Two Ill. men arrested for assault in McCracken Co.

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, July 29th, 2011, 10:36am

Two Ill. men arrested for assault in McCracken Co.

MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - Detectives with the McCracken County Sheriff's Department have arrested two Ill. men after an investigation into an assault on June 12 on Fairview Drive.

Howard Maurice "Moe" Palmer, 34, of Metropolis, Ill. was arrested for complicity to assault in the second degree.

Joshua E. Willis, 33, of Ullin, Ill. was arrested for second degree assault.

According to detectives, the victim had been hit in the head at least twice and required 17 staples to close the wound.

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Sheriff's dept. asking for public's help in finding wanted woman

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, July 28th, 2011, 5:59pm

Sheriff's dept. asking for public's help in finding wanted woman

MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - The McCracken County Sheriff's Department is asking the public's help in finding a woman wanted in an alleged prostitution investigation.

Detectives said during the month of July they conducted an undercover investigation into alleged prostitution.

A detective was undercover when the department says he met with Casey Bedinger at a McCracken County business. According to detectives, Bedinger solicited herself to the undercover detective during the investigation.

Detectives have a warrant for Bedinger for prostitution. They say they have been unable to find her and would like the public's help.

Bedinger is a 26 year old white woman that detectives believe is most likely living in McCracken County.

Tipsters can remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 270-443-TELL.

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Paducah man charged with robbing store

Submitted by KFVS Web Staff

Thursday, July 28th, 2011, 5:12pm

A Paducah man has been arrested in connection with the robbery of a convenience store earlier this month.

Jarvis L. Brown, 29, of North 14^th Street, was arrested on a warrant charging him with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and on a charge of first-degree robbery, according to Paducah police.

Brown was charged with robbing the Superway, 2535 Jackson St., on July 18.

An employee told police a man entered the store's office at 9:11 p.m. on Monday, July 18 and pointed a gun at him and demanded the money he was counting. He said he gave the robber an unknown amount of money, and the robber fled the store.

An anonymous tipster told investigators that Brown not only had robbed the Superway store, but also was in possession of firearms, police said.

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Westbond traffic on I-24 to be reduced

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, July 28th, 2011, 2:49pm

MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced Thursday they plan to reduce westbound traffic to one lane on I-24 starting Monday, August 1.

Traffic will be reduced to one lane at several locations while the McCracken County Highway Maintenance crew works on erosion control starting near the 17 mile marker.

The crew will be placing rock in several washouts along the shoulder, mainly in areas where there is a guardrail. KYTC says this work will require moving lane restrictions as the work moves westward along the westbound lanes.

Engineers expect the work to take an hour or more at each location and KYTC says they will likely cover a mile or two per day.

Westbound drivers can expect all traffic to move to the left-hand or passing lane in the work zone.

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Rollover crash injures LaCenter man

Submitted by James Long, Digital Content Producer

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011, 6:02pm

McCRACKEN COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - A LaCenter man has been injured following a rollover crash on Wednesday.

It happened around 1:50 p.m. Wednesday in front of the Sports Plex on US Hwy. 60.

Gary L. Crice, 63, of LaCenter was injured when his SUV ran off the the left side of the road into a median and struck a guardrail, said investigators. Police said Crice attempted to correct the SUV by steering which caused it to cross back across both westbound lanes of traffic where it overturned.

Police found Crice's SUV upside down when they arrived.

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Curb, gutter rehab project in Paducah

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011, 4:00pm

PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced Wednesday that there will be a curb and gutter rehab project along US 60/Joe Clifton Drive on Thursday, July 28.

According to KYTC, restrictions are expected to go up about 5:30 a.m. and should be taken down around 5:30 p.m.

The rehab work will run along the road between US 45/H.C. Mathis Drive and LaClede Avenue at mile point 13.402 and the I-24 Business Loop/Park Avenue at mile point 13.174. KYTC says this along Joe Clifton Drive in the Cardinal Point area.

Traffic on this section will be restricted to two lanes and shifted to allow work to start on the east side of the road.

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Three sent to hospital after driver loses control, ends up in ditch

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011, 1:04pm

Three sent to hospital after driver loses control, ends up in ditch

PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - The McCracken County Sheriff's Department reports three people, including two children, were sent to the hospital Wednesday morning after the driver lost control of the car and ended up in the ditch.

Around 9 a.m. on Wednesday police say they responded to a single car collision on Blandville Road or US 62 between Gholson Road and Fisher Road.

Frances Lucy, 66, from Fulton, Ky. was driving her 2009 Nissan Sentra eastbound on US 62 Blandville Road.

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