Rep. Whitfield pays visit to Crittenden

Congressman Ed Whitfield (R-Hopkinsville) and his district director, Michael Pape (left), visited with Crittenden County Judge-Executive Perry Newcom (not pictured) late Friday afternoon as Crittenden Volunteer Fire Chief and Deputy Emergency Manager Billy Arflack (center) looks on. The congressman had just come from a dedication of Livingston County's new library and county offices building where everyone in attendance was forced to the basement to seek shelter from the afternoon's severe storms that ripped through the area.

Whitfield stopped by Marion to check on storm damage in Crittenden County as well as to pay respects to the family of late Judge-executive Victor "Pippi" Hardin, who passed away Thursday from cancer. Hardin's funeral is Sunday at Rocket Arena.