24-Hour Newswatch

Saturday Noon 24-Hour Newswatch


After the hot weather of the last few weeks, are you more concerned about "global warming?"
  Yes
  No
 
View Results
 
News

TRIGG COUNTY MAN CHARGED AFTER FRIDAY NIGHT ACCIDENT


A TRIGG COUNTY MAN FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT NEAR THE U.S. 68 BRIDGE AT LAKE BARKLEY FRIDAY NIGHT.

CALDWELL DISTRICT COURT ACTIVITY


THE SECOND SESSION OF CALDWELL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WEEK SAW A LIGHT DOCKET BEFORE CALDWELL DISTRICT JUDGE JAMUS REDD.

STATE POLICE LOOKING FOR MISSING HOPKINS COUNTY TEEN


STATE POLICE ARE SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN LOCATING A MISSING HOPKINS COUNTY TEENAGER.

ELEVATED WILDFIRE RISK ACROSS THE REGION


 THE INCREASINGLY DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WILL PLAY A FACTOR IN AN INCREASED RISK OF WILDFIRE FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.

EXECUTION STILL ON SCHEDULE


A KENTUCKY DEATH ROW INMATE FACING EXECUTION IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LOST A CHALLENGE TO THE STATE'S LETHAL INJECTION METHOD.
AA001108

CALDWELL MAN HOLDS GIRLFRIEND AND GRANDMOTHER HOSTAGE


A CALDWELL COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN JAILED AFTER ALLEDGEDLLY HOLDING HIS GIRLFRIEND AND HIS GRANDMOTHER HOSTAGE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

LABOR DAY KSP ENFORCEMENT


WITH THE LAST SUMMER HOLIDAY APPROACHING, KENTUCKY STATE POLICE URGE MOTORISTS TO DRIVE SAFELY WHILE TRAVELING TO AND FROM THEIR DESTINATION.

AUDIO STORY: CINDY FLOOD ON 5TH QUARTER


THE FIRST CALDWELL COUNTY TIGER HOME FOOTBALL GAME OF THE SEASON WILL HAVE AN AFTER PARTY OF SORTS AT PRINCETON’S FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
CINDY LONG, STUDENT AND RECREATIONS MINISTER FOR FIRST BAPTIST SAYS EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO “THE 5TH QUARTER”:

AUDIO STORY: JAMIE JOHNSON ON LYON TOURISM


AS THE “OFFICIAL SUMMER” WINDS DOWN WITH THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND, WE CHECKED IN WITH THE LYON COUNTY TOURISM OFFICE TO FIND OUT HOW BUSINESS HAS BEEN THIS SEASON.

CADIZ BRAWL


CADIZ POLICE WERE CALLED TO A FIGHT IN PROGRESS AT THE CORNER OF JEFFERSON STREET AT HAYDEN STREET AT 2:14:PM TUESDAY. UPON ARRIVAL POLICE DETERMINED 18-YEAR-OLD SHANE CRENSHAW OF WALLACE AVENUE HAD BEEN ASSAULTED WITH A BROKEN BOTTLE AND WAS SUFFERING FROM A LACERATION TO HIS HEAD.

CITY/COUNTY PARK LABOR DAY POOL SCHEDULE


WITH SUMMER COMING TO AND END, PREPARATIONS ARE BEING MEDE TO CLOSE DOWN THE CITY/COUNTY PARK POOL FOR THE SEASON. GEORGE KILGORE, PARK DIRECTOR, SAYS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL HAVE TWO MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENJOY THE POOL DURING THE UPCOMING LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND

CALDWELL TEEN INJURED IN MONDAY NIGHT STABBING


A CALDWELL COUNTY TEENAGER WAS INJURED IN A MONDAY NIGHT STABBING INCIDENT.
ACCORDING TO INFORMATION JUST RELEASED BY THE CALDWELL COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, SHERIFF STAN HUDSON AND DEPUTY SHAWN YOUNG

CALDWELL COUNTY NATIVE ELECTED TO REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION LEADERSHIP POSITION


A CALDWELL COUNTY NATIVE HAS BEEN ELECTED TO A TOP POSITION AMONG STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.

RETIREMENT SYSTEM COULD BE AUDITED


THE KENTUCKY RETIREMENT SYSTEMS IS ASKING FOR AN AUDIT OF ITS USE OF PLACEMENT AGENTS THAT HAVE COLLECTED NEARLY 15-MILLION DOLLARS IN FEES SINCE 2004.

EDUCATION IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE DELAYED


THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS CONSIDERING ASKING FOR A DELAY ON PORTIONS OF A MAJOR STATE EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT ACT IF FUNDING CAN'T BE FOUND.

AREA COUNTIES INCLUDED IN DROUGHT DECLARATION


THE OFFICE OF THE STATE CLIMATOLOGIST AND THE KENTUCKY ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET, IN COORDINATION WITH THE KENTUCKY DROUGHT MITIGATION TEAM ARE ISSUING A LEVEL I DROUGHT DECLARATION FOR THREE DROUGHT MANAGEMENT AREAS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

K.U. BASE ELECTRIC RATES COULD BE UNCHANGED UNTIL 2013


CUSTOMERS OF KENTUCKY UTILITIES WOULD NOT SEE AN INCREASE IN THEIR BASE RATES BEFORE JANUARY 2013 UNDER A TENTATIVE SETTLEMENT COVERING THE COMPANY'S ACQUISITION BY PENNSYLVANIA-BASED PPL CORPORATION.

