A single vehicle accident sent one person to the hospital. According to the Meade County Sheriff’s Department, the accident happened around 4:45 pm Friday (9/18) in the 6300 block of Midway Road known as Kentucky 1239 about 2 miles South of Payneville. A 1993 Ford Ranger, driven by 18 year-old Tanya Scott of Payneville, was traveling north and using her cellphone causing her to drop off of the shoulder of the road. Scott over corrected her steering and overturned several times and hit a fence. Scott was treated at the scene by Meade County EMS and then was airlifted to University of Louisville Hospital for her injuries. The Payneville Fire Department also assisted at the scene. … [Read more...]
Woman Injured In Accident
Arson Determined In Fatal Fire
Authorities say a deadly fire at an apartment building in the city's Old Louisville neighborhood has been ruled arson. Officials confirmed Monday that the cause of the fire on July 2 was arson. Authorities say Flo Filatreau and Theresa Shultz, who lived inside the building, were killed in the fire. Another resident, John Bullock, died days later. Officials say the deaths are now being investigated as homicides. Major Henry Ott, who has since retired from the Louisville Fire Department, said in July that the fire started in the first floor hallway area and spread upward. Along with the three deaths, four other people were injured in the blaze. Authorities are asking the public for help in their investigation, which remains ongoing. Source: AP … [Read more...]
Father of Slain Trooper Urges Resistant Glass
The father of a slain Kentucky State trooper has urged state lawmakers to retrofit the fleet of patrol cars with bullet resistant glass. Cameron Ponder was shot and killed in his patrol car last week following a high speed chase in western Kentucky. The shooter, Joseph Johnson-Shanks, was later shot and killed after officials said he raised his weapon at another state trooper and ignored orders to lower it. Joe Ponder, Cameron Ponder's father, told reporters Tuesday he believed his son would still be alive had his patrol car been outfitted with bullet resistant glass. Kentucky Democratic House Speaker Greg Stumbo pledged to find money in the upcoming budget to retrofit all of the Kentucky State Police's 600 front line patrol cars. Stumbo said he hoped the program could also be extended to other law enforcement agencies. Source: AP … [Read more...]
Grimes Announces Electronic Voter Registration
Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes will make an announcement about the state's electronic voter registration system on Tuesday. A legislative panel approved a new state regulation earlier this year allowing Kentuckians to register to vote online. Kentucky already allows people living overseas, including those serving in the military, to register to vote online. The National Conference of State Legislatures says 23 states allow voters to register to vote online while another five plus the District of Columbia have not yet implemented their systems. The State Board of Elections says it will cost about $45,000 to implement the electronic voter registration system, with the money coming from the federal Help America Vote Fund. Source: AP … [Read more...]
HMH Opens New PT Services
Meade County residents now have a local facility where they can seek rehabilitative treatment for a variety of ailments. Hardin Memorial Health has opened the doors to its newest Therapy & Sports Medicine facility located within the Brandenburg Diagnostic Center. HMH Physical Therapist Kayla Stull, a Meade County native, will be the main therapist at the location and she is excited to provide therapeutic services to patients in her hometown. Stull is from Brandenburg and received her Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from Bellarmine University. Brandenburg is the fourth Therapy & Sports Medicine location. The other locations are in Elizabethtown, Radcliff and Bardstown and the new facility will be located within the HMH Brandenburg Diagnostic Center, which offers a full range of imaging services including MRI, CT scan, routine X-Ray and Ultrasound. Therapists at the new facility provide rehabilitation for a number of issues include back, neck and joint pain, Parkinson’s Disease, sports injuries, stroke, total joint replacement and neurological issues. Therapists will see patients at the Brandenburg location starting two days a week, treating a variety of ailments from post surgical orthopedic injuries to stroke or neurologic conditions to job injuries. For more information and for physical therapy appointments, residents can call (270) 706-5010. To schedule an appointment for diagnostics, please call (270) 422-1222. … [Read more...]
Man Indicted On Several Charges
A Radcliff man who was once listed among Hardin County’s Most Wanted has been indicted for multiple charges including attempted murder after what police said was a bad drug deal. Warren C. Fryer, 27 of Radcliff, reportedly met a man behind an apartment complex late on August 6 to sell him marijuana, according to his arrest citation. Instead, Fryer pointed a gun at the man and took $35 and car keys from him. After the man fled, police say Fryer shot at him three times, striking him in the left thigh, shattering his femur. The shooting victim identified Fryer in a photo lineup days later, according to police. Fryer, who spent six months on the run after being indicted on charges related to a 2009 robbery that landed him on the county’s most wanted list, faces five felony charges following the shooting. The indictments are for attempted murder, first-degree assault and first-degree robbery and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon along with being a persistent felony offender. He is lodged in the Hardin County Detention Center on a $250,000 cash bond. … [Read more...]
Man Sentenced to Prison
A Bowling Green man was sentenced to 13 years in prison. The Warren Commonwealth's Attorney says 27 year-old Christopher Kirby was sentenced in Warren Circuit Court Monday after entering an Alford Plea in July. Kirby was convicted of abusing his girlfriend's three year-old son last November. The boy was first taken to the Medical Center, then flown to Vanderbilt. An Alford Plea means even though Kirby does not admit any guilt he agrees there is enough evidence against him for a jury to convict him. The boy's mother, 24 year-old Cori Tobitt, also faces charges in this case. Source: WBKO … [Read more...]
Edelen Calls For Policy Change
Kentucky State Auditor Adam Edelen recommended state law and policy changes on Monday to address Kentucky's backlog of sexual assault evidence kits. Edelen said more than 3,000 of the so-called "rape kits" were never tested and that some languished in evidence lockers for longer than 40 years. Rape kits contain physical evidence collected from victims after a sexual assault. Testing the kits can identify DNA and other evidence that can help identify and prosecute suspects. Edelen said he hopes eliminating the backlog of rape kits will be a priority in 2016. Lack of funding and resources have been the main reason for the backlog of testing the kits according to officials. Source: WAVE … [Read more...]
Clerks Issue Invalid License
Gay couples in Kentucky say altered marriage licenses issued by a county clerk are invalid and a federal judge should order her office to reissue them or put the office in receivership and have someone else do it. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis spent five days in jail for disobeying a federal court order to issue licenses to gay couples. When she returned to work last week, she altered the license forms to say they were issued under the authority of the federal court instead of her office. Monday, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union asked the judge to force Davis' office to reissue the licenses. Davis' lawyer Mat Staver noted Kentucky's governor said the state would recognize the altered licenses. He said the ACLU's motion was designed to punish Davis for her religious beliefs. … [Read more...]
Survivor Wants Justice After Hit & Run
A survivor of a hit-and-run crash that killed her best friend is back home, and now see wants justice for her friend. Joan Hardin and Tracey Stovall were out for a quick walk to the store September 6 when, police say, they were struck by a car on Alanadale Drive in Valley Station. The car fled the scene. Stovall died while Hardin survived, but suffered serious injuries. A $5,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information is urged to call police at 574-7111 or the Anonymous Tip Line at 574-LMPD. Source: WAVE … [Read more...]