Month: February 2025

Following a six-month long investigation, the Christian County Sheriff’s Department reports they have arrested 13 suspects on a long list of drug and weapon charges. According to a news release, deputies arrested those individuals between February 14 and February 20, as part of a strategic operation to crack down on networks responsible for trafficking in methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine and other illicit substances in the community.  Those individuals and their charges […]

A Hopkinsville woman is behind bars following a vehicle pursuit Monday afternoon, and she’s facing numerous charges. Hopkinsville police arrested 38-year-old Lindsay Kio and charged her with felony theft by unlawful taking, first-degree fleeing or evading police, resisting arrest, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal mischief and operating on a suspended or revoked license, after she allegedly led officers on a pursuit that began on Old Madisonville Road […]

The Oak Grove Police Department has arrested two individuals and is seeking a third in relation to an assault at the Hi Road convenience store Tuesday morning. According to the department, officers responded to the store on Hugh Hunter Road for reports of a disturbance, and investigation revealed that at approximately 3:30 a.m., three individuals attempted to commit a theft inside the business.  The clerk was able to remove them […]

The Bluegrass Youth Racing Foundation is inviting the community out to their pancake breakfast fundraiser on Saturday, to help support the upcoming 19th annual Hopkinsville Soap Box Derby. It will take place from 7 a.m. until 12 p.m. at 2812 Fort Campbell Boulevard, and all money raised will support covering expenses for the 2025 derby, which is set to take place on May 3 at Ruff Park in Hopkinsville.  Tickets […]

Christian Fiscal Court paved the way for an evidence storage facility for the Sheriff’s Department to be built while hearing reports and updates at Tuesday morning’s meeting.  Christian County Regional Animal Shelter Director Melissa Goff gave the monthly report and in the month of January, the shelter took in 364 animals with 235 getting adopted in the same month. As part of a recent consultation with an animal shelter veterinarian, […]

A wreck on Dawson Springs Road at the intersection of the Eagle Way Bypass sent a man to a Nashville hospital Tuesday morning. It happened just before 7 a.m. in the intersection between two vehicles. Hopkinsville Fire and EMS Captain Payton Rogers reports that one individual refused transport at the scene, but another male victim was flown to Skyline Medical Center in Nashville for treatment of a significant head wound […]

The Clarksville Police Department is investigating after a woman was killed in a stabbing on Eastern Hills Drive early Monday morning. According to a news release, officers responded to a residence on Eastern Hills for reports of a stabbing and upon arrival, found the 34-year-old female victim, who was pronounced deceased at the scene. A suspect, identified as 35-year-old Luis Alejandro Parra-Montiel, fled the scene before police arrived.  Montiel was […]

The body of a missing Calloway County man was found in flood waters in Graves County after days of searching. According to Kentucky State Police, 39-year-old Samuel Wilson of Murray was reported missing on February 16 and shortly after, the vehicle he was last known to be occupying was found unoccupied in flood waters in Graves County.  After multiple days of searching by emergency personnel and with the flood waters […]