MONDAY JULY 26th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: SCOTT OWEN
MORGAN, 48, GREENSBURG, PROMOTING CONTRABAND, CRIMINAL TRESPASSING; BOBBY R. LOGSDON,
46, GREENSBURG, ASSAULT, TERRORISTIC THREATENING; CINDY G. HARDEN, 46, CAMPBELLSVILLE,
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT, FORGERY; ROGER D. DOTSON, 25,
CAMPBELLSVILLE, BURGLARY; JAMES W. MARRS JR., 28, CAMPBELLSVILLE, CULTIVATING MARIJUANA;
CHRISTOPHER ALLEN THOMPSON, 24, MOUNT SHERMAN, POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE,
POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA;HAROLD E. GILBERT, 43, CAMPBELLSVILLE, BURGLARY; JUSTIN
MICHAEL NEAL, 23, KNOB LICK, MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF
METHAMPHETAMINE; NICHOLAS S. BURGIN, 27, MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE; DEENA N.
COLLINGS, 25, CAMPBELLSVILLE, MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE; CARISA J. BRADSHAW, 33,
CAMPBELLSVILLE, MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE; WILLIAM T. WETHINGTON, 23,
MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE; JOSEPH TIMOTHY BRADY, 46, LEBANON, ATTEMPTED MURDER;
KELLY GOODE, 29, DUNNVILLE, MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - A METHAMPHETAMINE LAB BUST WAS MADE LAST NIGHT, SUNDAY JULY 25th, IN
CAMPBELLSVILLE. ACCORDING TO CAMPBELLSVILLE POLICE AN ARREST WARRANT WAS BEING SERVED
AT 933 HAMILTON STREET IN CAMPBELLSVILLE WHEN AN ACTIVE METHAMPHETAMINE LAB WAS
DISCOVERED. FOUR PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED. THOSE WERE IDENTIFIED AS 33 YEAR OLD CARISA J.
BRADSHAW OF CAMPBELLSVILLE, 25 YEAR OLD DEENA N. COLLINGS OF CAMPBELLSVILLE, 23 YEAR
OLD WILLIAM T. WETHINGTON OF CAMPBELLSVILLE AND 27 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS S. BURGIN OF COX'S
CREEK. ALL WERE CHARGED WITH MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE.
GREENSBURG, KY. - A YOUNG BOY WAS KILLED IN A FOUR WHEELER ACCIDENT SATURDAY EVENING,
JULY 24th, IN GREEN COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE GREEN COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE 8 YEAR OLD
GRANT LIVERS OF LAWRENCEBURG WAS OPERATING A FOUR WHEELER ON PROPERTY IN THE GRAB
COMMUNITY OF GREEN COUNTY WHEN THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM AT JANE TODD CRAWFORD HOSPITAL AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD SHORTLY
THEREAFTER. REPORTS SAY HE WAS VISITING GRANDPARENTS IN GREEN COUNTY WHEN THE ACCIDENT
TOOK PLACE.
LEBANON, KY. - A MARION COUNTY MAN WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT SATURDAY
MORNING, JULY 24th, IN MARION COUNTY. ACCORDING TO KENTUCKY STATE POLICE 53 YEAR OLD
JERRY SALLEE OF LEBANON WAS OPERATING A 1981 SUZUKI WHEN THE BIKE RAN OFF THE ROAD,
STRUCK A GUARDRAIL AND OVERTURNED. SALLEE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT
SPRINGVIEW HOSPITAL IN LEBANON. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 10:30 SATURDAY MORNING,
JULY 24th, 2 MILES WEST OF LEBANON ON HIGHWAY 208 IN MARION COUNTY.
FRIDAY JULY 23rd, 2010
GREENSBURG, KY. - SUMMERSVILLE FUN DAYS IN THE SUMMERSVILLE COMMUNITY OF GREEN
COUNTY WILL BEGIN TONIGHT, FRIDAY JULY 23rd, AT 6 P.M. CENTRAL TIME AND CONTINUE ALL DAY
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT, SATURDAY JULY 24th, IN AND AROUND THE DOWNTOWN
SUMMERSVILLE AREA OF GREEN COUNTY. ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR WILL INCLUDE GOSPEL SINGING, A
COUNTRY HAM BREAKFAST, FISH FRY AND AUCTION ALONG WITH MANY OTHER EVENTS AND ONGOING
ACTIVITIES. EVENTS ON SATURDAY GET UNDERWAY AT 5 A.M. CENTRAL TIME WITH THE COUNTRY HAM
BREAKFAST.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - SECOND DISTRICT U.S. REPRESENTATIVE BRETT GUTHRIE HAS ANNOUNCED
THAT HE HAS SECURED 500,000 DOLLARS TO BE USED BY TEAM TAYLOR COUNTY AND THE
CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRAINING CENTER FOR JOB TRAINING. THE FUNDING IS
CONTAINED IN A BILL EXPECTED TO BE PASSED BY THE END OF THE DAY TODAY, FRIDAY JULY
23rd.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: CHARLES WILLIAM
MASSIE, 61, SUMMERSHADE, TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA; RONALD RAY SALLEE, 27, LEBANON, THEFT
BY FAILURE TO MAKE REQUIRED DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - A TAYLOR COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH A
COCAINE CASE. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 41 YEAR OLD MYRON YOUNG OF
CAMPBELLSVILLE HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON. HE WAS FOUND GUILTY IN APRIL OF THIS
YEAR OF CONSPIRING TO DISTRIBUTE MORE THAN 50 GRAMS OF COCAINE BASE. THE SENTENCE
WAS HANDED DOWN IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN BOWLING GREEN.
THURSDAY JULY 22nd, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - A TAYLOR COUNTY MAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,
WEDNESDAY JULY 21st, AFTER ALLEGEDLY POINTING A GUN AT ANOTHER TAYLOR COUNTY MAN.
ACCORDING TO CAMPBELLSVILLE POLICE BEN BEGLEY OF CAMPBELLSVILLE WAS ARRESTED AND
CHARGED WITH ROBBERY AND WANTON ENDANGERMENT AFTER ALLEGELDY POINTING A GUN AT
RICKY BURTON OF CAMPBELLSVILLE. THE ALLEGED INCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE GREEN RIVER PLAZA
SHOPPING CENTER PARKING NEAR THE TAYLOR COUNTY BANK LOCATION. BEGLEY WAS LODGED IN
THE TAYLOR COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER A TWO VEHICLE CRASH IN
CAMPBELLSVILLE YESTERDAY MORNING, WEDNESDAY JULY 21st. ACCORDING TO CAMPBELLSVILLE
POLICE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN A 2006 HYUNDAI OPERATED BY CONNIE ROUTION OF
CAMPBELLSVILLE COLLIDED WITH A 2007 DODGE PICKUP DRIVEN BY CHARLES RALLS OF
CAMPBELLSVILLE. ROUTION WAS TAKEN TO TAYLOR REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. RALLS WAS
NOT INJURED. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 8:50 YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE JUNCTION OF
BROADWAY AND LEBANON AVENUE IN CAMPBELLSVILLE.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - THE CAMPBELLSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MET IN SPECIAL SESSION YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON, WEDNESDAY JULY 21st. THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF
AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING PROPERTY OWNED BY WELBY AND JEFF SIMPSON INTO THE CITY OF
CAMPBELLSVILLE. THE SIMPSON'S REPORTEDLY PLAN TO CONSTRUCT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE CAMP
SITES ON THAT PROPERTY. THE CAMPBELLSVILLE CITY COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED CAMPBELLSVILLE
MAYOR BRENDA ALLEN SIGNING NECESSARY FORMS FOR A "USDA" GRANT.
WEDNESDAY JULY 21st, 2010
CAVE CITY, KY. - A METCALFE COUNTY MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP IN CAVE CITY
YESTERDAY MORNING, TUESDAY JULY 20th. ACCORDING TO CAVE CITY POLICE, 25 YEAR OLD TOMMY
VAUGHN OF EDMONTON WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE,
POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA AND RECKLESS DRIVING. HE WAS LODGED IN THE BARREN
COUNTY JAIL.
GREENSBURG, KY. - A TWILIGHT TOBACCO TOUR WILL BE HELD TOMORROW NIGHT, THURSDAY JULY
22nd, AT THE LARRY HANDY FARM IN GREEN COUNTY. THE EVENT WILL BEGIN AT 7 P.M EASTERN TIME.
THE FARM IS LOCATED AT 466 H. HANDY ROAD IN GREEN COUNTY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PHONE
THE TAYLOR COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE AT 465-4511.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - THE 12th ANNUAL COMMUNITY BABY SHOWER WILL BE HELD TOMORROW
AFTERNOON, THURSDAY JULY 22nd, FROM 4:30 TIL 6:30 P.M. IN THE TAYLOR COUNTY ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL CAFETERIA ON LEBANON AVENUE IN CAMPBELLSVILLE. EXPECTANT AND NEW MOTHERS WITH
BABIES YOUNGER THAN 4 MONTHS OLD AND A GUEST ARE INVITED TO ATTEND. GUEST SPEAKERS WILL
WILL BE FROM THE TAYLOR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND TAYLOR REGIONAL HOSPITAL. DOOR
PRIZES, GAMES AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. THE EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE TAYLOR
COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER AND THE CAMPBELLSVILLE FAMILY RESOURCE AND YOUTH
SERVICES CENTER.
TUESDAY JULY 20th, 2010
LEBANON, KY. - A MARION COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN GIVEN A JAIL TERM IN CONNECTION WITH A DRUG
AND FIREARMS CASE. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 21 YEAR OLD CORION MONTEZ
MOFFITT OF LEBANON HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS IN JAIL. THE SENTENCE WAS
HANDED DOWN IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN BOWLING GREEN. MOFFITT HAD PLED GUILTY TO
POSSESSING COCAINE WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE AND BRANDISHING A FIREARM IN CONNECTION
WITH A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME.
COLUMBIA, KY. - A PULASKI COUNTY WOMAN WAS FLOWN TO A LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING
INVOLVED IN A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY, MONDAY JULY 19th, IN COLUMBIA. ACCORDING
TO COLUMBIA POLICE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN 32 YEAR OLD RACHEL JOHNSON OF SCIENCE
HILL, OPERATING A 2006 NISSAN, TURNED FROM GREENSBURG STREET ONTO THE WESTERN BY-PASS
AND INTO THE PATH OF A 2007 GMC ARCADIA DRIVEN BY 39 YEAR OLD ELIZABETH MILLER OF
CAMPBELLSVILLE. JOHNSON WAS FLOWN TO UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL. MILLER AND
PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN TO WEST LAKE REGIONAL HOSPITAL, TREATED AND LATER RELEASED.
