Morning News – 01/27/15

WEATHER

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a Travelers Advisory for patchy light freezing drizzle and flurries, which is in effect until 10am for all of central southern Indiana and central Kentucky.

Light freezing drizzle and flurries will create scattered slick spots early this morning on untreated surfaces, especially bridges, overpasses, rural roads, and sidewalks.

Stay tuned to NOAA all hazards weather radio and your local media for the latest on this winter weather situation.

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CYNTHIANA / HARRISON

Harrison County is on a TWO-Hour delay today, Tuesday, January 27, 2015.
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152531569501607&id=296254501606

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Police in Pendleton County are investigating a crash that injured two teenagers from Cynthiana. The crash happened Monday afternoon on U.S. 27, outside of Falmouth. Police say the driver of the car was trying to avoid an animal in the road when he lost control and rolled off the road. Police say the passenger was thrown from the car. Both the driver and passenger were airlifted to a Cincinnati hospital. Their conditions are not known.

https://web.archive.org/web/20161226110124/http://www.wkyt.com:80/home/headlines/Two-teens-injured-in-Pendleton-County-crash-289874961.html

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Harrison Memorial Hospital began 2015 with three new members on its Board of Directors; James Smith, Greg Wills and Dr. James Pettey attended their first official board meeting on January 15. Wills was contacted by the hospital board’s nominating committee to determine his interest in serving as a board member for the next three years, and was elected into the board on November 20. Smith joins the board as the newly elected mayor of Cynthiana, and Pettey will serve on the board as the new chief of the medical staff.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/harrison-memorial-hospital/smith-wills-and-pettey-join-hmh-board-of-directors/800976803306729

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KENTUCKY

Lexington police responded to the scene of what became the city’s second homocide, last night. A man was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in the backseat of a four-door sedan along the side of Johnston Road, which runs between Bryan Station Road and Paris Pike. Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn said the man had not been identified but was thought to be Hispanic and was possibly in his 20s.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150130025922/http://www.kentucky.com:80/2015/01/26/3662597_man-found-shot-to-death-in-car.html?

https://web.archive.org/web/20150727031006/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Coroner-on-the-scene-of-a-reported-shooting-in-Lexington-289865351.html

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Sixty new Intoxilyzer 8000s will be placed in Kentucky jails starting in February; two will go to each Kentucky State Police post district and the rest will to the agencies with the most DUI arrests. A previous model–the Intoxilyzer 5000–has been in use by the KSP for 16 years. The first Intoxilyzer 8000s were delivered to the KSP’s Central Lab about five years ago, however full rollout of the new equipment was delayed due to numerous factors, including questions of the device’s accuracy. Reports from other states like Ohio and Florida surfaced, claiming that “if you blew too hard or didn’t blow hard enough…It wasn’t catching the correct errors or it was creating an error that wasn’t really there,” said Central Lab Director Laura Sudkamp.

There are other brands of breathalyzers, however, Sudkamp says the state is comfortable with the company, and it’s a product made in Kentucky.

https://web.archive.org/web/20161106061905/http://www.wkyt.com:80/home/headlines/New-breathalyzers-for-KSP-controversial-in-other-states-289842531.html

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A poll found that 80 percent of Kentucky think dating partners should be allowed to get a protective order against a partner who had made them a victim of violence, and the prospects for such a law appear to have improved considerably. Under current law, such orders are available only to family members, members of an unmarried couple with a child in common, and unmarried couples who either live together or have lived together. All other states allow such orders for partners who are merely in a relationship.

“Kentucky is the last state in the country not to offer protections to victims of dating violence,” said state Rep. John Tilley, D-Hopkinsville, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. “It is time we changed that.”

The poll, taken Oct. 8 through Nov. 6, found 83 percent of women and 76 percent of men in favor of the change. Majorities in each political party also supported it: 84 percent of Democrats, 77 percent of Republicans and 75 percent of independents. The poll’s error margin is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points. The poll was conducted by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati for the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and Interact for Health, formerly the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati.

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NATION

A “life-threatening” blizzard has moved into the U.S. Northeast, affecting up to 20 percent of Americans–keeping many workers and students housebound, halting thousands of flights and prompting officials to close roadways and shut down public transport. Governors of at least eight East Coast states declared emergencies; ultimately, the storm could affect up to 60 million people in nearly a dozen states. The National Weather Service lowered snowfall forecasts early this morning, however still said a “life-threatening blizzard” could bring as much as 24 inches (61 cm) of snow.

Sustained winds in the area could reach 40 mph, though gusts as high as 78 mph have been recorded in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Preliminary reports from the NWS in Massachusetts showed that 13 inches of snow had fallen by early Tuesday across parts of the state. Manhattan’s Central Park has received just over 6 inches, and almost 15 inches fell on the Islip Airport on Long Island, according to unofficial NWS figures.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150712161911/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/27/us-usa-weather-idUSKBN0KW26Z20150127

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The drone which was reported as entering the White House compund yesterday morning was revealed to have been a recreational craft being flown by a government employee. The drone, which was about two feet in diameter and weighed about two pounds, has been identified as a “quadcopter” available for purchase by any citizen for recreational use. The Secret Service said the employee was flying the quadcopter near the White House around 3 a.m. when he somehow lost control of it. Officials have clarified that the man does not work at the White House. The unidentified government employee has not been charged with a crime.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1302 – Dante Alighieri, the poet and politician is exiled from Florence, Italy, where he served as one of six priors governing the city.
• 1606 – Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox’s “noble train of artillery” arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• 1785 – The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
• 1825 – The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the “Trail of Tears”.
• 1880 – Thomas Edison receives the patent on the incandescent lamp, the first light bulb.
• 1888 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
• 1939 – First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
• 1943 – World War II: The VIII Bomber Command dispatched ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-Boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany of the war.
• 1944 – World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
• 1945 – World War II: The Red Army liberates the remained inmates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp built by the Nazi Germans on the territory of Poland.
• 1951 – Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat.
• 1967 – Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
• 1967 – The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
• 1973 – The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict’s last recorded American combat casualty.
• 1980 – Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper.
• 1984 – Pop singer Michael Jackson suffers second degree burns to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in the Shrine Auditorium.
• 1996 – Germany first observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
• 2003 – The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
• 2006 – Western Union discontinues its Telegram and Commercial Messaging services.