Police in Harrison County, Indiana is working to turn up the pressure on drug dealers. Harrison County Sheriff's deputies took park in Operation Heat Tuesday morning, targeting a couple dozen people. Chief Deputy Daran Hodges said twenty-four people were targeted in unrelated cases; seventeen were arrested for selling heroin, meth and prescription pills. Operation Heat is the latest success of a four-year effort to clean the county of drugs. Hodges said that the deputies are going to continue to pursue others on the list until they are found. Hodges said many of these investigations started because of tips called in by people who live in Harrison County. He promised to investigate all the tips the Sheriff's Department receives. Source: WAVE … [Read more...]
Police Turn Up Heat On Drug Pushers
Accident Leads To Woman’s Arrest
An accident led to the arrest of Brandenburg woman Monday night. According to the Meade County Sheriff’s Department, the two vehicle accident happened around 5:30 pm Monday evening (9/21) at the intersection of Kentucky 144 and 1238 in Garrett. A 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse driven by 49 year-old Shanadean Garcia of Brandenburg was traveling west on Kentucky 1238 and ran the stop sign and collided with a northbound 2001 Nissan Pathfinder driven by 28 year-old Megan Owens of Vine Grove. Owens told police that she thought Garcia was going to slow down to a stop but didn’t. Garcia told the investigating officer that she thought she had the right of way. Owens was treated at the scene by Meade County EMS and was taken to Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown for her injuries. Garcia admitted to consuming two Alprazolam’s before operating the vehicle. She was not able to provide proof of insurance. She was charged with disregarding a stop sign; leaving the scene of a accident- failure to render aid or assistance; an operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol, third offense. She was driving on a suspended license from a previous DUI charge. Garcia was arrested and lodged in the Meade County Detention Center. … [Read more...]
Woman Injured In Accident
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...]
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...]
Theodore M. “Ted” Strange
Theodore M. “Ted” Strange, 58, of Elizabethtown, died Monday September 21, 2015. He was born October 11, 1956, in Susanville, California. He was preceded in death by his sister, Jeni Nelson. He is survived by… His children: Ryan and Katie; His wife: Jerianne; His parents: Richard “Dick” and Florence Strange of Cave City; brothers, Nick Strange of Georgia, and Rob Strange, of Elizabethtown; One sister: Debra Strange of Cave City. A celebration of his life will be held at 11 am Saturday (9/26) at New Hope Community Church. Hawaiian shirts are encouraged. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions toward hospital expenses. … [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...]
Carroll Ernest Bewley
Carroll Ernest Bewley, age 71, of Payneville, died on Monday, September 21, 2015, at the Norton Hosparus In-Patient Unit in Louisville. He was preceded in death by his parents, Benjamin Ray and Nellie Catherine Knott Bewley; and a brother, Francis Ray Bewley. He is survived by… His wife: Linda Bewley of Payneville; Four children: Ernie Bewley & Caroline Constant, both of Brandenburg, Vanaissa Bewley of Louisville, & Shannon Smith of Payneville; One sister: Mary Belle Pollock of Louisville; One brother: Eddie Bewley of Brandenburg; Eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1 pm Thursday, September 24, 2015, at the Hager Funeral Home in Brandenburg with burial in the St. Theresa Cemetery in Rhodelia. Visitation will be held from Noon until 8 pm Wednesday (9/23) and after 9 am Thursday (9/24) at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Pets in Need Society. Online condolences may be expressed here. … [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...]