Tomor­row marks the start of the trial of Trevor Edwards– a 20 year old man charged with mur­der, oper­at­ing a motor vehi­cle under the influ­ence of alco­hol, crim­i­nal mis­chief in the first degree, and four counts of assault in the first degree. Edwards is accused of caus­ing a crash back in 2009 in Grayson County that took the life of Henry Casey of Caneyville. Pros­e­cu­tors allege that Edwards was dri­ving drunk when his Ford Ranger crashed into a Nis­san Altima. That Nis­san was car­ry­ing Casey, as well as three other peo­ple who had to be hos­pi­tal­ized for their injuries. Edwards suf­fered only minor injuries, and was released into his mother’s cus­tody from the scene of the acci­dent. He was 17 at the time of the wreck.

A girl hit by a truck in Bard­stown is fight­ing for her life. WAVE 3 TV reports the girl was try­ing to cross North Third Street Sun­day when she was hit. Appar­ently she slipped on the asphalt, then was run over, and her head hit the pave­ment. Police say it was a mas­sive trauma. No word yet on if the dri­ver will face any charges

A sol­dier based at Fort Knox is head­ing to the Super Bowl, thanks to his mom. A New York tv sta­tion is say­ing the Andrew Ham­stra, orig­i­nally from New Jer­sey, had just got­ten back from Afghanistan, when his mom won a pair of tick­ets in a raf­fle held by the Newark Rotary Club. Andrew is a 22 year old medic for the army, and he and his fam­ily are Giants fans.

State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Jim­mie Lee-a demo­c­rat from Eliz­a­beth­town– is warn­ing that Ken­tucky is fac­ing a cat­a­strophic point in car­ing for elderly and dis­abled res­i­dents. The Courier Jour­nal says Lee sent out the warn­ing at a meet­ing of the House human ser­vices bud­get sub­com­mit­tee. He chairs that com­mit­tee, and he’s con­cerned about another poten­tial round of bud­get cuts over the next two years. Advo­cates say the state has to find bet­ter ways to fund pro­grams like meals on wheels and per­sonal in-home care, so more peo­ple aren’t forced into nurs­ing homes.

For­mal mur­der charges for the babysit­ter in Hardin County accused of beat­ing and shak­ing a tod­dler to death. 28 year old Ash­ley N. Chap­man of Vine Grove has been held at the Hardin County jail on $500,000 bond. Mean­time, more details are com­ing out about the sit­u­a­tion. The victim’s name was Layla John­son. Her mother says she had a con­ver­sa­tion with the babysit­ter on the day of the inci­dent, and after that talk, she felt she had to get to the baby right away. She sent her mother over to the get child. When she got there, she imme­di­ately drove the child to the hos­pi­tal. Layla died from her injuries on Sunday.

A 19 year old Hart County man is reported miss­ing, but police are hold­ing out hope that he’ll be found soon. WHAS TV is report­ing that Bran­don Crain has been gone since last week, but there’s no evi­dence of foul play. Fam­ily mem­bers say he was last seen at his mother’s home in Mun­fordville, And it looks like he left the house in the mid­dle of the night, leav­ing behind his wal­let and cell phone. He’s described as 5′ 9″, 130 pounds, with brown eyes and blondish brown hair. Please con­tact the Hart County Sheriff’s Depart­ment if you have any information.

Ser­vice mem­bers at Fort Knox may be feel­ing a lit­tle more rested today, now that Reveille is sound­ing a lit­tle later in the morn­ing. Gen­eral mark McDon­ald has changed the time Reveille sounds from 6 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. The Tur­ret is report­ing that the gen­eral wants to make sure all sol­diers par­tic­i­pate in phys­i­cal train­ing. The later time for Reveille gives sol­diers, espe­cially those liv­ing off post, more time to make it in time for P.T.

A South Dakota man who allegedly escaped from a halfway house and stole a car in Illi­nois has been arrested in Hardin County. 25 year old Tim­o­thy Gib­son Jr. allegedly stole a Pon­tiac Grand Am and drove it to his mother’s res­i­dence on Shep­herdsville Road. He was charged with receiv­ing stolen property.

A woman has been killed in a sin­gle vehi­cle wreck on Hod­genville Road near the Hardin-LaRue county bor­der. An adult male pas­sen­ger and child also were injured in the wreck, but the injuries did not appear to be life threat­en­ing. The woman was dri­ving the vehi­cle when it left the road­way, he said. She over­cor­rected and re-entered the road before leav­ing it again and strik­ing a tree. She was par­tially ejected from the vehicle.

Ken­tucky State Police say a 2-year-old child has died from injuries that allegedly occurred while she was with a babysit­ter. The child was rushed to the hos­pi­tal after her grand­mother came to pick her up last Wednes­day. The babysit­ter, 28-year-old Ash­ley N. Chap­man of Vine Grove, has been arrested. Police charge that she struck and shook the child, caus­ing exten­sive bruis­ing and bleed­ing in the brain. Police have not iden­ti­fied the child.