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Candidates for school board, city commission face drug charges

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PADUCAH, KY - Paducah Police arrested Eric and Melissa Youngblood of Paducah this morning. Both are charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and firearm enhancement.

Eric Youngblood is running for Paducah City Commission. His wife, Melissa Youngblood, is running for Paducah City School Board.

Read full story at WPSDlocal6.com

Richmond police to purchase 44 Tasers

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By Ashlee Clark
aclark@herald-leader.com

RICHMOND — City commissioners unanimously approved Tuesday the purchase of 44 Tasers for the Richmond Police Department.

Richmond Police chief Larry Brock said there have been a number of incidents in the past year where officers have been injured on the job, and “we think that some of those could have been avoided if we had a tool like a Taser to help us avoid physical confrontation.”

Officers will begin using the Tasers in about three months after they receive training, Brock said. There is $40,000 allotted in the police department’s budget for the Tasers.

Brock and commissioner Robert Blythe said during the city commission meeting Tuesday that it was important to hold public forums to dispense information about Tasers and their use.

“I think it would just be a good, proactive type of thing” to correct misconceptions about Tasers, Blythe said.

The commissioners voted 4-0 in favor of the order. Commissioner Kay Jones was not present during the vote.

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Ashlee Clark is the Richmond bureau reporter for the Herald-Leader. She has covered general assignments in Madison, Clark, Estill, Powell and Montgomery counties since she joined the newspaper in September 2007. Ashlee, a Louisville native, is a graduate of Western Kentucky University, where she received degrees in journalism and sociology.

Shawntaye Hopkins is the Herald-Leader’s police reporter, covering local law enforcement, fire and EMS and breaking news. She joined the staff in September 2006 as the newspaper’s night police reporter. Shawntaye, a Louisville native, graduated from Western Kentucky University where she studied journalism and criminology. Shawntaye resides in Lexington.

Delano Massey is the Herald-Leader’s Regional Editor. He works closely with the paper’s bureau reporters and police and courts reporters to plan coverage, pursue breaking news and seek out enterprise stories. A Northeast Ohio native, Delano started his journalism career as a night cops reporter at the Belleville News-Democrat. In 2003, he made the trek to Lexington to take the reins as the newspaper’s daytime cops reporter. Delano, a graduate of the University of Akron, has won numerous awards for breaking news, spot news and investigative journalism.