Month: July 2021

A federal jury has convicted a Greenville man, who is a registered sex offender, of attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. According to a news release, 29-year old Dustin Stone of Greenville was arrested in November of 2018, when he traveled to Paducah with the intent of having sex with a 13-year-old female he believed he was communicating. Stone was actually communicating with undercover detectives with […]

Governor Andy Beshear announced Kentucky’s newest millionaire through the “Shot at a Million” vaccine incentive program Friday and gave the latest information on the Delta variant of COVID-19. Ginger Shultz of Louisville won the $1 million by just getting vaccinated and then signing up for the drawing at shotatamillion.ky.gov. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2021/07/million-winner.mp3 Five teenagers were also awarded full ride scholarships to a state university through the drawing, with none of those from […]

Hopkinsville is home to a new mural, as a group of local students painted a wall on East Sixth Street downtown as part of a summer art camp. A group of 12 youth took on the project, led by local artist Jennifer Bowman and organized by Pennyroyal Arts Council Arts Education Coordinator Molly Campbell, who says that during some of the hottest days of the summer they completed the art […]

A Christian County Grand Jury will soon hear the child abuse cases against three suspects accused of injuring two small children with a wooden spoon. Twenty-seven-year-old Donnie Freeman appeared with public defender Munroe Graham and 25-year-old Jessica Maddux with private attorney Jason Holland. Each waived their preliminary hearing and Judge Foster Cotthoff sent their cases to the Christian County Grand Jury for consideration and possible indictment. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2021/07/spoon-preliminary.mp3 Meanwhile, Sands Chewning […]

Arraignment was held Friday morning for 36-year-old Mory Burse of Hopkinsville, the man charged with murder for the Wednesday night shooting death of 48-year-old Devon Kendrick on Sharpe Street. Christian District Judge Foster Cotthoff entered a not guilty plea to the murder and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon charges and set his preliminary hearing for August 4. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2021/07/burse-arraignment.mp3 The judge left Burse’s bond at half a million […]