EDMONTON, KY. - A METCALFE COUNTY COUPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON DRUG AND OTHER
CHARGES. ACCORDING TO THE BARREN COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE 38 YEAR OLD TONY G. DOSS AND
25 YEAR OLD SARA B. COATS, BOTH OF EDMONTON, HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH
WANTON ENDANGERMENT, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF
METHAMPHETAMINE.
MONDAY JULY 19th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - CAMPBELLSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE HOLD-UP OF THE CITIZEN'S
BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 210 BY-PASS BRANCH THAT TOOK PLACE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 16th.
ACCORDING TO CAMPBELLSVILLE POLICE A MAN ENTERED THE BANK ARMED WITH A SEMI-AUTOMATIC
HAND GUN, DEMANDED MONEY, THEN FLED IN A WHITE SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE. NO INJURIES WERE
SUSTAINED BY ANYONE IN THE BUSINESS. AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS TAKEN.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS OR ANY OTHER CRIME IS ASKED TO CONTACT
CAMPBELLSVILLE POLICE AT 270-465-4122.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - AN EXTENSION FAMILY FIELD DAY WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW, JULY 20TH,
AT DEENER FARMS ON HOBSON ROAD IN TAYLOR COUNTY. THE EVENT WILL START AT 10 A.M. EASTERN
TIME AND IS BEING HOSTED BY THE TAYLOR COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE. FARM TOPICS WILL BE
DISCUSSED AND THERE WILL BE SEVERAL ACTIVITIES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. DOOR PRIZES WILL
ALSO BE GIVEN AWAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PHONE THE TAYLOR COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE AT
465-4511.
BOWLING GREEN, KY. - A CASEY COUNTY MAN AND A MARION COUNTY MAN WERE AMONG 72 PEOPLE
EITHER CITED OR ARRESTED AFTER A GAMBLING OPERATION WAS BUSTED IN EDMONSON COUNTY.
ACCORDING TO KENTUCKY STATE POLICE ROGER C. ROYSTON OF DUNNVILLE WAS ARRESTED ON A
CHARGE OF POSSESSION OF GAMBLING RECORDS AND THOMAS R. BUTLER OF LORETTO WAS
ARRESTED FOR CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND CONSPIRACY TO PROMOTE GAMBLING. OTHERS INVOLVED
WERE ALSO ARRESTED OR CITED ON CRUELTY TO ANIMAL OR GAMBLING CHARGES. THE ARRESTS
WERE MADE AFTER A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT 8001 SEGAL ROAD IN BROWNSVILLE. CASH,
FIREARMS AND A MARIJUANA GROWING OPERATION WERE SEIZED.
FRIDAY JULY 16th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: MARK CAVEN, 49,
MAGNOLIA, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE; GARY DANIEL HARRIS, 32, CAMPBELLSVILLE,
BURGLARY; CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH BROWN, 19, HODGENVILLE, THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING;
LOUISVILLE, KY. - KENTUCKIANS ATTENDING THE STATE FAIR AUGUST 19th THRU 29th MAY PICK UP
FREE STUDENT FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION AT THE COLLEGE INFO ROAD SHOW BOOTH IN THE SOUTH
WING OF THE KENTUCKY EXPOSITION CENTER. THE COLLEGE INFO ROAD SHOW IS A MOBILE
CLASSROOM SPONSORED BY THE KENTUCKY HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY. IT TRAVELS
THE STATE PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF GOING TO COLLEGE AND OPTIONS FOR PAYING FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION. FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO WWW.GOTOCOLLEGE.KY.GOV OR PHONE
1-800-928-8926 EXTENSION 6-7372.
THURSDAY JULY 15th, 2010
GREENSBURG, KY. - THE GREEN COUNTY 12 AND UNDER CAL RIPKEN ALL-STAR TEAM WILL SEE ITS
FIRST ACTION IN THE WEST KENTUCKY CAL RIPKEN STATE TOURNAMENT TOMORROW AFTERNOON,
FRIDAY JULY 16th, AT VASTWOOD PARK IN HANCOCK COUNTY. GREEN COUNTY WILL PLAY HANCOCK
COUNTY. BESIDES GREEN COUNTY, EIGHT OTHER TEAMS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE TOURNAMENT.
THOSE TEAMS ARE ALLEN COUNTY-SCOTTSVILLE, BRECKENRIDGE COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY,
HICKMAN COUNTY, CLARKSON, JEFFERSONTOWN, OWENSBORO EAST AND HANCOCK COUNTY.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL START FOOTBALL PRACTICE MONDAY,
JULY 19th. ALL PREVIOUS PLAYERS AND NEW INCOMING PLAYERS NEED TO HAVE A SPORTS PHYSICAL
IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST PRACTICE. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL ROBBIE ROGERS AT
403-3203.
GREENSBURG, KY. - GREEN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL START FOOTBALL PRACTICE MONDAY,
JULY 19th. ALL PLAYERS SHOULD REPORT TO GREEN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 6 P.M. CENTRAL
TIME ON THAT DAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PHONE 789-1232.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AFTER A TWO
VEHICLE ACCIDENT TUESDAY, JULY 13th, ON SALEM CHURCH ROAD IN TAYLOR COUNTY. ACCORDING
TO THE TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE A 2000 DODGE DAKOTA OPERATED BY 51 YEAR OLD
THANIEL HUNT OF CAMPBELLSVILLE COLLIDED WITH A 1998 FORD ESCORT DRIVEN BY 20 YEAR OLD
LESLEY BEARD OF CAMPBELLSVILLE AS THE TWO MET IN A NARROW CURVE IN THE ROADWAY. BEARD
WAS TAKEN TO TAYLOR REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. HUNT WAS NOT INJURED.
WEDNESDAY JULY 14th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: ADAM LEE CHAPE,
23, GLASGOW, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY; JEFFREY ROBERT GURLEY, 24, CAMPBELLSVILLE,
POSSESSION OF COCAINE, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA, TRAFFICKING IN A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, ACQUIRING PROPERTY OR ENTERPRISE WITH INCOME DERIVED FROM TRAFFICKING IN A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; MELINDA ANN ORBERSON, 23, BRADFORDSVILLE, ARSON; STEPHIEN
EUGENE ORBERSON, 20, GRAVEL SWITCH, ARSON; JAMES ALLEN PEARCE, 49, SPRINGFIELD, MAKING
FALSE STATEMENTS TO OBTAIN AN INCREASE IN GOVERNMENT BENEFITS; MICHAEL STEPHEN HELM, 21,
LEBANON, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - TAYLOR COUNTY FISCAL COURT MET IN REGULAR SESSION LAST NIGHT. THE
THEFT OF ROAD SIGNS WAS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. JUDGE EXECUTIVE EDDIE ROGERS OFFERED
AMNSETY TO INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE COUNTY ROAD SIGNS FROM TAYLOR COUNTY IN THEIR
POSSESSION SAYING THAT ANYONE WITH SUCH SIGNS CAN DROP THOSE OFF IN FRONT OF THE
TAYLOR COUNTY COURTHOUSE OR THE JUDICIAL CENTER IN DOWNTOWN CAMPBELLSVILLE, NO
QUESTIONS ASK. TAYLOR FISCAL COURT ALSO AGREED TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH
CUMBERLAND COUNTY FOR THE HOUSING OF JAIL INMATES FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN THE
TAYLOR COUNTY JUDICIAL CENTER.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - THE TAYLOR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MET LAST NIGHT IN REGULAR
SESSION. THE BOARD ALLOCATED 25,000 DOLLARS TO TAYLOR COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM ATHLETIC
TEAMS FOR OPERATIONS DURING THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR AND ALSO ALLOCATED 15,000 DOLLARS
TO GO TOWARD START-UP EXPENSES FOR THE NEW TAYLOR COUNTY YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE. THE
LEAGUE WILL BE MADE UP OF PLAYERS THAT ATTEND SCHOOL IN THE TAYLOR COUNTY SCHOOL
SYSTEM. ALSO, SUPERINTENDENT ROGER COOK NOTED THAT THERE WERE NO STUDENT DROP-OUTS
DURING THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR. COOK ATTRIBUTED MUCH OF THE SUCCESS IN THAT AREA TO
THE SCHOOL'S VIRTUAL ACADEMY WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED FROM HOME VIA COMPUTER.
TUESDAY JULY 13th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: MICHAEL TYLER
JONES, 19, GREENSBURG, POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, POSSESSION OF DRUG
PARAPHENALIA, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA; TINA M. ALLEN, 38, SUMMERSVILLE, POSSESSION OF
MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE; BARRY
WADE DOBSON, 48, SUMMERSVILLE, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF
MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA; PATRICK W. HARDIN, 18, CAMPBELLSVILLE, ARSON,
BURGLARY, CRIMINAL MISCHEIF, UNLAWFUL TRANSACTIONS WITH A MINOR.
FRANKFORT, KY. - GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE HAS GRANTED HIS REQUEST FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE TO KENTUCKY FARM FAMILIES
IN 86 COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY DUE TO SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING THAT OCCURRED IN EARLY
MAY. COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY THAT WILL RECEIVE SOME ASSISTANCE INCLUDE ADAIR, BARREN, CASEY,
CUMBERLAND, RUSSELL, TAYLOR, GREEN, HARDIN, HART, LARUE, MARION, METCALFE AND
WASHINGTON.
MONDAY JULY 12th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: TROY ALAN
McKINNEY, 26, GREENSBURG, PRESCRIPTION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE NOT IN THE ORIGINAL
CONTAINER, POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; CHRISTOPHER THOMAS GRAY, 33,
SUMMERSVILLE, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA;
JACOBI ALAN CAVEN, 20, HODGENVILLE, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF DRUG
PARAPHENALIA, PRESCRIPTION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE NOT IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER; ASHLEY
BROOK HURT, 25, CAVE CITY, BURGLARY; ASHLEY BROOKE CLEARY, 29, EDMONTON, RECEIVING
STOLEN PROPERTY, BURGLARY, OBSCURING THE IDENTITY OF A MACHINE; BARRY CLINTON MARTIN,
18, GLASGOW, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT, FORGERY, POSSESSION OF A
FORGERY DEVICE; MARCUS T. WETHINGTON, 34, CAMPBELLSVILLE, TERRORISTIC THREATENING; JAMES
M. FOWLER, 24, ELKHORN, THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING; CARL SPEARS, 59, BURKESVILLE, MURDER,
TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE; ROBERT DALE SMOTHERS, 45, LEBANON, POSSESSION OF A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN BY A CONVICTED FELON; CHAD J. MATTINGLY,
38, LORETTO, THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING; JUSTIN TYLER LEONARD, SR., 23, SPRINGFIELD,
TRAFFICKING IN COCAINE; JEREMY SHAWN NAY, 23, GLASGOW, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA,
POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA, FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE.
