Authorities are searching for a Somerset man who assaulted a police detective in Dayton, Ohio.
WHIO of Dayton reports that Craig Hill, 51, allegedly knocked down Det. Jamie Bullens, who had approached him as he was attempting to sell stolen scrap metal at A and B Iron and Metal on Washington Street in Dayton.
Hill fled from the scene, but Bullens was able to describe his truck as a 1998 green Ford F-150 pickup with an Ohio license plate that read CSB 9708.
Officers followed Hill until they lost sight of him at the University of Dayton campus.
Det. Bullens had just returned to active duty after being injured when he was hit by a car during a separate scrap metal investigation in June, the Dayton television station reported.
Hill is also wanted on a nationwide warrant out of Louisville for receiving stolen property and on multiple warrants in Montgomery County, Ohio. Police believe that’s likely why he fled.
Hill has lived in Dayton and Kettering, Ohio, but he was believed to have been headed to Somerset.
Anyone with information about Hill’s whereabouts should call Dayton police at 937-333-2677 (333-COPS).
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Pulaski County is not at war. The booming you may hear at dusk is mock cannon fire to scare away birds.
Stuart Spillman, environmental director for the Lake Cumberland Health Department, said at least three cannons are on loan from the department to residents who want to scare away swarms of starlings and blackbirds settling in to roost.
He said a cannon is being used by a resident on Laura Lane off Ky. 39; another is in the Oak Hill Road area and a third is on Ashurst Street in the eastern part of Somerset.
Spillman said a timer on each cannon allows it to “fire” at whatever frequency is desired. The cannons must be used as the birds circle before going to roost. “After they settle in, nothing will chase them out,” Spillman said.
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The water controversy that Pulaski County has been boiling over — so to speak — for the last week is finally over.
At 10 minutes after noon Wednesday, the “boil water” advisory for the Western Pulaski Water District was lifted — almost a full week after the problems began around 1 p.m. last Thursday.
Prior to that, the Somerset Water Service — along with the other water providers in its system, including Science Hill Water, Southeastern Water, and Eubank Water — lifted their advisories, with Somerset on Saturday afternoon and the last, Southeastern, by Monday morning. Western Pulaski was the last in the system to complete sample testing for potential contaminants, due to not being able to access its Pikeville-based testing lab until Monday.
Somerset Mayor Eddie Girdler thanked the public for its patience and understanding during the duration of the boil water advisory — put in place to keep citizens from drinking water that could have been contaminated after an accident last Thursday at the water plant site — and also thanked all the city employees for their hard work during this time.
“The boil water advisory went about as well as would be expected,” said Girdler.
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The message is clear: There are heroes. Even here in our own hometowns.
That’s the idea organizers hope to get across Saturday night at Somerset Christian School, when Congressional Medal of Honor winner Sgt. Dakota Meter speaks to all who choose to attend.
For further questions, ticket purchases, and sponsorship opportunities please contact Susan Adams at (606) 875-0255. -
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Rob McCullough, 50, who started working in a newspaper mailroom when he was 15, officially assumes his duties today. He succeeds Jack McNeely who has accepted a position with the Daily Mountain Eagle in Jasper, Alabama.
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