Saturday, January 29, 2011
East Kentucky Broadcasting Capsule News...Kentucky...1-29-'11
- Prosecutors want the death penalty if they win conviction of a man accused of fatally beating his ex-girlfriend's son. Prosecutor Jonathan Heck the filed notice Tuesday in Jefferson Circuit Court, The Courier-Journal reported. He says in the filing that Johnny Juliot's extensive criminal history is the aggravating circumstance that makes him eligible for the death penalty if convicted in the death of 4-year-old James Anthony "Tony" Hack.
- An eastern Kentucky woman has died after a crash involving a loose horse on a roadway. WKYT-TV cites emegency workers in reporting details of the accident Friday morning in Estill County. The station reports the horse was running loose on Richmond Road when it was hit by two vehicles. The crash killed a woman in one of the vehicles. The horse also died.
- Police in western Kentucky pursued a traffic law violator, at times at high speed, for three hours before catching him. During the pursuit in the Paducah area, school bus drivers were told to park their buses for the safety of the students.
- A Federal Bureau of Prisons official says a former student convicted of hacking Sarah Palin's private e-mail account isn't eligible to serve his yearlong sentence at a Knoxville halfway house. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that in an unusual move, Bureau of Prisons head Jose Santana told U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Phillips by letter that David Kernell has three years of college and the support of his family. The official said the halfway house space is needed by inmates who have limited skills, resources and community support.
- A Breathitt County jury has convicted a man of killing his neighbor in a shootout. The guilty verdict to one count of murder and three counts of wanton endangerment was returned Thursday against William Caudill, reports WYMT-TV in Hazard. Randall Carpenter was killed and Caudill was seriously wounded in the August 2009 shooting.
- Newly released information by a national group that represents anti-domestic violence coalitions says organizations across Kentucky served more than 1,000 people during a one-day survey last year but weren't able to meet the needs of nearly 100 more people. The National Network to End Domestic Violence survey was conducted Sept. 15, when 1,114 adults and children received services from local organizations in Kentucky. The Kentucky Domestic Violence Association says in the same 24 hours, 248 emergency hotline calls were answered, and 94 requests for services were not provided. The group says most of the unmet requests were due to lack of funding.
- A Louisville couple has sued the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, contending she was fired for complaining about a priest who was removed from ministry. The lawsuit filed by Gary and Margie Weiter of Louisville alleges that the archdiocese violated its own policies on responding to sexual abuse. She contends a priest who had allegedly been sexually abusive was living at the parish and circulating among children without supervision and that she was fired when she complained.
- The owner of a western Kentucky convenience store is facing charges after police say he was selling bath salts containing a banned chemical. It is the first time a person has been charged under a Ballard County ordinance banning the sale of the powders being sold as bath salts. Across the nation, emergency calls are reporting overexposure to stimulants the powders often contain, popularly known as MDPV.
- A trio of Republican gubernatorial candidates faced off in a political forum in downtown Paducah. It was the first faceoff between all three GOP hopefuls -- state Senate President David Williams, Louisville businessman Phil Moffett and Jefferson County clerk Bobbie Holsclaw. Holsclaw joined the race earlier this week. The winner of the matchup will likely face incumbent Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear, who has no primary opponent, and independent candidate Gatewood Galbraith, a Lexington lawyer. The primary is set for May 17.
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