GREENSBURG, KY. - THE GREEN COUNTY CAL RIPKEN 12 AND UNDER ALL STAR BASEBALL TEAM
EARNED A TRIP TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR BY SWEEPING ALL
SIX GAMES PLAYED IN THE WEST KENTUCKY DISTRICT TOURNAMENT PLAYED THIS PAST WEEK AT
AMERICAN LEGION PARK IN GREENSBURG. THE GREEN COUNTY TEAM, ALONG WITH DISTRICT
RUNNER-UP ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE, BOTH ADVANCE TO THE WEST KENTUCKY STATE
TOURNAMENT WHICH BEGINS PLAY TUESDAY, JULY 13th, IN HANCOCK COUNTY.
FRIDAY JULY 9th, 2010
SOMERSET, KY. - AN UNDERCOVER INTERENT STING OPERATION CONDUCTED BY THE TAYLOR COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS NETTED ANOTHER ARREST. THE TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS
REPORTING THAT 38 YEAR OLD JOHN BRADLEY COX OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED
WITH UNLAWFUL USE OF ELECTRONIC MEANS TO ENGAE IN SEXUAL OR OTHER PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
AND CRIMINAL ATTEMPT TO COMMIT UNLAWFUL TRANSACTIONS WITH A MINOR. THE ARREST WAS
MADE AFTER COX ALLEGEDLY USED AN INTERNET CHAT ROOM TO CONTACT AND SEXUALLY
PROPOSITION AN UNDERCOVER DEPUTY FROM THE TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHILE THE
DEPUTY WAS POSING AS A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL. COX WAS LODGED IN THE TAYLOR COUNTY JAIL ON A
50,000 DOLLAR FULL CASH BOND.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - OTHER ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: JOSHUA RAY
MESSER, 27, CAMPBELLSVILLE, SEX ABUSE; DARRELL G. BRAZEE, 46, CAMPBELLSVILLE, HINDERING
PROSECUTION, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA; JEREMY S. BANDY, 29, CAMPBELLSVILLE,
BURGLARY, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE; CHARLES R. GUFFEY, 56,
CAMPBELLSVILLE, BURGLARY, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY; RACHAL WYATT, 19, CAMPBELLSVILLE,
THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING, FRAUDULENT USE OF A CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD.
THURSDAY JULY 8th, 2010
FRANKFORT, KY. - PRELIMINARY STATISTICS INDICATE THAT FIVE PEOPLE DIED IN FIVE SEPARATE
CRASHES ON KENTUCKY ROADWAYS DURING THE JULY 4th HOLIDAY DRIVING PERIOD WHICH RAN
FROM 6 P.M. FRIDAY JULY 2nd TO MIDNIGHT MONDAY JULY 5th. FOUR OF THE FATALITIES INVOLVED
MOTOR VEHICLES WHICH OCCURRED IN GRAYSON, HOPKINS, BELL AND TODD COUNTIES. ONE CRASH
INVOLVED A MOTORCYCLE IN FAYETTE COUNTY. THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY JULY 5th 353 PEOPLE
HAD LOST THEIR LIVES ON KENTUCKY ROADWAYS IN 2010. THAT IS 51 LESS THAN REPORTED FOR THE
SAME TIME PERIOD IN 2009.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: DESIREE BRYANT,
22, MAGNOLIA, MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF
METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR;
KRISTY MICHELLE WEASE, 37, CAVE CITY, PROBATION VIOLATION; AMBER MARIE TAYLOR, 19,
GREENSBURG, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA; JEREMY DEL FANCHER,
24, EDMONTON, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY; GLENN EDWARD SHAW, 44, EDMONTON, PROBATION
VIOLATION; JOSHUA CHAD MATTINGLY, 19, SAINT FRANCES, BURGLARY; JOSEPH PAUL SIMON, 36,
GREENSBURG, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA; TIMOTHY R. DAVIS, 23,
CAMPBELLSVILLE, PROBATION VIOLATION; MARY REBECCA PIERCY, 29, CAVE CITY, PROBATION
VIOLATION; MICHAEL JAYE DAWSON, 29, GLASGOW, TRAFFICKING IN COCAINE, TRAFFICKING IN
MARIJUANA; DANIEL T. HAMMER, 25, TOMPKINSVILLE, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE.
HORSE CAVE, KY. - HORSE CAVE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE HOLD-UP OF BRANSTETTER'S
DISCOUNT PHARMACY IN HORSE CAVE TUESDAY, JULY 6th. PHARMACY WORKERS TOLD POLICE THAT A
MAN WALKED IN BRANDISHING A SMALL HAND GUN, DEMANDED NARCOTICS AND THEN FLED ON FOOT.
HE IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE, 6 FEET TALL, 25 TO 35 YEARS OLD. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION
ABOUT THIS OR ANY OTHER CRIME IS ASKED TO CONTACT THEIR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.
WEDNESDAY JULY 7th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - INDICTMENTS HANDED DOWN DURING THE MOST RECENT MEETING OF THE
TAYLOR COUNTY GRAND JURY: NATHANIEL B. SANDERS, 23, CAMPBELLSVILLE, TRAFFICKING IN A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; MICHAEL W. SLYFIELD, 21, HORSE CAVE, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY;
CHARLES S. KIPER, 51, LEITCHFIELD, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF; BRANDON BALDWIN, 19, CAMPBELLSVILLE,
RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY; MORGAN FIELDS, CAMPBELLSVILLE, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY;
RUSSELL WALLS, 22, CAMPBELLSVILLE, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY; COREY TUCKER, 22,
GREENSBURG, BURGLARY; JOSHUA MESSER, CAMPBELLSVILLE, SEXUAL ABUSE; JAMES C. WARREN,
20, CAMPBELLSVILLE, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT; SAMANTHA SUNSHINE LANE,
23, CAMPBELLSVILLE, THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING; RACHAEL WYATT, 19, CAMPBELLSVILLE, THEFT BY
UNLAWFUL TAKING, FRAUDULENT USE OF A CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD; CHARLES R. GUFFEY, 56,
CAMPBELLSVILLE, BURGLARY. AN INDICTMENT IS ONLY A LEGAL ACCUSATION AND DOES NOT IMPLY
GUILT OR INNOCENCE.
TUESDAY JULY 6th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: PAUL JAMES
ATHERTON, 19, BUFFALO, TRAFFICKING IN METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE;
BENJAMIN JACOB HARRISON, 21, CAMPBELLSVILLE, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED
INSTRUMENT; JAMES C. BROYLES, 25, CAMPBELLSVILLE, FORGERY, THEFT BY DECEPTION; BRETT ALAN
DECKER, 25, HODGENVILLE, TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; RASHAD M. DUNN, 20,
GREENSBURG, ROBBERY; MARIAN MICHELLE McCORMACK, 38, PROBATION VIOLATION; CYNTHIA G.
WHITIS, 32, HUSTONVILLE, PROBATION VIOLATION; CHASITY MICHELL WRIGHT, 26, SPRINGFIELD,
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, POSSESSION OF
DRUG PARAPHENALIA; BRANDON TODD WEATHERS, 29, HODGENVILLE, FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE,
ASSAULT, RESISTING ARREST, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA; WENDELL NEIL REYNOLDS, 27,
GREENSBURG, BURGLARY.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - A TAYLOR COUNTY MAN REPORTED MISSING LAST NIGHT, MONDAY JULY 5th,
WAS LOCATED EARLIER TODAY, TUESDAY JULY 6th. ACCORDING TO CAMPBELLSVILLE POLICE 79 YEAR
OLD GILBERT J. BANTA OF CAMPBELLSVILLE WAS REPORTED MISSING FROM HIS ROLAND STREET
RESIDENCE IN CAMPBELLSVILLE. HE WAS PICKED UP BY A MOTORIST WHILE WALKING EAST BOUND
TOWARD LEBANON AND DROPPED OFF AT A LOCATION IN LEBANON BEFORE CONTINUING EAST BOUND
ON HIGHWAY 68 ON FOOT. HE WAS FOUND UNHARMED IN SPRINGFIELD. AUTHORITIES ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.
GREENSBURG, KY. - THE CITY OF GREENSBURG HAS ANNOUNCED ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY WILL BE
TAKING PLACE IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK IN GREENSBURG DUE TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH JANE TODD
CRAWFORD HOSPITAL. THE PARTNERSHIP WILL ALLOW THE WATER PRESSURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
TO BEGIN WITH THE ELEVATION OF THE BROOKS WATER TANK. BY ELEVATING THE TANK AN
ADDITIONAL 60 FEET, WATER PRESSURE WILL BE IMPROVED IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK AREA IN
GREENSBURG FOR THE NEW HOSPITAL AS WELL AS FOR OTHER NEW AND POTENTIAL BUSINESSES IN
THAT AREA. GREENSBURG MAYOR LISLE CHEATHAM AND JANE TODD CRAWFORD HOSPITAL BOARD
CHAIRPERSON RUTHIE SHUFFETT MET AT CITY HALL IN GRENSBURG WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30th, TO
FINALIZE DOCUMENTS TO BEGIN THE PROCESS.
GREENSBURG, KY. - THE GREEN COUNTY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR
THE 2011 CLASS UNTIL JULY 30th. APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL IN GREENSBURG. THE
2011 CLASS WILL MEET AUGUST 19th FOR A RECEPTION AND THEN ON THE THIRD THURSDAY EACH
MONTH THROUGH MAY OF 2011. FOR MORE INFORMATION PHONE 932-4298.
MONDAY JULY 5th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - A DROWNING OCCURRED SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 3rd, IN TAYLOR
COUNTY. STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BODY OF 33 YEAR OLD JOHN AUSTIN
DAVIS OF ELIZABETHTOWN WAS PULLED FROM GREEN RIVER LAKE IN THE SMITH RIDGE AREA. THE
INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
LEBANON, KY. - A METCALFE COUNTY MAN WHO ESCAPED FROM THE MARION COUNTY JAIL FRIDAY
NIGHT, JULY 2nd, WAS APPREHENDED AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF FREEDOM. STATE POLICE SAY 31
YEAR OLD PARKER PERDUE OF EDMONTON WAS APPREHENDED IN THE LORETTO COMMUNITY OF
MARION COUNTY FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 2nd, AFTER OFFICERS RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A MAN
WEARING A JAIL INMATE UNIFORM. PERDUE WAS RETURNED TO THE MARION COUNTY JAIL AND
CHARGED WITH ESCAPE.
