Gas

Dear Editor, In reference to my previous letter concerning all the trash left at the Veterans Wall and the paint on the night of the Danville-Boyle County football game, I forgot one point. We would also like the person who removed the gas can from the tank to please return it. It is of no use to anyone, because there are four holes drilled in it. It was fastened to the tank for that very reason, to make it of no use to anyone — except what it stands for. Return the tank and we’ll re-attach, no questions asked.

PERRYVILLE - A man was arrested Tuesday evening after not paying for gasoline. About 6:30 p.m., Boyle County Sheriff's deputy Tyler Morris responded to Battlefield Station in Perryville for an alleged gas drive-off. According to a press release, investigation revealed Larry Garrett, 28, of Perryville, was the suspect. Morris conducted a routine traffic stop after locating Garrett's vehicle in Junction City. The release said Garrett's father paid Battlefield Station for the stolen gasoline, but Garrett was arrested on a theft by deception warrant in Garrard County.

Dear Editor: Sometime we feel unable to affect anything that's as global as the recent rise in gas prices. We all have our suspicions why the price of a gallon of gas has skyrocketed. Often I've heard that we should feel good that we're not like other countries where the price is double what we pay. Well, I hear, but that doesn't make me feel any better when I fill up at the pump. For people who makes, say $17-20 and hour, it means they must work three hours to pay for a tank of gas. Longer if you make less than that.

Dear Editor, We are the people. So why are we sitting idly by and allowing this mess called an economy to happen? The old cliché that the rich get richer while the poor get poorer has never meant more than in today's world. We are the people. I had to memorize the preamble in the seventh-grade and can still recite it word for word today. So, to the point: We the people always have heard the powers that be explain the high cost of fuel by stating it's really all supply and demand.

Dear Editor: I work at a local convenience store and due to previous drive-offs and possible drive-offs in the future, the owner decided to have people prepay for gasoline. The workers at the store have been cussed at and some of the people who come in are very rude. Credit cards and debit cards can also be used at the pumps if they don't want to prepay. The ones who leave make me think that they may have intended to drive off without paying. I agree that this may be a hassle for some but when someone decides to steal their gas, all of us are affected.

According to sources at Triangle Mart on South Fourth Street, vandals ran over a gasoline pump late Monday evening after closing hours. Workers managed to safely remove the toppled pump early Tuesday morning. Due to the type of damage to the pump, it was said the vehicle in question would have obtained substantial damage to its front bumper. Workers at the Triangle Mart said they had no reason to believe this was a malicious act or anything other than an isolated incident.

HARRODSBURG - The Harrodsburg Police Department reported two incidents on May 25, one involving vandalism and the other a theft of gas. An employee at the Citgo Redi Mart, 989 N. College St., told police that a blonde female driving a black Montero pumped $50 worth of gas into her vehicle at approximately 1 p.m. and left without paying. And Billy Peach, 442 W. Office St., told police that someone broke off the valve stems on two wheels on his 1991 Pontiac Trans Am at 4 a.m.

Danville police were called to the Wal-Mart parking lot Thursday when a caller reported a vehicle was in park and accelerating, causing it to smoke. Joseph Morlock, 25, of Shaker Point Drive in Danville was found to be unconscious behind the wheel of a Green Chevrolet Blazer, with his foot "mashed on the gas pedal. " Police said Morlock had an open beer in his hand. Morlock was charged with driving under the influence and possession of an open container. Due to active warrants out of Fayette and Kenton counties, he also was charged with two counts of failure to appear and contempt of court.

An employee of the Chevron station at the Bypass and Frontier Way posts the newest gas high price Monday in Winchester. After hovering around $3.99 for several days, gas prices jumped to $4.15 per gallon.

- At 1:40 p.m. Monday, firefighters were called to the Clark County Sheriff's Office for a possible smell of gas. Nothing was found.

STANFORD - A gas leak Monday afternoon on Lancaster Street caused the evacuation of several homes, but no one was injured and responders were able to clear the scene in about half an hour. The leak was created when Richard Naylor, who was mowing the yard of his daughter's home at 908 Lancaster St., hit a gas meter with his lawn mower a little before 3 p.m., Stanford police officer Tim Morris said. Morris was the first one on the scene after the leak sprung, and he said he could hear the gas pipe leaking from four or five properties away.

