Month: April 2019

A motion to revoke the pretrial diversion for former Christian County Sheriff’s Deputy Steve Tucker has been filed, due to Tucker reportedly failing to pay the required $55,000 in restitution. Former Todd and Logan County assistant commonwealth’s attorney Justin Crocker is the special prosecutor in the case and filed a motion on April 23 to revoke the pretrial diversion that was a part a plea deal that Tucker accepted in […]

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has identified the seven people murdered in a rural area of Sumner County. As previously reported, 25-year old Michael Cummins has been arrested in connection with the killings and some of the victims were his family members. The victims at 1177 Charles Brown Road have been identified as the suspect’s father and mother, 51-year old David Cummins and 44-year old Clara Cummins; his uncle, 45-year […]

Several people were hospitalized Monday after exposure to chlorine fumes in Central City. WFIE TV reports crews were working with chlorine at the pool in the Convention Center on Golden Tide Avenue, when several people became overwhelmed by fumes. Dispatchers told the TV station that about 50 people were being evacuated from the building. Ambulances were called from nearby counties to help transport patients to area hospitals.

Additional details have been released on a tractor accident from Saturday afternoon on Poole Mill Road. Christian County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jeff Goulet says 24-year old Brendon Miller of Crofton had been eastbound in the 1200 block of Poole Mill when a backpack got under his feet. The tractor went off the right side of the road when he went to move the backpack and Miller over-corrected, causing him to go […]

The chairman of the successful 69th WHOP Rotary Radio Auction appeared on the Early Bird Show Monday morning to thank the community for making that success possible. Trent Haddock says raising $330,000 for the Rotary Scholars program and other youth initiatives wouldn’t be possible without a generous community willing to bid on items and to donate cash. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2019/04/trent-wrap.mp3 If you bought an item in the auction, Haddock says they’d have […]

The Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library, the Hopkinsville Sportsplex and the Convention and Visitors’ Bureau are partnering to expand the Book-A-Bike program. According to a news release, the partnership will bring the bicycle renting program to the Visitor’s Bureau on East Ninth Street and the Sportsplex, located by the James E. Bruce Convention. The book-a-bike program is in its third year at HCCPL and was funded by the Indian Physician Alliance […]

https://www.facebook.com/190869127619339/videos/463290424410666/?epa=SEARCH_BOX Second Baptist Church of Hopkinsville is considering a renovation and expansion plan that would further change the look of Seventh Street on the West Side of Hopkinsville. The church’s long-range planning committee unveiled its proposal during a meeting that was streamed live on Facebook Sunday morning. Chairperson Sherry Burke says an assessment of the church’s needs determined a desire for growth in offerings to children, additional programming and easier […]