CONSTRUCTION FRIDAY ON CHESTNUT STREET
A construction crew has tentative plans to close East Chestnut Street in Murray this Friday. It is expected to be closed from approximately 7:30 to noon between US 641 and Industrial Road. The construction work in the 100 block of East Chestnut Street will require a crane to be placed on the roadway. The roadway will remain open to local traffic on each side of the closure.
NEW VOTING MACHINES AND OTHER CHANGES TUESDAY
Voters in Graves, Ballard and Carlisle counties will be seeing new voting machines when they go to vote this Tuesday. Every Kentucky precinct will also have computers for handicapped accessible voting. To use, just turn the green wheel to highlight a candidate then press a button to make your selection. You can review the candidates of your choice before casting the final vote. In Calloway County there are two new precincts and boundaries of four others have been changed to allow voters living in recently annexed areas of Murray to vote in the Murray City Council race. Secretary of State Trey Grayson says he predicts as 70 percent of Kentucky's registered voters will vote.
FUNERAL YESTERDAY FOR MURCER VICTIMS
The mother of two teenage girls and their little brother was brought in a wheelchair to view their caskets at the end of their funeral in western Kentucky. The 17- and 14-year-old girls and 5-year-old boy were stabbed and slashed in their home in rural Trigg County and found Oct. 15. The Paducah Sun reports that a statement from the mother was read and distributed Wednesday at the funeral, attended by about 650 people at Trigg County High School gymnasium. The woman, who was released from the hospital to attend the service, said she wanted justice but was not hate-filled or bitter. Police have charged 36-year-old Kevin Wayne Dunlap of Hopkinsville with three counts of capital murder, kidnapping, rape, attempted murder, burglary and tampering with physical evidence in the case.
KTC HALLOWEEN SAFETY REMINDER
This year about 50 percent of adults will dress up in costume for Halloween. It’s much higher for children who will be hitting the streets to trick or treat Friday evening. In addition to reminding motorists to use appropriate caution while children are making their rounds Friday night, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is asking adults who may be attending parties to take steps to assure everyone arrives home safe. In recent years Halloween has been growing as a party event. Halloween is now third for the number of traffic crashes that involve a drunk driver, close behind New Year’s Eve and St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Last year almost half of all crashes on Halloween involved an impaired driver. That compares with about 20 percent for the rest of the year.
GUARD HITS GOALS
DEADLINE AT DUDLEY COURT
The Dudley Court Apartments of Paducah which had gone without heat for several weeks earlier this fall are without gas once again after city inspectors deemed the furnaces faulty and inoperable. Now, the city has set a deadline of November 11 to have all repairs completed, or all tenants must move out. The property owners say years of increasing insurance premiums, without the ability to raise rent for people living on subsidized housing, has left them deep in the red.
PADUCAH WOMAN CHARGED WITH THEFT
Lisa McCullough of Paducah has been charged with stealing more than 2000 dollars from her employer, Fleming Furniture, while out on bond for similar charges. She had only been an employee for five days. In September, McCullough was charged with third-degree burglary for breaking into her former employer's business, Giant Book Store in Kentucky Oaks Mall. In that case, McCullough admitted that she knew the back door to the business was malfunctioning and that she could get into the store when she returned after business hours.
ACROSS KENTUCKY
The Public Service Commission is warning that Kentuckians will be paying substantially more for natural gas this winter. PSC Chairman David Armstrong said Wednesday those prices are going to drive up home heating costs. Armstrong said the average Kentucky customer will likely pay about 17 percent more this winter than last for natural gas. The PSC reported Kentucky's five major natural gas distribution companies expect the average wholesale cost this November to be $11.70 per 1,000 cubic feet. That is up $2.24, or 24 percent, from an average of $9.46 per 1,000 cubic feet a year ago. Heating systems in roughly 44 percent of Kentucky homes are fueled by natural gas.
The Pulaski County coroner confirms that a man has died in an overnight fire. The fire occurred in a mobile home. No further details available at this time.
Breaking news out of Floyd County this morning. State police say there has been a shooting involving a law officer in the Martin area of Floyd County. No further information is being released right now.
It may be sometime before investigators are able to determine what started a fire at an industrial park in Winchester. The Wednesday afternoon fire was whipped by winds and spread to several buildings, the buildings contained a number of businesses. No injuries were reported. At one time personnel from six fire departments battled the blaze.
University of Kentucky Police are looking for who ever hung an effigy of Barack Obama from a tree on campus on Wednesday. Last night, university officials and community officials met with concerned students. UK President Lee Todd says it is a despicable act. Todd says it is malicious and unacceptable and he feels personally offended and deeply embarrassed. Governor Steve Beshear issued a statement saying "This was not political speech., it was simply hate. It was profoundly wrong and offensive." Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry faxed a written apology to Barack Obama.
The Clinton's must like Kentucky. Senator Hillary Clinton is coming to Hazard on Sunday to rally for Bruce Lunsford. According to the "Herald Leader" she's also scheduled a stop in Louisville. The Kentucky senate race has drawn a lot of national attention.
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