COLUMBIA, KY. - A REWARD IS BEING OFFERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE THEFT OF SOME CATTLE
FROM A LOCATION IN ADAIR COUNTY. ACCORDING TO KENTUCKY STATE POLICE 5,000 DOLLARS IN
CASH AND THE PICK OF THE BEST COW IN THE HERD ARE BEING OFFERED AS A REWARD FOR
INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE PERSON OR PERSONS INVOLVED IN
THE THEFT OF 22 BLACK ANGUS BEEF COWS FROM A LOCATION IN THE GRADYVILLE COMMUNITY OF
ADAIR COUNTY. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT STATE POLICE IN COLUMBIA OR
THEIR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - A TAYLOR COUNTY MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AND
THEN ARRESTED AFTER A ONE VEHICLE CRASH IN TAYLOR COUNTY THIS MORNING, JULY 5th.
ACCORDING TO THE TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN A 1999
CHEVY ASTRO VAN OPERATED BY 39 YEAR OLD JOHN SEABORNE OF CAMPBELLSVILLE RAN OFF
THE ROAD AND STRUCK AN EARTHEN EMBANKMENT. HE WAS TAKEN TO TAYLOR REGIONAL HOSPITAL
FOR TREATMENT AND WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE. THE
ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 2 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, JULY 5th, 8 MILES NORTH OF
CAMPBELLSVILLE ON HIGHWAY 289 IN TAYLOR COUNTY.
FRIDAY JULY 2nd, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - A TAYLOR COUNTY MAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THURSDAY
JULY 1st, AS A RESULT OF AN UNDERCOVER INTERNET STING OPERATION CONDUCTED BY THE TAYLOR
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. ACCORDING TO THE TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 58 YEAR OLD
FRANKIE HARDIN OF CAMPBELLSVILLE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH THE UNLAWFUL
USE OF ELECTRONIC MEANS TO INDUCE A MINOR TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL OR OTHER PROHIBITED
ACTIVITIES. IT'S BEING ALLEGED THAT HARDIN TRANSMITTED PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF HIMSELF VIA
AN INTERNET CHAT ROOM TO TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES POSING AS A MINOR FEMALE.
HARDIN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE CAME TO A PRE-ARRANGED LOCATION IN AN ATEMPT TO
MAKE CONTACT WITH WHAT HE THOUGHT WOULD BE A MINOR FEMALE. A SEARCH WARRANT WAS
EXECUTED AT HARDIN'S RESIDENCE DURING WHICH VARIOUS ELECTRONIC DEVICES, COMPUTERS AND
CAMERAS WERE SEIZED.
THURSDAY JULY 1st, 2010
GREENSBURG, KY. - GREEN COUNTY IS GETTING MORE THAN 60,000 DOLLARS IN EMERGENCY ROAD
FUNDING. THE STATE TRANSPORTATION CABINET SAYS THE FUNDING WILL HELP COVER THE REPAIR
COSTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE DURING FLOODING IN EARLY MAY. THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CABINET AND GREEN FISCAL COURT WILL ALLOW FOR REPAIRS ON CALDWELL ROAD,
MITCHELL-WEBB ROAD, PRUITT ROAD, HAND ROAD AND MULE PATH ROAD IN GREEN COUNTY.
LEBANON, KY. - A MARION COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN JAILED IN CONNECTION WITH THREE SEPARATE
CASES OF ARSON. ACCORDING TO THE MARION COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 21 YEAR OLD KEVIN
WATSON OF LEBANON WAS INVOLVED IN THREE HOUSE FIRES IN THE BRADFORDSVILLE COMMUNITY
OF ADAIR COUNTY DATING BACK TO APRIL. INVESTIGATORS SAY MORE ARRESTS ARE POSSIBLE.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - OTHER ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: PATRICK
WAYNE HARDIN, 18, CAMPBELLSVILLE, BURGLARY, ARSON, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, UNLAWFUL
TRANSACTIONS WITH MINOR; DONALD RAY BROWN, 34, MONTICELLO, RAPE, SODOMY, CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF A FORGED PRESCRIPTION; WILLIAM HOWARD THOMPSON, 54, LORETTO,
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF A
HANDGUN BY A CONVICTED FELON, POSSESSION OF A DEFACED FIREARM; JASON RONALD DAVIS, 33,
MAGNOLIA, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA,
POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN BY A CONVICTED FELON, POSSESSION OF A DEFACED FIREARM.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 30th, 2010
COLUMBIA, KY. - A TAYLOR COUNTY TEENAGER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF
INJURIES AFTER A ONE CAR ACCIDENT IN ADAIR COUNTY YESTERDAY MORNING, TUESDAY JUNE 29th.
ACCORDING TO KENTUCKY STATE POLICE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN A CAR OPERATED BY 17
YEAR OLD TARA TRENT OF CAMPBELLSVILLE RAN OFF THE ROAD, STRUCK AN EARTHEN EMBANKMENT
AND THEN OVERTURNED. SHE WAS TAKEN BY PRIVATE VEHICLE TO TAYLOR REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN
CAMPBELLSVILLE, TREATED, AND LATER RELEASED. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ABOUT 12 MILES EAST
OF COLUMBIA ON SANO ROAD IN ADAIR COUNTY.
COLUMBIA, KY. - FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A BREAK-IN EARLY
YESTERDAY MORNING, TUESDAY JUNE 29th, ON ROSE LANE IN ADAIR COUNTY. ACCORDING TO
KENTUCKY STATE POLICE 20 YEAR OLD ROBERT PAUL ROBERTS OF CAMPBELLSVILLE AND 22 YEAR
OLD ROGER MYERS OF COLUMBIA WERE BOTH ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH BURGLARY AND
FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE. STATE POLICE ALSO SAY 23 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER ROBERTS OF
CAMPBELLSVILLE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH BURGLARY, FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE AND
POSSESSION OF BURGLAR TOOLS. AND, SATE POLICE SAY AS WELL THAT 24 YEAR OLD MATTHEW
RAMSEY OF COLUMBIA WAS ARRESTED AT THE SCENE ON OUTSTANDING WARRANTS FROM TAYLOR
AND ADAIR COUNTIES. ALL WERE LODGED IN THE ADAIR COUNTY JAIL.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - OTHER ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: JULIAN S.
SAMPSON, 45, CAMPBELLSVILLE, ASSAULT, INTIMIDATING A WITNESS IN THE LEGAL PROCESS,
TERRORISTIC THEATENING; SCOTTY SMITH, 28, LIBERTY, POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
TUESDAY JUNE 29th, 2010
FRANKFORT, KY. - PRELIMINARY STATISTICS INDICATE THAT TWELVE PEOPLE DIED IN ELEVEN
SEPARATE ACCIDENTS ON KENTUCKY ROADWAYS MONDAY JUNE 21st THROUGH SUNDAY JUNE 27th.
SIX OF THE CRASHES INVOLVED MOTOR VEHICLES. FOUR OF THE VICTIMS WERE NOT WEARING A SEAT
BELT. SINGLE FATALITY CRASHES OCCURRED IN BREATHITT, ESTILL, JEFFERSON (2), KENTON AND
PULASKI COUNTIES. ALCOHOL WAS A SUSPECTED FACTOR IN THE BREATHITT AND PULASKI COUNTY
CRASHES. ONE FATAL ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE INVOLVED CRASH OCCURRED IN KNOX COUNTY. A DOUBLE
FATALITY MOTORCYCLE CRASH OCCURRED IN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY. SINGLE FATALITY
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS OCCURRED IN MAGOFFIN, MUHLENBERG AND SHELBY COUNTIES. THROUGH
SUNDAY JUNE 27th 329 PEOPLE HAD LOST THEIR LIVES ON KENTUCKY ROADWAYS IN 2010. THAT IS 51
LESS THAN REPORTED FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - CAMPBELLSVILLE-TAYLOR COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A HOUSE
FIRE YESTERDAY MORNING, MONDAY JUNE 28th, AT 705 GIDGET TRAIL IN CAMPBELLSVILLE. FIREMEN
ARRIVED ON THE SCENE TO FIND A HOUSE FULLY INVOLVED IN FLAMES. THE HOUSE WAS OWNED BY
SUNSET BEACH PROPERTIES. FIFTEEN FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON THE SCENE WITH THREE APPARATUS.
THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
LEBANON, KY. - POLICE IN LEBANON ARE INVESTIGATING A BREAK-IN AT 121 EAST CHANDLER STREET IN
LEBANON. INVESTIGATORS SAY SEVERAL ITEMS OF JEWELRY WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF JUST OVER 1,000
DOLLARS WERE TAKEN. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT LEBANON POLICE.
MONDAY JUNE 28th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - A HARDIN COUNTY MAN WAS ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES AFTER A TRAFFIC
STOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 26th, IN TAYLOR COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE TAYLOR COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE 45 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER STEPANIAN OF ELIZABETHTOWN WAS ARRESTED ON
CHARGES OF MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE. HE WAS LODGED IN THE TAYLOR COUNTY JAIL.
THE ARREST WAS MADE AFTER STEPANIAN WAS FOUND TO HAVE A MOBILE METHAMPHETAMINE LAB
INSIDE HIS VEHICLE AFTER BEING STOPPED ON THE NORTHERN BY-PASS IN CAMPBELLSVILLE.
GREENSBURG, KY. - A HOUSE IN GREEN COUNTY WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIRE SATURDAY
MORNING, JUNE 26th. SUMMERSVILLE AND GREEN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARRIVED AT 1017
GABE ROAD IN GREEN COUNTY TO FIND A SINGLE WIDE MANUFACTURED HOME OWNED BY GRADY
DEWITT ENGULFED IN FLAMES. A WATER HEATER MALFUNCTION IS BEING BLAMED FOR THE FIRE. NO
ONE WAS AT HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. FIREMEN WERE ON THE
SCENE FOR ABOUT THREE AND A HALF HOURS.
