From the News Edge: Two people were initially transported following an accident around 7:15pm Monday on Rocky Ridge Road. A third person in the vehicle was located around 9:40pm laying in a nearby cornfield. State Police continue to look for a 4th person involved in the accident and believed to had fled the scene..................................................................................................................................From the News Edge: Governor Steve Beshear now says congressional redistricting completed last year may have to be redone in an upcoming special session of the Kentucky General Assembly.................................................................................................................From the News Edge: Lt. Governor Jerry Abramson will be stopping by Hopkinsville Community College's Career Craze Thursday.......................................................................................................From the Sports Edge: Mid-Continent University has announced that former UK basketball player Winston Bennett has submitted his resignation as head men's basketball coach, effective June 30.

Posted: Friday, 26 October 2012 2:40PM

Williams To Leave State Senate

The two men have had more than their fair share of battles, but Friday Governor Steve Beshear appointed Kentucky Senate President David Williams to fill an open circuit court judgeship in the state's 40th Judicial District in southern Kentucky.

The appointment of Williams to the bench will leave a void in Republican Senate leadership for the first time since Republicans gained control of the State Senate in 2000.

Reports out of Frankfort indicate that Senate Majority Leader Robert Stivers, a Republican from Clay County, is the most likely successor. Other names mentioned include Senator David Givens, of Greensburg, and Senator Damon Thayer, of Georgetown.

The seat on the bench became available when former Circuit Judge Eddie Lovelace died September 17th as a result of contracting fungal meningitis.

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Topics : Judicial, Legislative
Locations : Kentucky
People : David Williams, Governors Steve Beshear

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