Month: February 2019

The City of Drakesboro in Muhlenberg County is under investigation by the Kentucky Public Service Commission after a recent inspection of its municipal natural gas utility found 35 violations of safety standards. In an order issued Thursday, the PSC gave the City of Drakesboro until Friday to either contract with a qualified third party to operate its natural gas system, or to shut down the system. A third party has […]

Another suspect has been arrested in connection with a murder that happened February 4th in Madisonville. A news release from Madisonville Police says 22-year old Ryne Bruch drove Mar’Keil Foster and a third accomplice to the residence of Dominick Yarbrough and Ashley Egan on Sugg Street. Police say Foster and the third suspect entered the home under the guise of completing a drug deal, while Bruch remained in the vehicle. […]

Fort Campbell officials have not released many details on a training incident involving an MH-6 helicopter that injured two people Wednesday afternoon. Both injured people were taken to Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, according to a post spokesperson, who says the incident happened about 4:40 p.m. The names of the injured individuals have not been released, pending family notification.

Clarksville Police investigated a home invasion Thursday morning on Biglen Drive. It happened about 8 a.m. in the 800 block of Biglen and Clarksville Police say a BMW was stolen from the residence. Police spotted the vehicle in the area of Lafayette Road in Clarksville and it fled from officers.   The vehicle entered the area of the Vulcan Plant off of Providence Boulevard, where the suspects fled the automobile on […]

Hopkinsville Police arrested a man for methamphetamine possession Thursday morning on West Seventh Street. Officers were notified of a white male entering the side door of Auto-Rama on West Seventh just after midnight and found 38-year old Michael Hunter of Hopkinsville running across North Drive from Taco Bell to Wendy’s. An arrest citation says Hunter appeared to be under the influence of a substance and a baggie of meth was […]

A Paducah man has been served with an armed robbery warrant for an alleged incident that happened earlier this year in Christian County. It alleges that on January 24th, 22-year old Michael Sims of Paducah pointed a loaded 9mm handgun to the forehead of a victim during the course of a robbery. The victim had reportedly been transported to the location where the robbery happened by a female, whose name […]

A woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries in a rear-end collision Thursday morning on Pembroke Road. It happened just after 6 a.m. in the southbound lanes near Cayce Mill Supply and Hopkinsville Police Sgt. Tony Sierra says a woman was slowing to allow a disabled vehicle in front of her to be pushed out of the roadway when she was struck in the rear by a pickup. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2019/02/pembroke-road-46.mp3 The woman whose vehicle […]