KYTC: Construction to start on US 45/Lone Oak Road

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012, 10:56am

KYTC: Construction to start on US 45/Lone Oak Road

MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says a contractor for Paducah Power System is planning a northbound, daytime lane restriction for work along US 45/Lone Oak Road in McCracken County starting Tuesday, May 29.

The utility crew will be building tower foundations for a power transmission line along Lone Oak Road. This work along the northbound lanes of US 45/Lone Oak Road will require traffic to be moved to the left-hand or passing lane near Austin Avenue in Lone Oak. This is at US 45 mile point 6.742 just north of the KY 1286/Friendship Road intersection.

KYTC says drivers should be alert for slowing and merging traffic as the approach this work zone. This lane restriction is expected to be in place starting at about 9 a.m. and taken down at 3 p.m. each day. According to KYTC, this work zone will not be up during peak travel periods.

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Middle school softball coach accused of rape of 14 year old

Submitted by KFVS Web Staff

Monday, May 21st, 2012, 4:36pm

PADUCAH, KY (KFVS)- A Paducah man has been arrested after Paducah police say he had an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old girl.

Sammy E. Montgomery, a Paducah Middle School softball coach, was arrested shortly after 2 p.m. Monday at his home on Jefferson Street.

Montgomery, 27, is charged with third-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse.

A woman called police Monday morning after learning her daughter, a PMS student, had been involved in a relationship with Montgomery, according to the Paducah Police Department.

Investigators interviewed the girl, who confirmed she and Montgomery had carried on a relationship for several months, and had sex about a month ago.

In addition to coaching softball, Montgomery volunteers with other activities at the school. Montgomery met the girl through school activities, according to the Paducah Police Department.

Montgomery was booked into McCracken County Regional Jail.

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190 students complete D.A.R.E. program

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Monday, May 21st, 2012, 4:11pm

PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - The Paducah Police Department says about 190 students from McNabb, Clark and St. Mary Elementary Schools have finished the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program taught by the department's officers.

The students finished the 10-week program with graduation ceremonies, during which they pledge to stay off drugs.

Officers Gretchen Morgan and Chris Fearon taught the students the skills they need to avoid drugs, alcohol and violence. The D.A.R.E. lesion focus on four major areas: providing accurate information about alcohol and drugs, teaching students decision-making skills, showing them how to resist peer pressure and giving them ideas for alternatives to drug use and violence.

D.A.R.E. began in 1983. It is now taught in more than 300,000 classrooms in 50 states and 53 countries around the world.

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SLIDESHOW: Graduation 2012

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Monday, May 21st, 2012, 11:57am

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2 killed in early morning crash

Submitted by KFVS Web Staff

Sunday, May 20th, 2012, 11:42am

MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY (KFVS)- Two people were killed overnight in a rollover car crash in McCracken County.

It happened around 12:15 p.m. in the 5000 block of Mayfield-Metropolis Road, between US 60 and Old US 60.

According to the McCracken County Sheriff's Office, a car driven by Chad Downs, 31, of Paducah and occupied by Rachel Sledd of Paducah was southbound at what appeared to be high speeds when the car became airborne after topping a hill.

Deputies say Downs appeared to have lost control of the car. It then left the right side of the road going through an open field, overturned and came to a rest on its roof in a dense wooded area.

The car was cut open and emergency crews removed Sledd from the vehicle. She was taken to Lourdes Hospital where she died.

Downs was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Concord and West McCracken County Fire Departments assisted at the scene.

The investigation is ongoing.

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PSO Youth String Orchestra to perform in first concert

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Saturday, May 19th, 2012, 10:00am

PSO Youth String Orchestra to perform in first concert

PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - The Paducah Symphony Youth String Orchestra will have their first concert Monday, May 21 at 7:00 p.m. at Milburn Chapel in West Paducah.

The Youth String Orchestra is comprised of 28 area youth string instrument players from McCracken and Graves Counties. The group is divided into two separate orchestras: the Advanced Youth Orchestra and the preparatory group, called Sinfonia.

Patricia Story, owner of Symphony Supply, music teacher, and member of the PSO, is the conductor of the talented group with Julia Watkins, a local private string/piano teacher and PSO member, assists.

The PSYSO is under the umbrella of the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, and is part of PSO’s education program for area youth. It is in its first year with 28 youth musicians participating through weekly workshops. The group also played a pre-concert performance with the PSO prior to its March 17 concert.

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USPS: Carbondale processing center to close; Cape Girardeau, Paducah safe for now

Submitted by KFVS Web Staff

Thursday, May 17th, 2012, 10:52pm

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS/AP)- The nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service is moving ahead with plans to close dozens of mail processing centers, saying on Thursday it can no longer wait as Congress remains deadlocked over how to help.

According to USPS, the Carbondale facility is still on the Phase 1 processing center consolidation list.

For now, it looks as if the processing centers in Cape Girardeau and Paducah are safe until 2014. The Postal Service had previously announced in February that it would close the processing and distribution centers in Cape Girardeau, Carbondale, and Paducah. A list of around 80 additional processing centers to close in 2014 will be announced next year. Richard Watkins with the Metro Kansas City/Springfield Joplin/Cape Girardeau area of the Postal Service says Cape Girardeau and Paducah could be on the Phase 2 list.

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