Month: June 2019

Fire that began in the kitchen displaced the resident of a West Seventh Street home Sunday afternoon. Hopkinsville Fire Department Deputy Chief Steve Futrell says the lone resident was able to escape from the home prior to firefighters’ arrival. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2019/06/futrell-west-7th.mp3 He says there was enough smoke and fire damage that she will be at least temporarily displaced. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2019/06/futrell-west-7th1.mp3 The home is located just west of the West Seventh Dollar General […]

A woman was killed and a man was severely injured in a wreck Saturday night in Madisonville. It happened a few minutes after 6 p.m. and Madisonville police say 85-year old Wilma Crowell of Madisonville failed to yield the right of way when she tried to turn left from Island Ford Road onto the Interstate 69 entrance ramp. She drove into the path of a southbound car operated by 37-year […]

An autopsy has determined the man found dead in the Gilbertsville area of Marshall County Saturday night died from a dog attack. As previously reported, Kentucky State Police were contacted about 8 p.m. Saturday after the body of 46-year old Brian Butler of Benton was found near a roadway in the Gilbertsville community. The autopsy at the Medical Examiner’s Office in Madisonville determined the cause of death to be sharp […]

Photo from WKSF Facebook page The Western Kentucky State Fair concluded last night after nine evenings of fun and events. Total attendance for this year’s fair was 31,180—down by about 3,500 from last year’s total. Severe weather on the first and third days of the fair was likely a factor in attendance being lower than the last several years. The demolition derby on Saturday, June 22 and the first round […]

A lightning strike during a pop-up summertime thunderstorm Saturday afternoon caused a tree to fall on a home on Deepwood Drive in Hopkinsville. The house at 308 Deepwood had significant damage to its roof, but no one was injured. Patricia Sunderland says she was sitting in the living room when the lightning bolt hit directly in front of the house. She could see the tree splinter and dangle and knew […]