LORETTO, KY. - ONE PERSON WAS FLOWN TO A LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL AFTER A MOTORCYCLE
ACCIDENT SATURDAY NIGHT, JUNE 26th, IN MARION COUNTY. ACCORDING TO KENTUCKY STATE POLICE
52 YEAR OLD JOHN F. GOLDEN OF SPRINGFIELD WAS OPERATING A 1978 HARLEY DAVIDSON THAT WENT
OUT OF CONTROL ON HIGHWAY 49 IN THE LIMITS OF LORETTO AND THREW HIM OFF THE BIKE. HE WAS
FLOWN FROM THE SCENE TO UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: SCOTT OWEN
MORGAN, 48, GREENSBURG, PROMOTING CONTRABAND, CRIMINAL TRESPASSING; BOBBY R. LOGSDON,
46, GREENSBURG, ASSAULT, TERRORISTIC THREATENING; CINDY G. HARDEN, 46, CAMPBELLSVILLE,
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT, FORGERY; ROGER D. DOTSON, 25,
CAMPBELLSVILLE, BURGLARY; JAMES W. MARRS JR., 28, CAMPBELLSVILLE, CULTIVATING MARIJUANA;
CHRISTOPHER ALLEN THOMPSON, 24, MOUNT SHERMAN, POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE,
POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA;HAROLD E. GILBERT, 43, CAMPBELLSVILLE, BURGLARY; JUSTIN
MICHAEL NEAL, 23, KNOB LICK, MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF
METHAMPHETAMINE; NICHOLAS S. BURGIN, 27, MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE; DEENA N.
COLLINGS, 25, CAMPBELLSVILLE, MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE; CARISA J. BRADSHAW, 33,
CAMPBELLSVILLE, MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE; WILLIAM T. WETHINGTON, 23,
MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE; JOSEPH TIMOTHY BRADY, 46, LEBANON, ATTEMPTED MURDER;
KELLY GOODE, 29, DUNNVILLE, MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - A METHAMPHETAMINE LAB BUST WAS MADE LAST NIGHT, SUNDAY JULY 25th, IN
CAMPBELLSVILLE. ACCORDING TO CAMPBELLSVILLE POLICE AN ARREST WARRANT WAS BEING SERVED
AT 933 HAMILTON STREET IN CAMPBELLSVILLE WHEN AN ACTIVE METHAMPHETAMINE LAB WAS
DISCOVERED. FOUR PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED. THOSE WERE IDENTIFIED AS 33 YEAR OLD CARISA J.
BRADSHAW OF CAMPBELLSVILLE, 25 YEAR OLD DEENA N. COLLINGS OF CAMPBELLSVILLE, 23 YEAR
OLD WILLIAM T. WETHINGTON OF CAMPBELLSVILLE AND 27 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS S. BURGIN OF COX'S
CREEK. ALL WERE CHARGED WITH MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE.
GREENSBURG, KY. - A YOUNG BOY WAS KILLED IN A FOUR WHEELER ACCIDENT SATURDAY EVENING,
JULY 24th, IN GREEN COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE GREEN COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE 8 YEAR OLD
GRANT LIVERS OF LAWRENCEBURG WAS OPERATING A FOUR WHEELER ON PROPERTY IN THE GRAB
COMMUNITY OF GREEN COUNTY WHEN THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM AT JANE TODD CRAWFORD HOSPITAL AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD SHORTLY
THEREAFTER. REPORTS SAY HE WAS VISITING GRANDPARENTS IN GREEN COUNTY WHEN THE ACCIDENT
TOOK PLACE.
LEBANON, KY. - A MARION COUNTY MAN WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT SATURDAY
MORNING, JULY 24th, IN MARION COUNTY. ACCORDING TO KENTUCKY STATE POLICE 53 YEAR OLD
JERRY SALLEE OF LEBANON WAS OPERATING A 1981 SUZUKI WHEN THE BIKE RAN OFF THE ROAD,
STRUCK A GUARDRAIL AND OVERTURNED. SALLEE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT
SPRINGVIEW HOSPITAL IN LEBANON. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 10:30 SATURDAY MORNING,
JULY 24th, 2 MILES WEST OF LEBANON ON HIGHWAY 208 IN MARION COUNTY.
FRIDAY JULY 23rd, 2010
GREENSBURG, KY. - SUMMERSVILLE FUN DAYS IN THE SUMMERSVILLE COMMUNITY OF GREEN
COUNTY WILL BEGIN TONIGHT, FRIDAY JULY 23rd, AT 6 P.M. CENTRAL TIME AND CONTINUE ALL DAY
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT, SATURDAY JULY 24th, IN AND AROUND THE DOWNTOWN
SUMMERSVILLE AREA OF GREEN COUNTY. ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR WILL INCLUDE GOSPEL SINGING, A
COUNTRY HAM BREAKFAST, FISH FRY AND AUCTION ALONG WITH MANY OTHER EVENTS AND ONGOING
ACTIVITIES. EVENTS ON SATURDAY GET UNDERWAY AT 5 A.M. CENTRAL TIME WITH THE COUNTRY HAM
BREAKFAST.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - SECOND DISTRICT U.S. REPRESENTATIVE BRETT GUTHRIE HAS ANNOUNCED
THAT HE HAS SECURED 500,000 DOLLARS TO BE USED BY TEAM TAYLOR COUNTY AND THE
CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRAINING CENTER FOR JOB TRAINING. THE FUNDING IS
CONTAINED IN A BILL EXPECTED TO BE PASSED BY THE END OF THE DAY TODAY, FRIDAY JULY
23rd.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: CHARLES WILLIAM
MASSIE, 61, SUMMERSHADE, TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA; RONALD RAY SALLEE, 27, LEBANON, THEFT
BY FAILURE TO MAKE REQUIRED DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - A TAYLOR COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH A
COCAINE CASE. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 41 YEAR OLD MYRON YOUNG OF
CAMPBELLSVILLE HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON. HE WAS FOUND GUILTY IN APRIL OF THIS
YEAR OF CONSPIRING TO DISTRIBUTE MORE THAN 50 GRAMS OF COCAINE BASE. THE SENTENCE
WAS HANDED DOWN IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN BOWLING GREEN.
THURSDAY JULY 22nd, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - A TAYLOR COUNTY MAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,
WEDNESDAY JULY 21st, AFTER ALLEGEDLY POINTING A GUN AT ANOTHER TAYLOR COUNTY MAN.
ACCORDING TO CAMPBELLSVILLE POLICE BEN BEGLEY OF CAMPBELLSVILLE WAS ARRESTED AND
CHARGED WITH ROBBERY AND WANTON ENDANGERMENT AFTER ALLEGELDY POINTING A GUN AT
RICKY BURTON OF CAMPBELLSVILLE. THE ALLEGED INCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE GREEN RIVER PLAZA
SHOPPING CENTER PARKING NEAR THE TAYLOR COUNTY BANK LOCATION. BEGLEY WAS LODGED IN
THE TAYLOR COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER A TWO VEHICLE CRASH IN
CAMPBELLSVILLE YESTERDAY MORNING, WEDNESDAY JULY 21st. ACCORDING TO CAMPBELLSVILLE
POLICE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN A 2006 HYUNDAI OPERATED BY CONNIE ROUTION OF
CAMPBELLSVILLE COLLIDED WITH A 2007 DODGE PICKUP DRIVEN BY CHARLES RALLS OF
CAMPBELLSVILLE. ROUTION WAS TAKEN TO TAYLOR REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. RALLS WAS
NOT INJURED. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 8:50 YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE JUNCTION OF
BROADWAY AND LEBANON AVENUE IN CAMPBELLSVILLE.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - THE CAMPBELLSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MET IN SPECIAL SESSION YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON, WEDNESDAY JULY 21st. THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF
AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING PROPERTY OWNED BY WELBY AND JEFF SIMPSON INTO THE CITY OF
CAMPBELLSVILLE. THE SIMPSON'S REPORTEDLY PLAN TO CONSTRUCT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE CAMP
SITES ON THAT PROPERTY. THE CAMPBELLSVILLE CITY COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED CAMPBELLSVILLE
MAYOR BRENDA ALLEN SIGNING NECESSARY FORMS FOR A "USDA" GRANT.
WEDNESDAY JULY 21st, 2010
CAVE CITY, KY. - A METCALFE COUNTY MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP IN CAVE CITY
YESTERDAY MORNING, TUESDAY JULY 20th. ACCORDING TO CAVE CITY POLICE, 25 YEAR OLD TOMMY
VAUGHN OF EDMONTON WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE,
POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA AND RECKLESS DRIVING. HE WAS LODGED IN THE BARREN
COUNTY JAIL.
GREENSBURG, KY. - A TWILIGHT TOBACCO TOUR WILL BE HELD TOMORROW NIGHT, THURSDAY JULY
22nd, AT THE LARRY HANDY FARM IN GREEN COUNTY. THE EVENT WILL BEGIN AT 7 P.M EASTERN TIME.
THE FARM IS LOCATED AT 466 H. HANDY ROAD IN GREEN COUNTY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PHONE
THE TAYLOR COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE AT 465-4511.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - THE 12th ANNUAL COMMUNITY BABY SHOWER WILL BE HELD TOMORROW
AFTERNOON, THURSDAY JULY 22nd, FROM 4:30 TIL 6:30 P.M. IN THE TAYLOR COUNTY ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL CAFETERIA ON LEBANON AVENUE IN CAMPBELLSVILLE. EXPECTANT AND NEW MOTHERS WITH
BABIES YOUNGER THAN 4 MONTHS OLD AND A GUEST ARE INVITED TO ATTEND. GUEST SPEAKERS WILL
WILL BE FROM THE TAYLOR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND TAYLOR REGIONAL HOSPITAL. DOOR
PRIZES, GAMES AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. THE EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE TAYLOR
COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER AND THE CAMPBELLSVILLE FAMILY RESOURCE AND YOUTH
SERVICES CENTER.
TUESDAY JULY 20th, 2010
LEBANON, KY. - A MARION COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN GIVEN A JAIL TERM IN CONNECTION WITH A DRUG
AND FIREARMS CASE. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 21 YEAR OLD CORION MONTEZ
MOFFITT OF LEBANON HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS IN JAIL. THE SENTENCE WAS
HANDED DOWN IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN BOWLING GREEN. MOFFITT HAD PLED GUILTY TO
POSSESSING COCAINE WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE AND BRANDISHING A FIREARM IN CONNECTION
WITH A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME.
COLUMBIA, KY. - A PULASKI COUNTY WOMAN WAS FLOWN TO A LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING
INVOLVED IN A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY, MONDAY JULY 19th, IN COLUMBIA. ACCORDING
TO COLUMBIA POLICE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN 32 YEAR OLD RACHEL JOHNSON OF SCIENCE
HILL, OPERATING A 2006 NISSAN, TURNED FROM GREENSBURG STREET ONTO THE WESTERN BY-PASS
AND INTO THE PATH OF A 2007 GMC ARCADIA DRIVEN BY 39 YEAR OLD ELIZABETH MILLER OF
CAMPBELLSVILLE. JOHNSON WAS FLOWN TO UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL. MILLER AND
PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN TO WEST LAKE REGIONAL HOSPITAL, TREATED AND LATER RELEASED.
