Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Inside this week's print edition of The Press

Super Bowl connections
Some familiar faces are connected to the biggest football game of the year — Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis. Three former Crittenden County residents are tied to the NFL’s championship game in some manner — one appearing with Madonna during the halftime performance, one on an advertising campaign leading up to the game and another working security behind the scenes.

Rape trial
A jury of four women and eight men following a day of testimony deliberated for almost two and a half hours before finding a Central City man guilty of statutory rape and recommending a 10-year prison sentence.

Burglary charges
Charges continue to mount against a couple of men police arrested recently for their believed involvement in a series of burglaries in the county.

Election filings
Crittenden County native Kenneth Winters has decided against seeking a third term in the Kentucky Senate. The Murray Republican, who represents Livingston County in the Senate District 1, will retire from the state legislature when his current term ends in January 2013. Find out all of the current election filings for Kentucky May 22 primary.