FURLOUGHS TO TAKE PLACE AS SCHEDULED


MOST STATE WORKERS WILL BE ON UNPAID LEAVE FRIDAY. FRANKLIN CIRCUIT JUDGE PHILLIP SHEPHERD DENIED A REQUEST BY SIX STATE WORKERS AND THEIR LABOR GROUP THURSDAY TO TEMPORARILY BLOCK GOVERNOR BESHEAR’S PLANNED SIX-DAY UNPAID FURLOUGH OF MOST EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES DURING FISCAL YEAR 2011.

FORMER MISS KENTUCKY TO BE ON "AMAZING RACE"


A FORMER MISS KENTUCKY AND HER FATHER ARE AMONG THE 11 TEAMS FEATURED ON THE CBS REALITY COMPETITION THE AMAZING RACE.

CALDWELL DISTRICT COURT ACTIVITY


THE FIRST SESSION OF CALDWELL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WEEK SAW AN ACTIVE DOCKET BEFORE CALDWELL DISTRICT JUDGE JILL CLARK.

WILLIAMS AND FARMER FORM GUBERNATORIAL TICKET


WHAT HAD BEEN RUMORED IS NOW OFFICIAL. STATE SENATE PRESIDENT DAVID WILLIAMS WILL SEEK THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN 2011 WITH AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER RICHIE FARMER AS HIS RUNNING MATE.

GROUNDBREAKING FOR POWER PROJECT IN SMITHLAND


KENTUCKY GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR AND CONGRESSMAN ED WHITFIELD JOINED LOCAL LEADERS AND OFFICIALS FROM AMERICAN MUNICIPAL POWER WEDNESDAY IN A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY AT THE SITE OF THE SMITHLAND HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECT.

BURGLARY RING SUSPECTS BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY


TWO CALDWELL COUNTY RESIDENTS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY BEING INVOLVED IN A BURGLARY RING RESPONSIBLE FOR A STRING OF BREAKINS IN THE CALDWELL COUNTY AREA HAVE NOW SEEN THE CASES AGAINST THEM BOUND OVER TO THE NEXT SESSION OF THE CALDWELL COUNTY GRAND JURY. 
      

AUDIO STORY: SHERRY HANCOCK ON LOCAL DIVORCECARE CLASSES


ARE YOU OR IS SOMEONE YOU KNOW SUFFERING FROM TO PAIN AND SEPARATION ASSOCIATED WITH A DIVORCE? A PROGRAM BEGINNING NEXT WEEK AT FIRST BAPTIST CHUCH OF PRINCETON MAY HELP YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY TOWARD RECOVERY.

AUDIO STORY: KEITH TODD ON KTC TO EXPEDITE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BRIDGES ON KY 139


THE KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET IS WORKING TO EXPEDITE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE NEW BRIDGES OVER DONALDSON CREEK ON KY 139 IN CALDWELL COUNTY. TH ROUTE HAS BEEN CLOSED NEAR THE 20 MILE MARKER BETWEEN KY 70 AND THE CRESWELL COMMUNITY SINCE AUG. 23,

SPECIAL CALLED CALDWELL FISCAL MEETING


MEMBERS OF CALDWELL FISCAL COURT MET FOR A BRIEF SPECIAL SESSION TUESDAY MORNING TO APPROVE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND MARTIN MARIETTA AGGREGATES PERTAINING TO STEPHEN BAKER ROAD.

PUBLIC HEARING FOR SCHOOL TAX RATES SCHEDULED


THE CALDWELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE END OF THIS WEEK CONCERNING THE PROPOSED TAX RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011.

FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN


THREE 101ST AIRBORN DIVISION SOLDIERS WERE KILLED OVER THE WEEKEND IN TWO SEPARATE ATTACKS IN AFGHANISTAN.

WOLF CREEK ROAD PLANS DELAYED IN CRITTENDEN COUNTY


DUE TO THE THREAT OF RAIN MONDAY, THE KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET PUSHED BACK PLANS TO CLOSE KY 1917/WOLF CREEK ROAD IN EASTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY UNTIL TUESDAY.
THE CLOSURES ARE NOW SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31ST AND SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2010.

EFFECTS OF STATE FURLOUGH


STATE AGENCIES ARE WORKING TO AVOID HAVING SHORT-HANDED PRISONS AND A LESS THAN FULL-STRENGTH STATE POLICE FORCE FRIDAY.

LYON COUNTY MAN ARRESTED AFTER FOOT CHASE


A BRIEF FOOT CHASE RESULTED IN JAIL TIME FOR A LYON COUNTY MAN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
SUNDAY AT APPROXIMATLY 12:42 A.M. OFFICERS ARRESTED 30-YEAR-OLD JAMES SMURAWA OF HWY 293 S.

TWO CALDWELL WOMEN ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES


TWO CALDWELL COUNTY WOMAN REMAIN JAILED ON MULTIPLE DRUG-RELATED CHARGES.