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A FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WILL BE IN HARDIN COUNTY TONIGHT. ARKANSAS GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE WILL SPEAK AT THE PAC AT JOHN HARDIN HIGH SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 2ND. CHAIR WOMEN OF THE HARDIN COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY. HUCKABEE RAN IN THE 2008 AND 2016 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES AND IS THE FATHER OF WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS. TICKETS BEGIN AT $40 AND CAN BE PURCHASED ON THE PACS WEBSITE.

A LOUISVILLE WOMAN PLEADED GUILTY TO CHARGES AFTER BEING ARRESTED IN HARDIN COUNTY LAST YEAR.  THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYS 28 YEAR OLD ASHLYNN MARCUM WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN AUGUST OF 2018 AFTER INVESTIGATORS FOUND NEARLY 40 STOLEN GUNS IN HER POSSESSION AT A MOTEL IN MULDRAUGH.  MARCUM WAS CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF 37 FIREARMS.  SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF THREE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.  SHE FACES A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 10 YEARS IN PRISON

A NELSON COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER, BARKTOWN RESCUE, WILL BE PARTICIPATING  IN THIS YEARS PUPPY BOWL WITH SIBLING PUPPIES ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY AT 3 PM. FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO BARKTOWNRESCUE.ORG.

SPRING HAVEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER IS HOSTING AN EVENT TODAY TO HELP VICTIMS OF ABUSE. OFFICIALS ARE ASKING SHOPPERS TO PICK UP ONE EXTRA ITEM TO BENEFIT THE SHELTER AS PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH’S SHOP AND SHARE PROGRAM. MORE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WQXE.COM

SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED IN HARDIN COUNTY THIS MORNING. OFFICIALS SAY ROADS ARE HAZARDOUS AS WEATHER CONDITIONS WORSEN. A COMPLETE LIST OF CLOSINGS AND DELAYS CAN BE FOUND AT WQXE.COM

A WOMAN KIDNAPPED IN TENNESSEE WAS FOUND IN GRAYSON COUNTY.  THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYS BYRON CONLEY LURED THE FEMALE AND SOUGHT RANSOM FROM HER PARENTS.  CONLEY IS ACCUSED OF SENDING A PROOF OF LIFE PHOTO OF THE VICTIM AND DEMANDING MONEY OR HE WOULD SELL, RAPE AND KILL HER.  AGENTS LOCATED CONLEY AS HE PICKED UP THE RANSOM IN OAK GROVE, KENTUCKY. INVESTIGATORS FOLLOWED HIM UNTIL HE STOPPED AT A GAS STATION IN LEITCHFIELD.  THE VICTIM WAS LOCATED INSIDE OF CONLEY’S CAR. CONLEY WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH THREATENING INTERSTATE COMMUNICATION. A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED TODAY IN OWENSBORO.

THE VINE GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR HELP LOCATING A WANTED PERSON. OFFICIALS POSTED INFORMATION ABOUT JOSEPH BURCH ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE YESTERDAY. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

MORE DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED AFTER A GRAYSON COUNTY MAN WAS FOUND DEAD LAST WEEK. SHERIFF NORMAN CHAFFIN SAYS 57 YEAR OLD MICHAEL WILLIAMS DIED AS A RESULT OF FALLING OFF A CLIFF NEAR HIS HOME. AUTOPSY RESULTS ALSO INDICATED THAT WILLIAMS WAS SUFFERING FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HYPOTHERMIA. FOUL PLAY HAS NOT BEEN RULED OUT AND THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.