Month: June 2021

A jury was seated Wednesday morning in Hardin County in the trial of Pembroke triple-murder suspect Christian “Kit” Martin. Judge John Atkins read the indictment to the morning jury pool and asked if anyone had heard of the case—which received much less publicity in the Elizabethtown area than in Southern Kentucky and Middle Tennessee. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2021/06/jury-selections.mp3 None of the seated jurors had heard of Martin’s case, though some did need to […]

Plans are in place to reopen the senior centers in the Pennyrile region—including in Christian, Todd and Trigg counties—on July 1. Jill Collins is the director of the Pennyrile Agency on Aging and says she met with leaders of the nine senior centers Wednesday morning and they intend to reopen to the public July 1. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2021/06/jill-collins-centers.mp3 She says planning will have to be accomplished between now and then on how […]

The Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library has made changes to the Book-A-Bike Program, including a new location for check-outs. According to a news release, all bike checkouts are $1 for both library card holders and non-library card holders. The program has also increased the total number of checkouts available by an adult to 5 bikes and the program has expanded its check out locations to include the Hopkinsville-Christian County YMCA on […]

Rain was a factor in a single-vehicle accident Wednesday morning on the Pennyrile Parkway that injured a Hopkinsville man. Christian County Sheriff’s Sgt. Adam Vanderkolk says 21-year old Tyshawn Banks of Hopkinsville had been southbound near the 13 mile-marker a few minuets after 7 o’clock when his vehicle hydroplaned. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2021/06/vanderkolkrain.mp3 No other vehicles were involved in the crash.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is standing by his opposition to an independent commission to investigate the January 6th attack on the Capitol. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2021/06/jan6th0601mcconnell1-2.mp3 Republicans blocked a bill that would create the bipartisan commission last week.  McConnell said he would not reiterate what he has already said about the Capitol attack and the commission.  He again noted the sweeping investigation being conducted by the Justice Department and said […]

Hopkinsville police are investigating after two homes were struck by gunfire early Wednesday morning on Central Avenue. It happened about 4:30 a.m. in the 1200 block of Central and an incident report says none of the people in either house were injured in the shooting. At least one bullet was recovered and siding and drywall were damaged on both homes. No suspects are named on the report.