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Send a message to your sweetheart on Valentines Day

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012, 11:00am

Send a message to your sweetheart on Valentines Day

(KFVS) - Consider this a friendly reminder and/or a great opportunity because a week from today is Valentines Day!

You can send us a picture of you and your Valentine, along with a message for them. We'll use the pictures and messages in a slideshow. Don't have a picture? Send us a shout-out to your sweetheart (keep it PG) and we'll include it in the story.

You can e-mail pictures to cNews@kfvs12.com or click here to upload them. Don't forget to include your name, where you're from and your message.

Shout-outs can be e-mailed to aruch@kfvs12.com or posted as a comment on the story.

Pictures and mesages may be used on-air.

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Graves Co. Schools secretary wins cash, trip on "Wheel of Fortune"

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, January 20th, 2012, 6:34pm

Graves Co. Schools secretary wins cash, trip on "Wheel of Fortune"

GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - Dana Wyatt won $8,200 and a trip to St. Thomas on the nationally-syndicated game show "Wheel of Fortune" recently.

The episode aired at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Wyatt, of Hickory, works as a secretary for the Graves County School District at its special education testing center.

She said she auditioned when the “Wheel Mobile” visited Harrah’s Hotel in Metropolis, Ill., in May 2010. When she finally was invited to appear on TV.

Accompanying her for the four-night trip to Culver City, Calif., were husband Jeff, daughters Patlin (a seventh grader now at Graves County Middle School) and Piper (now 2 years old), and even members of her extended family.

In the days surrounding the Dec. 1 taping, she says they enjoyed Disneyland.

Wyatt said the show employs staff members called “wranglers,” who encourage contestants and keep their spirits up.

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KSP accepting applications for their citizen police academy

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012, 1:20pm

GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - The Kentucky State Police is accepting applications for their 2012 Kentucky State Police Citizens Police Academy.

The 10-week academy will start Feb. 15 and finish April 18. Students will meet Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. where they will learn about the many facets of KSP including: patrol, criminal investigations and drug investigations.

KSP says students will also get to take part in simulated law enforcement training during the course.

The academy's first week will be held at the KSP Post on Highway 45 in Graves County. The following nine weeks of the academy will be held at the Murray/Calloway County Transit Authority Community Room located at 1111 Transit Way in Murray.

You can get applications by contacting KSP Post One at 270-856-3721 or by clicking here to visit them online.

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Wingo man arrested after trailer snags, drags buggy with 5 children onboard

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Monday, January 16th, 2012, 7:08pm

Wingo man arrested after trailer snags, drags buggy with 5 children onboard

WINGO, KY (KFVS) - Sheriff Dewayne Redmon reports that on Sunday, Jan. 15 around 4 p.m. deputies responded to Magness Road and KY 339 after an SUV hit and drug a horse-drawn buggy with five juveniles on board.

According to Redmon, Luther Laws, 69, of Wingo was driving a 2002 Suzuki Sidekick, A witness says a trailer being pulled by Laws caught the edge of the buggy when it passed it on KY 339, dragged it a few feet and then knocked it into a dtich backwards.

Redmon says the witness and buggy operator said that Laws left the scene, went somewhere, unhooked the trailer and then came back a few minutes later.

Juveniles in the buggy ranged from age seven to 15. Redmon says no one was injured.

Laws was arrested and charged with DUI first aggravated and leaving the scene of an accident. The juvenile was cited for failure to display a slow moving vehicle emblem on the buggy.

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You can nominate someone in your life for Heartland Heroes

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Saturday, January 7th, 2012, 11:30am

You can nominate someone in your life for Heartland Heroes

(KFVS) - Right here in the Heartland there are many individuals that go "above and beyond" and give so much of themselves.

There are people who you never forget, they touched your life in some way by giving of themselves, they are HEROES…

Because of the positive footprints they leave behind, KFVS wants to present their stories through feature segments which honor those who stand out as our "Heartland Heroes."

Help us by telling us their stories. We'll select four stories to feature in February.

To submit your Heartland Heroes, you can click here to fill out the form online. You'll have to scroll down to confirm your age first.

You can click here for the official rules.

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College baseball coaching legend to speak at Graves High dinner

Submitted by Paul Schaumburg, Community Relations Director, Graves Co. Schools

Friday, January 6th, 2012, 12:47pm

College baseball coaching legend to speak at Graves High dinner

GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - The Graves County High School baseball program will feature legendary college baseball coach Ron Polk as the speaker at a spaghetti dinner the program will host at the school at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9.

Tickets are $10 each and can be obtained by contacting Eagle head coach Khristain Elliott or any GCHS baseball player. To learn more, phone (270) 328-4884 or 674-4884.

Polk has been called “The Adolph Rupp of College Baseball.” The former coach of the Southeastern Conference’s Mississippi State and Georgia and other successful programs offers a unique and experienced perspective on the game.

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Graves Co. school board nominates member for Ky. School Boards Assoc. directorship

Submitted by Paul Schaumburg, Community Relations Director, Graves Co. Schools

Monday, December 19th, 2011, 1:46pm

Graves Co. school board nominates member for Ky. School Boards Assoc. directorship

GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - The Graves County Board of Education at its Dec. 15 meeting nominated one of its own, board member Kelly Whitaker, for a statewide at-large directorship with the Kentucky School Boards Association.

Whitaker is completing her first year on the local school board. She and her colleagues believe she can bring a fresh perspective to KSBA.

Whitaker said she knows first-hand the value of education in the face of economic barriers. She hopes to collaborate with others statewide always with the purpose of doing what is best for children.

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