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NWS to survey tornado damage in southern IL, western KY
(KBSI) – Damage survey teams from the US National Weather Service will be in southern Illinois and western Kentucky to survey storm damage Monday. Severe storms tore throught the FOX23 News viewing area on Sunday. One team will survey the long track tornado that impacted locations from Calvert City...
Man accused of stealing from Metropolis home, car
METROPOLIS, Ill. (KFVS) - A man accused of stealing from a Metropolis home and car also escaped from the police after his arrest, police say. Shane M. Vinson, 21, of Metropolis, faces charges of residential burglary and escape. According to Metropolis police, they were called to a home on Security...
Man wanted in connection with armed robbery in Graves Co.
GRAVES COUNTY, Ky. (KFVS) - Authorities in Graves County are looking for a man after they say an arranged drug deal turned into an armed robbery. According to the sheriff’s office, an arrest warrant has been issued for 18-year-old Quanterance Matchem, charging him with first-degree armed robbery. Investigators say...
3 face charges after sheriff’s deputies seize 5.5 pounds of drugs
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky. (KBSI) – McCracken County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two men and a woman during a drug investigation and seized about 5 ½pounds of crystal methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and other drugs. Eric D. McCarty, 48, of Murray faces charges of complicity to trafficking in controlled substance,...
Metropolis police chief performs CPR off-duty, saves a life
METROPOLIS, Ill. — Metropolis Police Chief Harry Masse was playing pool at Sully’s Billiards Bar & Grill Tuesday night when a man collapsed. He performed CPR until paramedics arrived. Masse is in a pool league at Sully’s, and he said a player on the opposing team who had...
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