Glasgow Daily Times, Glasgow, KY

Local News

January 19, 2009

STATE BRIEFS

Young hunter mourned, 2 more missing

MAYFIELD — As family and friends mourned a young Kentucky duck hunter who died when his boat capsized in Kentucky Lake, the search continued for two more teens who disappeared in the accident.

The Paducah Sun reported Sunday’s funeral for Trevor Williams, an 18-year-old senior at Mayfield High School, was filled with teammates from the football team and other students.

Williams was one of four hunters who fell overboard on Jan. 10. Still missing are 18-year-old McKenzie Stanley, a senior at Mayfield High School, and 17-year-old Jacob Scott, a senior at Graves County High School.

A fourth hunter in the boat, Tyler Heathcott, was rescued near the shore.



Fewer funds encourage horse breeding in Ky.

LEXINGTON — A fund designed to encourage Kentucky’s horse breeding industry is likely to have much less money in the next few years.

Director of the breeders’ incentive fund, Jamie Eads, said they projected a 25 percent drop in funds last fall, but said now they think it will be higher than that.

The fund is financed by sales tax paid on stud fees.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reported the program is being hit by a drop in stud fees and a drop in breeding during the economic depression.

The Jockey Club said the foal crop in 2008 was down 2.3 percent from 2007 and is expected to drop an additional 3.1 percent in 2009.



New policy allows guns in Cumberland Gap

MIDDLESBORO — A new federal policy allows concealed weapons permit owners to carry firearms into Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.

The policy change from the U.S. Department of Interior went into effect Jan. 9 and allows people with permits from the three states touching the park — Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee — to carry weapons inside the park. The policy also applies to people from states that have reciprocal firearm carrying agreements with those states.

Chief Ranger Dirk Wiley told the Middlesboro Daily News that anyone bringing a gun into the park should contact the rangers to go over safety rules.

Under the previous regulation weapons could only be transported into the park in motor vehicles when they were unloaded or stored away.



Investigators puzzling over assault, death

LEXINGTON — Investigators are trying to find who attacked and killed a woman and injured a man in what police described as a physical assault at a farm in Lexington.

Lexington police told the Lexington Herald-Leader that 43-year-old Pauline Mastin of Carlisle died of blunt force trauma after an attack early Saturday morning. Officers said they also found a man suffering from injuries at 4:23 a.m.

Police Sgt. Pete Ford says the man was taken to the University of Kentucky Hospital with injuries that are not thought to be life-threatening.

An autopsy is scheduled for Sunday in Frankfort.

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