www .lhenewsenlerprise.com EWS- E 'Marvel's The Avengers' is a must -see Read the review. PULSE, A10 SERVIN G HARO I N COU NTY SINC E 1914 ' AEA CH SUBS CR IBER SE RYICES AT (2H) 505 - 171 0 50 clnll Testimony begins in Burke trial Area cancer • By BENJAMIN JO UBERT the abdomen and on~e in the sinks. rOt" n.. Ne ..~ · fr,I.tprue dlest, puncturing both of her In their cross-examination, survIvors defense attorneys pushed de­ Detectives described a lungs, he said. She fell hack­ ward, striking her head on a tectives on the accuracy of bloody and violent crime container of soda. their Sepl 12, 2007, crime occne as wit nesses for the A Jefferson County coro­ so;:ene evaluation. to walk in prosecution took the stand Johnson'S handling of Wednesday during the sec­ ner testified Karen Comer ond day of Brent Burke's had a blUise on her fa~e that Tracy Burke's ceUphone c;ourt martial at Fort Camp­ TRACY BURKE KAREN COMER could have been caused from could have dismptcd some evidence, Burke's CCH:OWISc! Oaks parade a door swinging open and hit­ bell. the crime scene that only ju. ting her. john Shaughnessy argl-ted. During their opening stale­ rors could sec on pc~nal johnson didn't take pictures ment, the prosecution said monitors, J ohnson testified Tracy Burke was in a back Nearly 20 women from of any of the text messages on Burke killed his estranged that the shootings took place Ixodroom. Police found her ly­ wife, Tracy Burke, and her at Comer's home in a ing on her right side, body Tracy Burke's phone. He also Hardin and surrounding fonner mother-ill-law, Karen Rineyville subdivision. A dog bowed over in a partial fetal opened some unopened text Collier, because he was upset was shot at t.he entrance to a position. She was shot in the messages in the phone in an counties nominated he was going to lose his chil­ dooRWay and died on a wel­ arm and the back of the head attempt to fi nd potential sus­ dren in a divorce. come mal. with the bullet exiting above pe<:ts, making it unclear what in national contest Most of the morning's testi­ The ba~k door to the home her left eyebrow. messages were read before johnson opened the phone, mony was devoted to ques­ was forced open, the deadbolt From there, police gath. By MARlY FINLEY the defense argued. tioning Kentucky Stale Police lock breaking through the ered evidence including bul­ m r." lo),@thcn"""""n"''1',i>e.""m Dete<:tive Matthew J ohnson. door-frame and Karen Ca­ let fragments, ceUphones and Alw, five additional shell Explaining a graphic video of mer was shot twice - once in wet towels found in separate TW'fII<I BtJll.KE. AS Several area women will enjoy the Kentucky Oaks in style Friday. More than half a dozen residents of Hardin and surrounding counties were chosen to participate in the Kenhlcky Oaks Survivors Parade, which brings to­ gether 138 cancer surviVOr! from around the country to partake in festivi­ ties of the companion race to the Ken­ tucky Derby for 3·year fillies. All of the women selected will re­ ceive two tickets to the Kentucky Oaks, lunch provided by Churchill Downs and will walk in the parade of pink on the main track before the Oaks ,..ce. According to Churchill Downs, about HI women from Hardin and out­ lying areas, such as Brandenburg, Cub Run, Ekron and Irvington, were nomi­ nated and the honorees selected through an online voting process. Tum 1<1 PARADE, A? Students choose making donation over _ .. N..... C_,..,.. ___ Artists Ron Frye, left, and Wes Kendalt on Monday begin painting the sky of e mural depicting 1870. Elizabethtown. TIle mural, at 109 E. playground Dixie AV9. , replace. a mural from 1980. Change collection raises $1,500 for Isaiah Alonso Foundation Downtown m to By AMBER COULTER OC<>U!,or@rh<1>eoo""n,.rpri".LQm Stltdents at Radcliff Elementary School have taught adults in their lives a lesson about generosity. represent area history The donated to all allllual fundraiscr to benefi t a cause in the commwlity. By AM,BER COULTER The 20 Bt.'TA Club mem~ were OCOU h.r@Ih<:"."""nlO'1'ri ..,c""" asked whether more than $1,500 collect­ ed this year through change contribu­ Local history from the tions should go toward the Isaiah Alonso Civil War period is being re­ FOlUldation or toward buying a new membered visually as part of playgroWld for the school. Elizabethtown's downtown The family of the former