As I read the March 21 article regarding discussions between Centre College and the Danville Architectural Review Board about plans for the former Marathon gas station on Main Street, I sat back on the couch and pondered for a while.  If I were a first-time visitor driving into Danville and saw a closed down gas station in need of repair with broken concrete and gravel in front, or a paved, maintained and landscaped parking lot, which would have...

What began Wednesday morning as a welfare check on two reclusive brothers ended nearly six hours later after a Kentucky State Police special response team in an armored personnel carrier detonated pepper gas inside the Forkland Road home, forcing the men to exit and surrender. James Wesley Coffman, 59, and Shirley Coffman, 47, were each charged with first-degree wanton endangerment and third-degree terroristic threatening following the standoff, during which one of the men brandished a weapon at social workers and police officers on three separate occasions.

PERRYVILLE - A man was arrested Tuesday evening after not paying for gasoline. About 6:30 p.m., Boyle County Sheriff's deputy Tyler Morris responded to Battlefield Station in Perryville for an alleged gas drive-off. According to a press release, investigation revealed Larry Garrett, 28, of Perryville, was the suspect. Morris conducted a routine traffic stop after locating Garrett's vehicle in Junction City. The release said Garrett's father paid Battlefield Station for the stolen gasoline, but Garrett was arrested on a theft by deception warrant in Garrard County.

LOUISVILLE - The Kentucky Public Service Commission yesterday approved the unanimous settlement agreement reached by Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company and all of the parties in the base rate cases. The ruling lowers the late payment charge, extends the time period for paying customer bills, gives the company responsibility for natural gas service lines, and provides for additional charitable giving. LG&E's base electric rates will increase $33.7 million, down from the original request of $62.1 million.

HUSTONVILLE - A little less than nine months after a portion of the Hustonville Haunted House collapsed onto the street below, the majority of the building came crumbling down in the middle of a heavy stretch of rain Sunday night. "Mother nature did our job for us," Hustonville Mayor David Peyton said, referring to the city's plans to demolish the dilapidated building in the near future. The collapse happened around 7:30 p.m. and ruptured a gas line near a corner of the building, causing an evacuation of about 50 people from nearby buildings, Peyton said.

STANFORD - A Harrodsburg man was shot multiple times outside Walmart Monday afternoon after getting into a shootout with Stanford police officer Tim Morris. Jackie Murphy, 71, was airlifted to the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, where he is currently being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to state police. State police media spokesman Trooper Paul Blanton said Murphy will be charged with attempted murder of a police officer. No one else was hurt in the shooting, but there were many eyewitnesses who were visibly shaken by the experience.

CLARK¿COUNTY¿FIRE - At 10 a.m. Wednesday, firefighters were called to 5555 Rockwell Road for a smell of gas in the building. A battery had exploded.

LANCASTER - State and local officials seized 62 packets of suspected synthetic marijuana from a Lancaster gas station on Thursday night. Usman “John” Muhammad Chapra, 28, of Lexington, was arrested at the Shell gas station at 201 Lexington St., according to Kentucky State Police Trooper Paul Blanton. Chapra was charged with second-degree trafficking in controlled substances, taken to Lincoln County Detention Center, and almost immediately bonded out of custody. Blanton said the KSP's Drug Enforcement Special Investigations unit, KSP Richmond Post troopers, Lancaster police officers and Garrard County deputy sheriffs worked together to execute a search warrant and arrest Chapra.

Dear editor, Saturday, June 16, I was in Paris and Sunday June 17, I was in Clay City. Both places, gas was 15-20 cents cheaper than Winchester. In fact, it was $3.27 in Clay City and $3.45 in Winchester. Why? Does it cost more to deliver to Winchester or are the gas station owners greedier? Greedy, I think. It's always been pushed to buy local. Well, my local gas stations are now in surrounding counties due to the cost. On the average, it is usually cheaper in Madison County, and since I work there, my gas money gets spent in Madison, not Clark, County.