Paducah School of Art professor to open new gallery

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, August 19th, 2011, 11:51am

Paducah School of Art professor to open new gallery

PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - The Paducah School of Art painting assistant professor and Lower Town artist Bilan Liao will host the grand opening of her new gallery in Paducah's Lower Town arts district on August 20.

The public is invited to attend the opening at 520 North Seventh Street starting at 5 p.m., with the official ribbon cutting at 6 p.m. Attendees can enjoy Liao's art and Chinese culture.

Much of her art includes stories about her family, who endured hardships and experienced great humiliations because of the Chinese Revolution and the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

“As many people of my generation did, I grew up witnessing the great tragedy of the Chinese Cultural Revolution,” said Liao.

BiLan Liao’s new gallery located at 520 North 7th Street, grand opening August 20 (Source: Paducah School of Art)

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Hancock and Hibbs join Western Baptist Hospital staff

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, August 19th, 2011, 11:27am

Hancock and Hibbs join Western Baptist Hospital staff

PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - Western Baptist Hospital announced Friday Hospitalists John Christopher Hancock, D.O. and Harold Hibbs, M.D. have recently joined the medical staff.

Hancock is a graduate of Murray State University and the Pikeville College School of Osteopathetic Medicine, where he graduated first in his class. He finished a residency in internal medicine at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center.

Hibbs is a graduate of the University of Louisville and the Saba University School of Medicine. He finished an internam medicine residency at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport and a preliminary medicine residency at the University of Toledo Medical Center.

The hospitalist program at Western Baptist began in early 2009. A team of hospitalists cares for hospitalized patients whose physicians are not on the hospital staff.

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Park Services Dept. now offers Tiny Tot T-ball

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, August 19th, 2011, 10:00am

Park Services Dept. now offers Tiny Tot T-ball

PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - The Paducah Parks Services Department announced Thursday they are now offering Tiny Tot T-ball.

The tiny tot leagues will be available for kids ages three through five. It is a six-week session held each Saturday at Stuart Nelson Park at 10 a.m. The league will start September 10 and run through October 15.

In Tiny Tot T-ball, the players will learn the fundamentals of t-ball including batting, base running and fielding. Each week will include 20-minute skills practice session and a four-inning scrimmage.

The league will cost $45 per player. Each player will need to provide his or her own glove. Registration is limited to 54 players who will be divided into six teams of nine.

To register, you can visit PaducahKy.gov or call the parks office at 270-444-8508.

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Lone Oak man arrested, charged with receiving stolen property

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, August 18th, 2011, 3:41pm

Lone Oak man arrested, charged with receiving stolen property

PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - The McCracken County Sheriff's Department says they made a fifth arrest, a Lone Oak man, Thursday in connection with several vehicle break-ins in Paducah.

According to the department, at 3 p.m. on Thursday Blake E. Bickerstaff, 18, was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property.

The sheriff's department began investigating the vehicle thefts at several locations in the Paducah, McCracken County area about two months ago. Detectives say they began getting some breaks in the case when the discovery of about six different stolen items were recovered from a home in the Lone Oak area, area pawn shops and individuals.

Detectives say they built the case daily which led to a search warrant for a home at 220 Grace Nell Drive in the Lone Oak area.

On Wednesday, August 17 at about 5:37 a.m. sheriff's detectives executed the search warrant.

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USDOT to hold news conference on Mississippi River Bridge overlook

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, August 18th, 2011, 12:19pm

USDOT to hold news conference on Mississippi River Bridge overlook

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration announced Thursday, August 18 they will hold a news conference on the Mississippi River Bridge overlook at 3:30 p.m.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced grant funding Wednesday that included $3.6 million to evaluate the most feasible alignment of I-66 between Paducah and I-55 in Missouri.

Mayor Rediger, with City Manager Scott Meyer and consultant Jeff Glenn, recently visited with Secretary LaHood in Washington, D.C. to discuss the project.

“This has been a great cooperative effort dating back to the 1980s,” said Rediger. “Enhancing this east-west corridor is so vital to enhancing the economy. We’re all looking forward to a 45 minute commute between Cape Girardeau and Paducah.”

Partners have included the states of Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky; U.S.

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Graves County man indicted for child pornography

Submitted by KFVS Web Staff

Thursday, August 18th, 2011, 11:50am

A grand jury in Paducah has indicted a Graves County man on charges of child pornography.

According to United States Attorney David Hale, 58-year-old David Hummel faces charges of presentation of child pornography, receipt of child pornography, and possession of child pornography.

The case started in July of 2009. According to investigators, Hummel sent an obscene picture of a minor engaging in a sexual act and also had various images of child pornography in his possession.

Police took his lap top, 12 zip drives, 12 CD/DVDs, and 28 floppy disks.

If convicted, Hummel could spend up to 50 years in prison, face a $750,000 fine, and be on supervised release for five years up to life.

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Western Baptist offers robotic surgery

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, August 18th, 2011, 11:24am

PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - One local woman received treatment for her tonsil cancer earlier this year with Western Baptist's da Vinci robotic surgery.

Pamela Frantz's, 56, from Martin, Tenn. tonsil cancer was discovered after she had a tooth pulled. Western Baptist says the signs of tonsil cancer include throat pain, bad breath, bloody saliva, voice change and difficulty swallowing.

"The lymph nodes on the side of my face were swollen," said Frantz. "I had a biopsy and it was cancer."

Her son, Thomas Frantz, works on robotics at Memphis-area hospitals, insisted she go to a hospital that offered da Vinci robotic surgery.

Otolaryngologist Daren Kest, D.O. used the da Vinci to treat Frantz's throat cancer.

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