EDMONTON, KY. - A METCALFE COUNTY COUPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON DRUG AND OTHER
CHARGES. ACCORDING TO THE BARREN COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE 38 YEAR OLD TONY G. DOSS AND
25 YEAR OLD SARA B. COATS, BOTH OF EDMONTON, HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH
WANTON ENDANGERMENT, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF
METHAMPHETAMINE.
MONDAY JULY 19th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - CAMPBELLSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE HOLD-UP OF THE CITIZEN'S
BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 210 BY-PASS BRANCH THAT TOOK PLACE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 16th.
ACCORDING TO CAMPBELLSVILLE POLICE A MAN ENTERED THE BANK ARMED WITH A SEMI-AUTOMATIC
HAND GUN, DEMANDED MONEY, THEN FLED IN A WHITE SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE. NO INJURIES WERE
SUSTAINED BY ANYONE IN THE BUSINESS. AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS TAKEN.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS OR ANY OTHER CRIME IS ASKED TO CONTACT
CAMPBELLSVILLE POLICE AT 270-465-4122.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - AN EXTENSION FAMILY FIELD DAY WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW, JULY 20TH,
AT DEENER FARMS ON HOBSON ROAD IN TAYLOR COUNTY. THE EVENT WILL START AT 10 A.M. EASTERN
TIME AND IS BEING HOSTED BY THE TAYLOR COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE. FARM TOPICS WILL BE
DISCUSSED AND THERE WILL BE SEVERAL ACTIVITIES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. DOOR PRIZES WILL
ALSO BE GIVEN AWAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PHONE THE TAYLOR COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE AT
465-4511.
BOWLING GREEN, KY. - A CASEY COUNTY MAN AND A MARION COUNTY MAN WERE AMONG 72 PEOPLE
EITHER CITED OR ARRESTED AFTER A GAMBLING OPERATION WAS BUSTED IN EDMONSON COUNTY.
ACCORDING TO KENTUCKY STATE POLICE ROGER C. ROYSTON OF DUNNVILLE WAS ARRESTED ON A
CHARGE OF POSSESSION OF GAMBLING RECORDS AND THOMAS R. BUTLER OF LORETTO WAS
ARRESTED FOR CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND CONSPIRACY TO PROMOTE GAMBLING. OTHERS INVOLVED
WERE ALSO ARRESTED OR CITED ON CRUELTY TO ANIMAL OR GAMBLING CHARGES. THE ARRESTS
WERE MADE AFTER A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT 8001 SEGAL ROAD IN BROWNSVILLE. CASH,
FIREARMS AND A MARIJUANA GROWING OPERATION WERE SEIZED.
FRIDAY JULY 16th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: MARK CAVEN, 49,
MAGNOLIA, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE; GARY DANIEL HARRIS, 32, CAMPBELLSVILLE,
BURGLARY; CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH BROWN, 19, HODGENVILLE, THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING;
LOUISVILLE, KY. - KENTUCKIANS ATTENDING THE STATE FAIR AUGUST 19th THRU 29th MAY PICK UP
FREE STUDENT FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION AT THE COLLEGE INFO ROAD SHOW BOOTH IN THE SOUTH
WING OF THE KENTUCKY EXPOSITION CENTER. THE COLLEGE INFO ROAD SHOW IS A MOBILE
CLASSROOM SPONSORED BY THE KENTUCKY HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY. IT TRAVELS
THE STATE PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF GOING TO COLLEGE AND OPTIONS FOR PAYING FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION. FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO WWW.GOTOCOLLEGE.KY.GOV OR PHONE
1-800-928-8926 EXTENSION 6-7372.
THURSDAY JULY 15th, 2010
GREENSBURG, KY. - THE GREEN COUNTY 12 AND UNDER CAL RIPKEN ALL-STAR TEAM WILL SEE ITS
FIRST ACTION IN THE WEST KENTUCKY CAL RIPKEN STATE TOURNAMENT TOMORROW AFTERNOON,
FRIDAY JULY 16th, AT VASTWOOD PARK IN HANCOCK COUNTY. GREEN COUNTY WILL PLAY HANCOCK
COUNTY. BESIDES GREEN COUNTY, EIGHT OTHER TEAMS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE TOURNAMENT.
THOSE TEAMS ARE ALLEN COUNTY-SCOTTSVILLE, BRECKENRIDGE COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY,
HICKMAN COUNTY, CLARKSON, JEFFERSONTOWN, OWENSBORO EAST AND HANCOCK COUNTY.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL START FOOTBALL PRACTICE MONDAY,
JULY 19th. ALL PREVIOUS PLAYERS AND NEW INCOMING PLAYERS NEED TO HAVE A SPORTS PHYSICAL
IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST PRACTICE. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL ROBBIE ROGERS AT
403-3203.
GREENSBURG, KY. - GREEN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL START FOOTBALL PRACTICE MONDAY,
JULY 19th. ALL PLAYERS SHOULD REPORT TO GREEN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 6 P.M. CENTRAL
TIME ON THAT DAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PHONE 789-1232.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AFTER A TWO
VEHICLE ACCIDENT TUESDAY, JULY 13th, ON SALEM CHURCH ROAD IN TAYLOR COUNTY. ACCORDING
TO THE TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE A 2000 DODGE DAKOTA OPERATED BY 51 YEAR OLD
THANIEL HUNT OF CAMPBELLSVILLE COLLIDED WITH A 1998 FORD ESCORT DRIVEN BY 20 YEAR OLD
LESLEY BEARD OF CAMPBELLSVILLE AS THE TWO MET IN A NARROW CURVE IN THE ROADWAY. BEARD
WAS TAKEN TO TAYLOR REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. HUNT WAS NOT INJURED.
WEDNESDAY JULY 14th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: ADAM LEE CHAPE,
23, GLASGOW, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY; JEFFREY ROBERT GURLEY, 24, CAMPBELLSVILLE,
POSSESSION OF COCAINE, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA, TRAFFICKING IN A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, ACQUIRING PROPERTY OR ENTERPRISE WITH INCOME DERIVED FROM TRAFFICKING IN A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; MELINDA ANN ORBERSON, 23, BRADFORDSVILLE, ARSON; STEPHIEN
EUGENE ORBERSON, 20, GRAVEL SWITCH, ARSON; JAMES ALLEN PEARCE, 49, SPRINGFIELD, MAKING
FALSE STATEMENTS TO OBTAIN AN INCREASE IN GOVERNMENT BENEFITS; MICHAEL STEPHEN HELM, 21,
LEBANON, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - TAYLOR COUNTY FISCAL COURT MET IN REGULAR SESSION LAST NIGHT. THE
THEFT OF ROAD SIGNS WAS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. JUDGE EXECUTIVE EDDIE ROGERS OFFERED
AMNSETY TO INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE COUNTY ROAD SIGNS FROM TAYLOR COUNTY IN THEIR
POSSESSION SAYING THAT ANYONE WITH SUCH SIGNS CAN DROP THOSE OFF IN FRONT OF THE
TAYLOR COUNTY COURTHOUSE OR THE JUDICIAL CENTER IN DOWNTOWN CAMPBELLSVILLE, NO
QUESTIONS ASK. TAYLOR FISCAL COURT ALSO AGREED TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH
CUMBERLAND COUNTY FOR THE HOUSING OF JAIL INMATES FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN THE
TAYLOR COUNTY JUDICIAL CENTER.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - THE TAYLOR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MET LAST NIGHT IN REGULAR
SESSION. THE BOARD ALLOCATED 25,000 DOLLARS TO TAYLOR COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM ATHLETIC
TEAMS FOR OPERATIONS DURING THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR AND ALSO ALLOCATED 15,000 DOLLARS
TO GO TOWARD START-UP EXPENSES FOR THE NEW TAYLOR COUNTY YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE. THE
LEAGUE WILL BE MADE UP OF PLAYERS THAT ATTEND SCHOOL IN THE TAYLOR COUNTY SCHOOL
SYSTEM. ALSO, SUPERINTENDENT ROGER COOK NOTED THAT THERE WERE NO STUDENT DROP-OUTS
DURING THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR. COOK ATTRIBUTED MUCH OF THE SUCCESS IN THAT AREA TO
THE SCHOOL'S VIRTUAL ACADEMY WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED FROM HOME VIA COMPUTER.
TUESDAY JULY 13th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: MICHAEL TYLER
JONES, 19, GREENSBURG, POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, POSSESSION OF DRUG
PARAPHENALIA, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA; TINA M. ALLEN, 38, SUMMERSVILLE, POSSESSION OF
MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE; BARRY
WADE DOBSON, 48, SUMMERSVILLE, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF
MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA; PATRICK W. HARDIN, 18, CAMPBELLSVILLE, ARSON,
BURGLARY, CRIMINAL MISCHEIF, UNLAWFUL TRANSACTIONS WITH A MINOR.
FRANKFORT, KY. - GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE HAS GRANTED HIS REQUEST FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE TO KENTUCKY FARM FAMILIES
IN 86 COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY DUE TO SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING THAT OCCURRED IN EARLY
MAY. COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY THAT WILL RECEIVE SOME ASSISTANCE INCLUDE ADAIR, BARREN, CASEY,
CUMBERLAND, RUSSELL, TAYLOR, GREEN, HARDIN, HART, LARUE, MARION, METCALFE AND
WASHINGTON.
MONDAY JULY 12th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: TROY ALAN
McKINNEY, 26, GREENSBURG, PRESCRIPTION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE NOT IN THE ORIGINAL
CONTAINER, POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; CHRISTOPHER THOMAS GRAY, 33,
SUMMERSVILLE, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA;
JACOBI ALAN CAVEN, 20, HODGENVILLE, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF DRUG
PARAPHENALIA, PRESCRIPTION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE NOT IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER; ASHLEY
BROOK HURT, 25, CAVE CITY, BURGLARY; ASHLEY BROOKE CLEARY, 29, EDMONTON, RECEIVING
STOLEN PROPERTY, BURGLARY, OBSCURING THE IDENTITY OF A MACHINE; BARRY CLINTON MARTIN,
18, GLASGOW, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT, FORGERY, POSSESSION OF A
FORGERY DEVICE; MARCUS T. WETHINGTON, 34, CAMPBELLSVILLE, TERRORISTIC THREATENING; JAMES
M. FOWLER, 24, ELKHORN, THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING; CARL SPEARS, 59, BURKESVILLE, MURDER,
TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE; ROBERT DALE SMOTHERS, 45, LEBANON, POSSESSION OF A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN BY A CONVICTED FELON; CHAD J. MATTINGLY,
38, LORETTO, THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING; JUSTIN TYLER LEONARD, SR., 23, SPRINGFIELD,
TRAFFICKING IN COCAINE; JEREMY SHAWN NAY, 23, GLASGOW, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA,
POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA, FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE.