student hon­ revitali7.ation. ored br the charity, a 6-year-old who The Elizabethtown-Hardin died a cancer in 2010, is helping to County Heritage Council and spearhead the effort to pUJchase a new the Central Kentul;ky Art playgroWld for the school. The charity fi­ Guild are cooperating to A painting of What the flnlslto&d mural will look like. nancially assists families affected by paint a mural on the side of a childhood cancer. building at 109 E. Dixie Ave., and will be visible to drive~ dividuals who spent time to house, railway, and other The fifth ·graders decided to stick to anoss from the Hardin heading toward the county Hardin County, such as PT. bUildings and rewurces that their charilable plan, with wme s.-lying County j ustice Center. courthouse. Bamwn, Gen. George Custer helped make the area histori­ they don't need a playground as badly as The mural is exped ed to 111e painting will include and Carrie Nation. It also will cally Significant, Heritage wme people need help, BETA Qub be complete in a few months representations of historic in- pay homage to the old court- Tum 10 MURAl., A5 Tum 10 DONATION, All INSIDE WEATHER • TODAY'S OBITUARIES SINCE YOU ASKED Rhonda Gail Chelinsky, 47 ABBY .. ............A. NEIGHBORS ..... A8 Vivian Marie G r ~'Cnig Resuilli of Wednesday's 'Thr Nam­ CALENDAR ....... A4 OBITUARIES .. ....4 Eitulis,89 EllltrPristonline poll, as of 7 p.m.: ClASSIAEDS ... B8 OPINION .......... 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A2 ,,-,~e.prI&e.com A2 1lIE NEWS-ENTERPRISE THUR SDAY , MAY 3, 2m LOCAL NEWS AND NOTES FROM AROUND KENTUGKIANA LOOKING BACK DAILY BRIEFING ON THIS DATE IN 1931, Radcliff woman arrested FORT CAMPBELL Marg-.lld Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, Police ask for ~Gone With the Wind." information in IN 1952, the Kentucky on burglary charges Derby was televised nation­ soldier's death ally for the first time; the By SARAH BENNETT apartment. picked up a rock and threw it at the Police in Clarksville, winner was Hill GaiL >h<" """@Ih.",,~ ..., """1";'" ,com Thome-Williams gained entry victim's 2008 Dodge Charger, Tenn., are asking for infor­ National IN 1911, Public by opening the apartment's front leading to the criminal mischief mation in the death of a Radio's ~All Things Consid· A Radcliff woman W3!l arrested door, Shumate said. Once inside, charge. he said. Fon Campbell soldier who cred~ made its debut. Tuesday on a warrant related to an he said, she stmck a resident in the 'Inc estimated damage to the was found dead from gun­ 1M 1979, Conservative aUeged burglary and 3!lsauh last face with her fisL car is Shumate said. shot wounds afte r giving Party leader Margaret That­ month at a Hur.;tfield Drive apart· $1,140, Thome-Williams is scI to ap­ two men a ride in his car. cher was chosen as Britain's ment. The apartment occupant sus­ Clarksville police found fi rst female prime minister. Rebecca Thome·Williams, 21, is tained an injury above the left eye, pear May 14 for a preliminary Taylor HOlWglOU, 22, in­ charged with second-degree bur­ Shumate said. The arrest warrants hearing in Hardin District Court. side his car with multiple g lary, first-degree criminal mis· and citation did not indicate the re­ Second·degree burglary is a IN HARDIN COUIfTY gunshot wounds early chief and fourth-degree assaulL lationship between Thome-Wil­ Class C felony pWlishable by five 30 YEARS AGO, Lynnvale Sunday morning. Bryce Shumate, public infonua­ liams and the apartment's resident, to 10 years in prison upon convic­ Detective Michael Ulrey Elementary &hool and lion officer with Radcliff Police police said, tio n. Criminal mischief is a Class 0 said investigato rs don't Hardin CentralJunior High Department, said Thome-Williams The burglary charge stems from felony, punishable by one to five School were holding cheer­ Wa!'l served an e-warranl Tuesday, unlawfully entering the apartment years. know if the two men had leading clinics every Tues­ anything to do with the sol· but the alleged break·in occurred to commit assault, Shwnate said. s....t. Bennett can be day during M~y. April 6 at a 101 Hurstfield Drive Once outside, Thome-Williams f'eadted at (270) 505-1750. dier's death, but they want 20 YEARS AGO, students in to speak to them and rnly­ Mary Thompson', fourth­ one else who has informa­ grade class at SL James tion.