Simpson County News

Simpson minister gets prison sentence From the office of KY AG Jack Conway Attorney General Jack Conway and his Office of Special Prosecutions today announced the sentencing of Richard Bridges, of Bowling Green, on felony theft and forgery charges in connection with a long-term embezzlement scheme perpetrated against a Simpson County Church.

The Kentucky Attorney General's office of special prosecutions announced today the sentencing of a former Bowling Green minister.

Logan Countya s Recycling Center was once again a topic of discussion at Tuesdaya s Fiscal Court meeting.

Kentucky schools are gearing up for a new state law that will require parents who are elected to site-based councils to undergo criminal background checks.

Clogged drains, ditchlines filled with mud, embankment failures that sent pavement and dirt into the creeks: these are the top three problems facing maintenance specialists at Highway District 12 in the aftermath of flash flooding earlier this month.

Magistrate Dickie Carter brought up the countya s recycling center once again at Tuesdaya s Fiscal Court meeting.

President Barack Obama has declared parts of Kentucky devastated by major storms this month major disaster areas, making federal money available for recovery.

A Presbyterian minister charged with stealing $50,000 from his former church in Simpson County faces a possible prison sentence.

Jailer Bill Jenkins reported at Tuesdaya s Fiscal Court meeting that there are 117 inmates at the detention center, 37 of those being from the state.

Flooding was reported in several counties in eastern parts of the state after several inches of rain fell across the state in the last week on ground that was already saturated.

Gov. Steve Beshear visited communities throughout Eastern Kentucky today, where extensive flooding and severe storm damage has ravaged the region.

"Anytime there are signs posted that the area has been flooded or that there is high water, you should never attempt to pass, even if you think the water is not that high," explains Corporal Vickie Kristiansen, of the Franklin City Police.

A south-central Kentucky man who died when his truck was swept off a flooded bridge has been identified.

Two men accused last spring of stealing gravestones are suing Bullitt County and several law-enforcement officials.

A Simpson county man pleads guilty to sexual assault charges. William Terry Miller, 45, pleaded guilty to 3 counts of second degree rape, and 6 counts of sodomy in the third degree.

The new company formed last week to build ZAP electric cars in Simpson County expects to raise enough money to fund the project this year, the company announced today.

Nearly three years after being taken into custody on two murder charges Dustin Asher may be free within just a short time.

Integrity Manufacturing, the Shepherdsville company that once pledged to employ 4,000 building electric cars in Kentucky, has closed its doors, a company official said yesterday.

It appears 4,000 jobs that were scheduled to come to Kentucky, aren't. An accountant for Integrity Manufacturing tells the Courier-Journal the company ran out of money.

An accountant for the Shepherdsville company that had plans to employ 4,000 people at an electric car plant in Kentucky says the company has shut down.