Month: September 2018

Representatives of seven law enforcement agencies spent Saturday searching for the man accused of murder and arson in Stewart County and of an armed home invasion in Montgomery County. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department issued an alert about 9:30 a.m. Saturday saying 53-year old Kirby Gene Wallace had crashed the vehicle he was driving in the area of Honey Fork Road and Seven Mile Ridge Road near the Stewart-Montgomery County […]

Downtown Hopkinsville saw hundreds of people walking in support of one day finding a cure to Alzheimer’s, during the annual Pennyrile Walk to End Alzheimer’s Saturday. The walk is held each year to raise funds for research, patient care and support for those who take care of loved ones with the disease. Tyler Jones with Edwards Jones, the national presenting sponsor of the walk, says they are committed to finding […]

An investigation Friday night regarding a fight involving guns at 18th and McKee Street in Hopkinsville led to charges against four men. When officers arrived about 10:45 p.m. several people fled to their vehicles and hid weapons, according to the police reports. The caller to ECC specifically said 24-year old Trequan Lewis of Hopkinsville had a gun. He ran when officers arrived, but soon tossed his weapon and fell to […]

Former Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church pastor, Father Gerald Baker, has been suspended permanently from public ministry. The Diocese of Owensboro released a statement Thursday that was quoted in a Kentucky New Era story Saturday saying, “In 2016, Gerald Baker, a priest of the Diocese of Owensboro, was accused of sexual abuse by three minors. Law enforcement and the Diocesan Review Board both began their investigations. While we cannot […]

If you are intending to travel outside of the country in the future, you can now apply to get your passport at the Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library. Higgins Insurance is sponsoring the program that allows the library to provide this service. The library began accepting new passport applications on August 27th and staff members have been certified in the processing. Executive Director, DeeAnna Sova says, “HCCPL strives to be a […]