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Wednesday, November 3, 2021

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Photo via Calloway County Sheriff's Department

ONE INJURED IN GRAIN TRUCK ACCIDENT
At approximately 1 pm Tuesday, Calloway County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the 1000 block of Cook Store Trail for a report of an overturned tractor trailer. Preliminary investigation has indicated 57-year old Ricky Chadwick of Murray was operating a tractor trailer loaded with grain southbound when the trailer tires went off the roadway. The grain then shifted, causing the tractor trailer to turn over on its passenger side. Chadwick was transported by personal vehicle to Murray-Calloway County Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

PORTION OF MAIN STREET TO CLOSE TODAY
The Murray Water Department plans to close a section of Main Street today between 7th Street and 8th Street to allow water line work. A utility crew will attempt to complete the water line work before the paving crew reaches the worksite to avoid the need to dig up the new pavement to be placed at this location later in the week. There will be no marked detour for this closure. Motorists may self-detour via side streets. Trucks should seek an alternate state route appropriate for their weight classification.

BURTON AND ORR NAMED HEISMAN RECIPIENTS
Murray High School seniors, Victoria Burton and Andrew Orr, were named as 2021 Heisman High School Scholarship School winning recipients. Burton and Orr were among 5,700 students recognized for their outstanding academic, athletics, and community service achievements, by The Heisman Trophy Trust and Acceptance Insurance. The Heisman High School Scholarship School honorees extend the Heisman prestige to the nation’s most esteemed high school seniors by recognizing the exemplary, game-changing differences, made every day, paving the way to greatness for everyone around them.

CHANGES FOR MSU ROTC
The Center for Adult and Regional Education and the Department of Military Science at Murray State University has announced two new top-level leadership roles in Murray State’s ROTC program. Captain William Burgess has been named officer in charge and Lieutenant Colonel Bernard House is the new Professor of Military Science.House is also the overall leader of the ROTC battalion at both Murray State University and the University of Tennessee at Martin. The Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps is a college-based, officer commissioning program designed as an elective-curriculum taken along with required college classes. All military science classes focus on leadership development, problem solving, strategic planning and professional ethics.

LBL REFUGES CLOSE
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation has closed through March 15, nine wildlife refuges to human entry and all activities including hunting, fishing, and boating. Closed areas are marked with buoys or signs. The wildlife refuge closures include Portions of Duncan Bay, Smith Bay, and Rushing Bay on Kentucky Lake; Fulton Bay and Honker Bay on Lake Barkley; Long Creek Refuge at the back of Elbow Bay; the Western one-third of Energy Lake; all of Energy Lake and Bards Lake are closed to hunting, but the eastern two-thirds of Energy Lake and all of Bards Lake remain open to fishing; Hematite Lake and Honker Lake are closed to fishing and boating but trails are open. Refuge closures provide undisturbed resting and feeding areas for waterfowl, shorebirds, and bald eagles.

GAS PRICES HIGHER THIS WEEK
Gas prices in West Central Kentucky are three cents higher this week at $3.09 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The national average price for a gallon of gas is higher at $3.40, but the two-cent rise over last week is the smallest weekly increase in a month. The drop in demand has helped slow price increases, but elevated crude prices continue to put upward market pressure on pump prices, which will likely keep rising as long as oil prices are above $80 per barrel. The national average of $3.40 is 21 cents more than a month ago, $1.27 more than a year ago, and 79 cents more than in 2019.

IN AND AROUND KENTUCKY
FRANKFORT—The unofficial results of three special elections in Kentucky are in. Three General Assembly seats were vacant following the deaths of Senator Tom Buford and Representative Bam Carney, and the resignation of Representative Robert Goforth. Republican Dr. Donald Douglas will take the late Buford’s District 22 Senate seat. Republican Timmy Truett will fill Goforth’s 89th District House Seat, and Republican Michael “Sarge” Pollock will represent House District 51, filling Carney’s seat. All three defeated Democratic challengers.

GEORGETOWN—Georgetown College is looking for a new president. The college announced yesterday that it had terminated William A. Jones after allegations of sexual assault and inappropriate behavior with female employees came to light. Officials with the school also say Jones committed other, unspecified conduct violations of his employment agreement. Jones was hired in 2019 to become Georgetown College’s 25th president.

LEXINGTON—Lexington’s Urban County Council is hearing from the public about how to distribute money received from the American Rescue Plan. A special meeting was held last night to hear public comments on ways the council should allocate the 120-million dollars received. Initial allocations include money for employees who qualify under federal “hero pay” guidelines as well as all other city employees, along with ten million for affordable housing and one million for the city’s hospitality industry. Several new proposals were heard last night, and the council plans to meet again tomorrow.

WASHINGTON DC—Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is accusing Democrats of pushing ahead on a “long march toward socialized medicine.” The Kentucky Republican spoke on the Senate floor and said it all started with Obamacare. McConnell said Democrats aim to continue their efforts in President Biden’s sweeping social spending bill. He again called it a “Trojan Horse” for expensive new government programs, fueled by the “far left.”

OWENSBORO—An Owensboro Walmart is back open after receiving a bomb threat. Authorities investigated the threat yesterday morning against the store on Frederica. All employees and customers were evacuated while a sweep of the store was done. Evansville Police K-9 units and a Hazardous Devices Unit were on the scene during the investigation. Police haven’t said if anything was found.

BEREA—New signage is up along a ten-county bicycle route in Kentucky. U.S. Bicycle Route 21 begins at the Cumberland Gap in Middlesboro, Kentucky and runs 265 miles to the south side of the Ohio River in Maysville, Kentucky. It runs through parts of Bell, Knox, Laurel, Rockcastle, Madison, Clark, Bourbon, Nicholas, Robertson and Mason counties. It’s eventually expected to be part of a route that will go from Cleveland, Ohio to Atlanta, Georgia.

TENNESSEE—There are over one-thousand new coronavirus cases in Tennessee. The Tennessee Department of Health reported the new cases yesterday, bringing the total since the outbreak began to over one-million-283-thousand. Over 30 additional COVID-19-related deaths were also reported, with the total number standing at over 16-thousand-400. There are about 900 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Tennessee.

TENNESSEE—Tennessee wants to increase the number of people vaccinated against influenza by providing free flu shots. All county health departments in Tennessee will hold Fight Flu TN vaccination events on November 9th. No appointments are necessary to get the shots. It’s the fourth year in a row for the events.

TENNESSEE—The findings of a preliminary investigation into the death of Sevier County’s general sessions clerk are being released. The District Attorney’s office says Connie Holt’s death has been ruled a murder-suicide. The DA says Holt’s boyfriend Eric Peters shot and killed her before killing himself on October 24th inside their home. Holt began working for Sevier County in 1994 and was elected clerk in 2002.

TENNESSEE—Drivers in Tennessee are being warned to watch out for deer. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says there will be an increase in deer activity between now and December due to the mating season. There are thousands of accidents involving deer in Tennessee every year with the chances increasing this time of year. There have been more than 35-hundred crashes involving deer in Tennessee so far this year.

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