Tagged: McCracken County

A McCracken County woman has accepted a plea deal in the 2010 murder of CaSondra Evrard. Jamie Taylor, along with her husband Mark, and daughter Jasmine were charged in the case. The Paducah Sun reports Taylor received two life sentences for kidnapping and murder. The sentences will run concurrent with a five year jail term for tampering with evidence. A judge will officially hand down the sentences after Mark and Jasmine Taylor’s trials.

A lane restriction on a Ledbetter bridge undergoing repairs is being lifted for a day and a half starting Friday. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says the lane restriction on the U.S. 60 Tennessee River Bridge that connects McCracken County to Livingston County will be lifted beginning this afternoon and is expected to return early Sunday.

A McCracken County woman crashed her car into Shilonite Full Gospel Fellowship Church Saturday morning. The McCracken County Sheriff’s office tells the West Kentucky Star that 18-yea-old Tiffany Johnson was trying to clean the inside of her windshield when she ran off the road and into the church. Johnson was taken to Western Baptist Hospital with minor injuries. The church building also sustained minor damage in the accident.

With a 40 percent margin, McCracken County and Paducah residents voted against merging their city and county governments yesterday.

Jeff Brown has been fired from his position as McCracken County Animal Control Director. The Paducah Sun reports Judge-Executive Van Newberry says Brown did not resign voluntarily, but he refused to comment on the firing. Sheriff’s department Chief Deputy Mike Turnbow is the interim director while the Fiscal Court searches for a new director.