GREENSBURG, KY. - THE GREEN COUNTY CAL RIPKEN 12 AND UNDER ALL STAR BASEBALL TEAM
EARNED A TRIP TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR BY SWEEPING ALL
SIX GAMES PLAYED IN THE WEST KENTUCKY DISTRICT TOURNAMENT PLAYED THIS PAST WEEK AT
AMERICAN LEGION PARK IN GREENSBURG. THE GREEN COUNTY TEAM, ALONG WITH DISTRICT
RUNNER-UP ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE, BOTH ADVANCE TO THE WEST KENTUCKY STATE
TOURNAMENT WHICH BEGINS PLAY TUESDAY, JULY 13th, IN HANCOCK COUNTY.
FRIDAY JULY 9th, 2010
SOMERSET, KY. - AN UNDERCOVER INTERENT STING OPERATION CONDUCTED BY THE TAYLOR COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS NETTED ANOTHER ARREST. THE TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS
REPORTING THAT 38 YEAR OLD JOHN BRADLEY COX OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED
WITH UNLAWFUL USE OF ELECTRONIC MEANS TO ENGAE IN SEXUAL OR OTHER PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
AND CRIMINAL ATTEMPT TO COMMIT UNLAWFUL TRANSACTIONS WITH A MINOR. THE ARREST WAS
MADE AFTER COX ALLEGEDLY USED AN INTERNET CHAT ROOM TO CONTACT AND SEXUALLY
PROPOSITION AN UNDERCOVER DEPUTY FROM THE TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHILE THE
DEPUTY WAS POSING AS A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL. COX WAS LODGED IN THE TAYLOR COUNTY JAIL ON A
50,000 DOLLAR FULL CASH BOND.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - OTHER ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: JOSHUA RAY
MESSER, 27, CAMPBELLSVILLE, SEX ABUSE; DARRELL G. BRAZEE, 46, CAMPBELLSVILLE, HINDERING
PROSECUTION, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA; JEREMY S. BANDY, 29, CAMPBELLSVILLE,
BURGLARY, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE; CHARLES R. GUFFEY, 56,
CAMPBELLSVILLE, BURGLARY, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY; RACHAL WYATT, 19, CAMPBELLSVILLE,
THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING, FRAUDULENT USE OF A CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD.
THURSDAY JULY 8th, 2010
FRANKFORT, KY. - PRELIMINARY STATISTICS INDICATE THAT FIVE PEOPLE DIED IN FIVE SEPARATE
CRASHES ON KENTUCKY ROADWAYS DURING THE JULY 4th HOLIDAY DRIVING PERIOD WHICH RAN
FROM 6 P.M. FRIDAY JULY 2nd TO MIDNIGHT MONDAY JULY 5th. FOUR OF THE FATALITIES INVOLVED
MOTOR VEHICLES WHICH OCCURRED IN GRAYSON, HOPKINS, BELL AND TODD COUNTIES. ONE CRASH
INVOLVED A MOTORCYCLE IN FAYETTE COUNTY. THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY JULY 5th 353 PEOPLE
HAD LOST THEIR LIVES ON KENTUCKY ROADWAYS IN 2010. THAT IS 51 LESS THAN REPORTED FOR THE
SAME TIME PERIOD IN 2009.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: DESIREE BRYANT,
22, MAGNOLIA, MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF
METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR;
KRISTY MICHELLE WEASE, 37, CAVE CITY, PROBATION VIOLATION; AMBER MARIE TAYLOR, 19,
GREENSBURG, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA; JEREMY DEL FANCHER,
24, EDMONTON, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY; GLENN EDWARD SHAW, 44, EDMONTON, PROBATION
VIOLATION; JOSHUA CHAD MATTINGLY, 19, SAINT FRANCES, BURGLARY; JOSEPH PAUL SIMON, 36,
GREENSBURG, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA; TIMOTHY R. DAVIS, 23,
CAMPBELLSVILLE, PROBATION VIOLATION; MARY REBECCA PIERCY, 29, CAVE CITY, PROBATION
VIOLATION; MICHAEL JAYE DAWSON, 29, GLASGOW, TRAFFICKING IN COCAINE, TRAFFICKING IN
MARIJUANA; DANIEL T. HAMMER, 25, TOMPKINSVILLE, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE.
HORSE CAVE, KY. - HORSE CAVE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE HOLD-UP OF BRANSTETTER'S
DISCOUNT PHARMACY IN HORSE CAVE TUESDAY, JULY 6th. PHARMACY WORKERS TOLD POLICE THAT A
MAN WALKED IN BRANDISHING A SMALL HAND GUN, DEMANDED NARCOTICS AND THEN FLED ON FOOT.
HE IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE, 6 FEET TALL, 25 TO 35 YEARS OLD. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION
ABOUT THIS OR ANY OTHER CRIME IS ASKED TO CONTACT THEIR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.
WEDNESDAY JULY 7th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - INDICTMENTS HANDED DOWN DURING THE MOST RECENT MEETING OF THE
TAYLOR COUNTY GRAND JURY: NATHANIEL B. SANDERS, 23, CAMPBELLSVILLE, TRAFFICKING IN A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; MICHAEL W. SLYFIELD, 21, HORSE CAVE, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY;
CHARLES S. KIPER, 51, LEITCHFIELD, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF; BRANDON BALDWIN, 19, CAMPBELLSVILLE,
RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY; MORGAN FIELDS, CAMPBELLSVILLE, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY;
RUSSELL WALLS, 22, CAMPBELLSVILLE, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY; COREY TUCKER, 22,
GREENSBURG, BURGLARY; JOSHUA MESSER, CAMPBELLSVILLE, SEXUAL ABUSE; JAMES C. WARREN,
20, CAMPBELLSVILLE, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT; SAMANTHA SUNSHINE LANE,
23, CAMPBELLSVILLE, THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING; RACHAEL WYATT, 19, CAMPBELLSVILLE, THEFT BY
UNLAWFUL TAKING, FRAUDULENT USE OF A CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD; CHARLES R. GUFFEY, 56,
CAMPBELLSVILLE, BURGLARY. AN INDICTMENT IS ONLY A LEGAL ACCUSATION AND DOES NOT IMPLY
GUILT OR INNOCENCE.
TUESDAY JULY 6th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: PAUL JAMES
ATHERTON, 19, BUFFALO, TRAFFICKING IN METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE;
BENJAMIN JACOB HARRISON, 21, CAMPBELLSVILLE, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED
INSTRUMENT; JAMES C. BROYLES, 25, CAMPBELLSVILLE, FORGERY, THEFT BY DECEPTION; BRETT ALAN
DECKER, 25, HODGENVILLE, TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; RASHAD M. DUNN, 20,
GREENSBURG, ROBBERY; MARIAN MICHELLE McCORMACK, 38, PROBATION VIOLATION; CYNTHIA G.
WHITIS, 32, HUSTONVILLE, PROBATION VIOLATION; CHASITY MICHELL WRIGHT, 26, SPRINGFIELD,
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, POSSESSION OF
DRUG PARAPHENALIA; BRANDON TODD WEATHERS, 29, HODGENVILLE, FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE,
ASSAULT, RESISTING ARREST, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA; WENDELL NEIL REYNOLDS, 27,
GREENSBURG, BURGLARY.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - A TAYLOR COUNTY MAN REPORTED MISSING LAST NIGHT, MONDAY JULY 5th,
WAS LOCATED EARLIER TODAY, TUESDAY JULY 6th. ACCORDING TO CAMPBELLSVILLE POLICE 79 YEAR
OLD GILBERT J. BANTA OF CAMPBELLSVILLE WAS REPORTED MISSING FROM HIS ROLAND STREET
RESIDENCE IN CAMPBELLSVILLE. HE WAS PICKED UP BY A MOTORIST WHILE WALKING EAST BOUND
TOWARD LEBANON AND DROPPED OFF AT A LOCATION IN LEBANON BEFORE CONTINUING EAST BOUND
ON HIGHWAY 68 ON FOOT. HE WAS FOUND UNHARMED IN SPRINGFIELD. AUTHORITIES ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.
GREENSBURG, KY. - THE CITY OF GREENSBURG HAS ANNOUNCED ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY WILL BE
TAKING PLACE IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK IN GREENSBURG DUE TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH JANE TODD
CRAWFORD HOSPITAL. THE PARTNERSHIP WILL ALLOW THE WATER PRESSURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
TO BEGIN WITH THE ELEVATION OF THE BROOKS WATER TANK. BY ELEVATING THE TANK AN
ADDITIONAL 60 FEET, WATER PRESSURE WILL BE IMPROVED IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK AREA IN
GREENSBURG FOR THE NEW HOSPITAL AS WELL AS FOR OTHER NEW AND POTENTIAL BUSINESSES IN
THAT AREA. GREENSBURG MAYOR LISLE CHEATHAM AND JANE TODD CRAWFORD HOSPITAL BOARD
CHAIRPERSON RUTHIE SHUFFETT MET AT CITY HALL IN GRENSBURG WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30th, TO
FINALIZE DOCUMENTS TO BEGIN THE PROCESS.
GREENSBURG, KY. - THE GREEN COUNTY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR
THE 2011 CLASS UNTIL JULY 30th. APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL IN GREENSBURG. THE
2011 CLASS WILL MEET AUGUST 19th FOR A RECEPTION AND THEN ON THE THIRD THURSDAY EACH
MONTH THROUGH MAY OF 2011. FOR MORE INFORMATION PHONE 932-4298.
MONDAY JULY 5th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - A DROWNING OCCURRED SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 3rd, IN TAYLOR
COUNTY. STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BODY OF 33 YEAR OLD JOHN AUSTIN
DAVIS OF ELIZABETHTOWN WAS PULLED FROM GREEN RIVER LAKE IN THE SMITH RIDGE AREA. THE
INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
LEBANON, KY. - A METCALFE COUNTY MAN WHO ESCAPED FROM THE MARION COUNTY JAIL FRIDAY
NIGHT, JULY 2nd, WAS APPREHENDED AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF FREEDOM. STATE POLICE SAY 31
YEAR OLD PARKER PERDUE OF EDMONTON WAS APPREHENDED IN THE LORETTO COMMUNITY OF
MARION COUNTY FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 2nd, AFTER OFFICERS RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A MAN
WEARING A JAIL INMATE UNIFORM. PERDUE WAS RETURNED TO THE MARION COUNTY JAIL AND
CHARGED WITH ESCAPE.
