PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - St. Mary Elementary fourth grade students took part in screenings offered by Lourdes Kids Cardiac Academy.

For the second year in a row they screened 23 student and rechecked two fifth graders from the 2011 school year.

Screenings include total cholesterol, blood glucose, blood pressure, height weight and BMI. The program is a collaborative effort with Lourdes Hospital and the Area Health Education Cooperative and it's main purpose is to assess early onset of heart disease and educate those at risk.

St. Mary recently hired a school nurse Marilyn Teitloff LPN and plans to partner with Lourdes for future health education are currently in the works.

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PADUCAH, KY (KFVS)- An 18-year-old Paducah teenager is charged with murder in connection with the November death of her newborn daughter.

The name of the girl has not been released.

Police were notified just before 2 a.m. Nov. 21, 2011, after the girl called a friend who lives in McCracken County and said she had given birth, but that the baby had died and she had buried it in her back yard, according to the Paducah Police Department.

Officers went to the girl's home on Trimble Street and contacted the girl and her mother.  Police say the girl initially denied the entire story.  Eventually she admitted having given birth to the infant, and said it was in a bag in her closet.

Police say the girl's mother did not know she was pregnant.

Sgt. Kevin Neal found the full-term infant dead in a plastic clothing store-type bag, tied at the top, in the girl's closet.

MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - The McCracken County Sheriff's Department says two women were taken to the hospital Tuesday after a car crash at the intersection of KY 131/Benton Road and Tyree Road.

The sheriff's department says at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14 officers were called to the intersection for a car crash with injuries. They say the investigation revealed Donna Nass, 39, of Gilbertsville, Ky. was driving a 1995 gold Oldsmobile when she drove into the rear of a black 1997 Honda CRV driven by Debra J. Collins of Paducah.

Deputies say Nass was driving south on Benton Road when she hit Collins who was stopped in traffic waiting to make a left turn onto Tyree Road. Both drivers were taken to area hospitals.

The McCracken County Sheriff's Department was helped by Mercy Regional and Reidland Fire.

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