY IN CALDWELL COUNTY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON SENT 48-YEAR OLD TRINA YOUNG, 36-YEAR OLD JASON NYHUISE AND A 14-YEAR OLD FEMALE—ALL OF OWENSBORO—TO CALDWELL COUNTY HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF THEIR INJURIES ** A LOGGING ACCIDENT ON CEMETARY ROAD NEAR AUBURN IN LOGAN COUNTY YESTERDAY SENT A 40-YEAR OLD MAN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL BY AIR-EVAC HELLICOPTER AFTER THE TREE FELL BACK ONTO HIM AND CAUSED TRAUMA TO HIS FACE. ** HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED 32-YEAR OLD ERIC TAYLOR OF HOPKINSVILLE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER OFFICER MIKE PLATERO SAID HE SAW TAYLOR USING PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A WOMAN AT 600-D CHARLIE COURT IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET CASH OUT OF HER POCKET. ** A COPPER THEFT AWARENESS EVENT WAS HELD IN CLARKSVILLE YESTERDAY AFTER OFFICIALS SAY 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF COPPER WAS STOLEN IN THE CITY DURING THE MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST ALONE—MOSTLY AT NEW CONSTRUCTION SITES. ** THE TODD COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS ONE OF MANY ACROSS KENTUCKY WHICH FAILED TO MEET ITS NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND GOALS LAST YEAR, WITH RECENTLY RELEASED DATA SHOWING THAT NOT ONE SCHOOL IN TODD COUNTY MADE ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS. ** A NEW SURVEY SHOWS TENNESSEE HAD THE SECOND-LOWEST VOTER TURNOUT IN THE COUNTRY FOR LAST YEAR’S CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION—AS ONLY 38 PERCENT OF TENNESSEANS OVER 18 YEARS OLD CHOSE TO VOTE. ** UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY PRESIDENT ELI CAPILOUTO WANTS TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SCHOOL AND HAS OUTLINED WHAT HE BELIEVES ARE IMPORTANT NEEDS IN A CAMPUS-WIDE EMAIL RECENTLY SENT OUT, WHICH CITED THE NEED FOR IMPROVED FACILITIES. ** FORT CAMPBELL OFFICIALS HAVE ACQUIRED A NEW SIMULATOR TO HELP SOLDIERS BETTER PREPARE FOR COMBAT, WHICH ENABLES IMPROVED HELICOPTER CREW COORDINATION AND INCREASED PILOT PROFICIENCY. ** SEVEN KENTUCKY COUNTIES ALONG THE OHIO RIVER WERE RECENTLY GRANTED FEDERAL DISASTER STATUS AFTER THEIR ILLINOIS BORDER COUNTIES RECEIVED THE STATUS FOR FLOODING FROM THE SPRING. **
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A MAN RIDING AN A-T-V ON A HOPKINS COUNTY ROADWAY MEANT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES LOST CONTROL OF HIS 4-WHEELER LAST NIGHT AND HAD TO BE FLOWN TO AN EVANSVILLE HOSPITAL.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON GOOD HOPE ROAD, ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, WHO SAY 29-YEAR OLD MICAH RODGERS OF NORTONVILLE LOST CONTROL OF THE A-T-V IN A CURVE AND WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND ALONG WITH PASSENGER 31-YEAR OLD MICHELLE TESTER OF MADISONVILLE.
RODGERS WAS TAKEN BY HELLICOPTER TO SAINT MARY’S HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE, WHILE MS. TESTER WAS TRANSPORTED BY PRIVATE VEHICLE TO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN MADISONVILLE.
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