COLUMBIA, KY. - A REWARD IS BEING OFFERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE THEFT OF SOME CATTLE
FROM A LOCATION IN ADAIR COUNTY. ACCORDING TO KENTUCKY STATE POLICE 5,000 DOLLARS IN
CASH AND THE PICK OF THE BEST COW IN THE HERD ARE BEING OFFERED AS A REWARD FOR
INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE PERSON OR PERSONS INVOLVED IN
THE THEFT OF 22 BLACK ANGUS BEEF COWS FROM A LOCATION IN THE GRADYVILLE COMMUNITY OF
ADAIR COUNTY. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT STATE POLICE IN COLUMBIA OR
THEIR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - A TAYLOR COUNTY MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AND
THEN ARRESTED AFTER A ONE VEHICLE CRASH IN TAYLOR COUNTY THIS MORNING, JULY 5th.
ACCORDING TO THE TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN A 1999
CHEVY ASTRO VAN OPERATED BY 39 YEAR OLD JOHN SEABORNE OF CAMPBELLSVILLE RAN OFF
THE ROAD AND STRUCK AN EARTHEN EMBANKMENT. HE WAS TAKEN TO TAYLOR REGIONAL HOSPITAL
FOR TREATMENT AND WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE. THE
ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 2 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, JULY 5th, 8 MILES NORTH OF
CAMPBELLSVILLE ON HIGHWAY 289 IN TAYLOR COUNTY.
FRIDAY JULY 2nd, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - A TAYLOR COUNTY MAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THURSDAY
JULY 1st, AS A RESULT OF AN UNDERCOVER INTERNET STING OPERATION CONDUCTED BY THE TAYLOR
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. ACCORDING TO THE TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 58 YEAR OLD
FRANKIE HARDIN OF CAMPBELLSVILLE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH THE UNLAWFUL
USE OF ELECTRONIC MEANS TO INDUCE A MINOR TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL OR OTHER PROHIBITED
ACTIVITIES. IT'S BEING ALLEGED THAT HARDIN TRANSMITTED PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF HIMSELF VIA
AN INTERNET CHAT ROOM TO TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES POSING AS A MINOR FEMALE.
HARDIN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE CAME TO A PRE-ARRANGED LOCATION IN AN ATEMPT TO
MAKE CONTACT WITH WHAT HE THOUGHT WOULD BE A MINOR FEMALE. A SEARCH WARRANT WAS
EXECUTED AT HARDIN'S RESIDENCE DURING WHICH VARIOUS ELECTRONIC DEVICES, COMPUTERS AND
CAMERAS WERE SEIZED.
THURSDAY JULY 1st, 2010
GREENSBURG, KY. - GREEN COUNTY IS GETTING MORE THAN 60,000 DOLLARS IN EMERGENCY ROAD
FUNDING. THE STATE TRANSPORTATION CABINET SAYS THE FUNDING WILL HELP COVER THE REPAIR
COSTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE DURING FLOODING IN EARLY MAY. THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CABINET AND GREEN FISCAL COURT WILL ALLOW FOR REPAIRS ON CALDWELL ROAD,
MITCHELL-WEBB ROAD, PRUITT ROAD, HAND ROAD AND MULE PATH ROAD IN GREEN COUNTY.
LEBANON, KY. - A MARION COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN JAILED IN CONNECTION WITH THREE SEPARATE
CASES OF ARSON. ACCORDING TO THE MARION COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 21 YEAR OLD KEVIN
WATSON OF LEBANON WAS INVOLVED IN THREE HOUSE FIRES IN THE BRADFORDSVILLE COMMUNITY
OF ADAIR COUNTY DATING BACK TO APRIL. INVESTIGATORS SAY MORE ARRESTS ARE POSSIBLE.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - OTHER ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: PATRICK
WAYNE HARDIN, 18, CAMPBELLSVILLE, BURGLARY, ARSON, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, UNLAWFUL
TRANSACTIONS WITH MINOR; DONALD RAY BROWN, 34, MONTICELLO, RAPE, SODOMY, CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF A FORGED PRESCRIPTION; WILLIAM HOWARD THOMPSON, 54, LORETTO,
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF A
HANDGUN BY A CONVICTED FELON, POSSESSION OF A DEFACED FIREARM; JASON RONALD DAVIS, 33,
MAGNOLIA, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA,
POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN BY A CONVICTED FELON, POSSESSION OF A DEFACED FIREARM.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 30th, 2010
COLUMBIA, KY. - A TAYLOR COUNTY TEENAGER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF
INJURIES AFTER A ONE CAR ACCIDENT IN ADAIR COUNTY YESTERDAY MORNING, TUESDAY JUNE 29th.
ACCORDING TO KENTUCKY STATE POLICE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN A CAR OPERATED BY 17
YEAR OLD TARA TRENT OF CAMPBELLSVILLE RAN OFF THE ROAD, STRUCK AN EARTHEN EMBANKMENT
AND THEN OVERTURNED. SHE WAS TAKEN BY PRIVATE VEHICLE TO TAYLOR REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN
CAMPBELLSVILLE, TREATED, AND LATER RELEASED. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ABOUT 12 MILES EAST
OF COLUMBIA ON SANO ROAD IN ADAIR COUNTY.
COLUMBIA, KY. - FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A BREAK-IN EARLY
YESTERDAY MORNING, TUESDAY JUNE 29th, ON ROSE LANE IN ADAIR COUNTY. ACCORDING TO
KENTUCKY STATE POLICE 20 YEAR OLD ROBERT PAUL ROBERTS OF CAMPBELLSVILLE AND 22 YEAR
OLD ROGER MYERS OF COLUMBIA WERE BOTH ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH BURGLARY AND
FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE. STATE POLICE ALSO SAY 23 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER ROBERTS OF
CAMPBELLSVILLE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH BURGLARY, FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE AND
POSSESSION OF BURGLAR TOOLS. AND, SATE POLICE SAY AS WELL THAT 24 YEAR OLD MATTHEW
RAMSEY OF COLUMBIA WAS ARRESTED AT THE SCENE ON OUTSTANDING WARRANTS FROM TAYLOR
AND ADAIR COUNTIES. ALL WERE LODGED IN THE ADAIR COUNTY JAIL.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - OTHER ARRESTS BEING REPORTED BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT: JULIAN S.
SAMPSON, 45, CAMPBELLSVILLE, ASSAULT, INTIMIDATING A WITNESS IN THE LEGAL PROCESS,
TERRORISTIC THEATENING; SCOTTY SMITH, 28, LIBERTY, POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
TUESDAY JUNE 29th, 2010
FRANKFORT, KY. - PRELIMINARY STATISTICS INDICATE THAT TWELVE PEOPLE DIED IN ELEVEN
SEPARATE ACCIDENTS ON KENTUCKY ROADWAYS MONDAY JUNE 21st THROUGH SUNDAY JUNE 27th.
SIX OF THE CRASHES INVOLVED MOTOR VEHICLES. FOUR OF THE VICTIMS WERE NOT WEARING A SEAT
BELT. SINGLE FATALITY CRASHES OCCURRED IN BREATHITT, ESTILL, JEFFERSON (2), KENTON AND
PULASKI COUNTIES. ALCOHOL WAS A SUSPECTED FACTOR IN THE BREATHITT AND PULASKI COUNTY
CRASHES. ONE FATAL ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE INVOLVED CRASH OCCURRED IN KNOX COUNTY. A DOUBLE
FATALITY MOTORCYCLE CRASH OCCURRED IN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY. SINGLE FATALITY
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS OCCURRED IN MAGOFFIN, MUHLENBERG AND SHELBY COUNTIES. THROUGH
SUNDAY JUNE 27th 329 PEOPLE HAD LOST THEIR LIVES ON KENTUCKY ROADWAYS IN 2010. THAT IS 51
LESS THAN REPORTED FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - CAMPBELLSVILLE-TAYLOR COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A HOUSE
FIRE YESTERDAY MORNING, MONDAY JUNE 28th, AT 705 GIDGET TRAIL IN CAMPBELLSVILLE. FIREMEN
ARRIVED ON THE SCENE TO FIND A HOUSE FULLY INVOLVED IN FLAMES. THE HOUSE WAS OWNED BY
SUNSET BEACH PROPERTIES. FIFTEEN FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON THE SCENE WITH THREE APPARATUS.
THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
LEBANON, KY. - POLICE IN LEBANON ARE INVESTIGATING A BREAK-IN AT 121 EAST CHANDLER STREET IN
LEBANON. INVESTIGATORS SAY SEVERAL ITEMS OF JEWELRY WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF JUST OVER 1,000
DOLLARS WERE TAKEN. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT LEBANON POLICE.
MONDAY JUNE 28th, 2010
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. - A HARDIN COUNTY MAN WAS ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES AFTER A TRAFFIC
STOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 26th, IN TAYLOR COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE TAYLOR COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE 45 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER STEPANIAN OF ELIZABETHTOWN WAS ARRESTED ON
CHARGES OF MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE. HE WAS LODGED IN THE TAYLOR COUNTY JAIL.
THE ARREST WAS MADE AFTER STEPANIAN WAS FOUND TO HAVE A MOBILE METHAMPHETAMINE LAB
INSIDE HIS VEHICLE AFTER BEING STOPPED ON THE NORTHERN BY-PASS IN CAMPBELLSVILLE.
GREENSBURG, KY. - A HOUSE IN GREEN COUNTY WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIRE SATURDAY
MORNING, JUNE 26th. SUMMERSVILLE AND GREEN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARRIVED AT 1017
GABE ROAD IN GREEN COUNTY TO FIND A SINGLE WIDE MANUFACTURED HOME OWNED BY GRADY
DEWITT ENGULFED IN FLAMES. A WATER HEATER MALFUNCTION IS BEING BLAMED FOR THE FIRE. NO
ONE WAS AT HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. FIREMEN WERE ON THE
SCENE FOR ABOUT THREE AND A HALF HOURS.
LORETTO, KY. - ONE PERSON WAS FLOWN TO A LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL AFTER A MOTORCYCLE
ACCIDENT SATURDAY NIGHT, JUNE 26th, IN MARION COUNTY. ACCORDING TO KENTUCKY STATE POLICE
52 YEAR OLD JOHN F. GOLDEN OF SPRINGFIELD WAS OPERATING A 1978 HARLEY DAVIDSON THAT WENT
OUT OF CONTROL ON HIGHWAY 49 IN THE LIMITS OF LORETTO AND THREW HIM OFF THE BIKE. HE WAS
FLOWN FROM THE SCENE TO UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL.
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