Weapons

LEXINGTON - Matt Roark didn't need long to explain what Kentucky freshman quarterback Maxwell Smith has done to help him the last two games. “He has thrown the ball to me,” said Roark after Saturday's 30-13 win over Mississippi here. “We have practiced a lot together, and he has done a good job hitting me and throwing the ball where it should be.” How good? Roark had seven catches for 116 yards against Ole Miss. The week before he had a career-high 13 catches for 116 yards against Mississippi State with most of the receptions coming after Smith took over at quarterback for an injured Morgan Newton.

Jordan Gay never thought he was in the middle of the best day any Centre College kicker has had. He was just trying to do his job. The junior from Danville put on a record-setting performance in the Colonels' season-opening win against Hanover. He made all five of his field goals to set a school record, and went 3 for 3 on extra points and scored 18 of Centre's 38 points in 38-21 victory. “No, I really wasn't expecting that. I was just doing my job and trying to put it through,” said Gay, who booted field goals from 46, 23, 25, 34 and 29 yards.

For most people, the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond is known mainly for its chemical weapons storage facility. But the 15,000-acre military installation is much more than that, and depot commander Col. Brian Rogers is trying to get the word out to communities surrounding the facility about what else goes on behind its guarded fences. While the depot does store chemical weapons, only 5 percent of the 902 storage igloos on the facility contain chemical weapons. And though it is an important part of the depot's responsibilities, Rogers said, the weapons storage represents  a small portion of what occurs at the facility.

A Danville teen was charged with drug and weapons possession early Friday after police searched a residence and found marijuana and a handgun. Boyle Sheriff Marty Elliott said a traffic stop Thursday in Millenium Park and information gathered by Deputy Dustin Clem, who is also the school resource officer for Boyle County Schools, allowed police to obtain a search warrant for a home off Aspen Drive in Danville. According to a media release, Boyle County Sheriff's deputies, State Police and Danville Police officers conducted a search of the residence in Danville using a K9 about 12:45 a.m. The search was part of an investigation Clem was conducting involving drug trafficking at Boyle County High School.

LEXINGTON — No matter how much Morgan Newton continues to improve this summer — and count me as one convinced he will continue to do just that — his development still could be hindered by the loss of receivers Randall Cobb and Chris Matthews as well as running back Derrick Locke off last year’s team. So will Newton have enough playmakers around him for Kentucky to have a competitive offense against Southeastern Conference opponents? “Ask me again in September and I will let you know.

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office will be issuing 20 new service pistols to deputies, thanks to a grant from the state. According to a press release, the Clark County Fiscal Court was awarded a $7,140 grant from the Law Enforcement Protection Program, administered by the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security. “Up until new, deputies at the Sheriff’s Office bought their own weapons. Now we will be issuing them department-owned weapons,” said Clark County Sheriff Berl Perdue.

Dear Editor, We would do well to remember in November when we vote that it was a Republican president and Congress who put us in Iraq for seven years, which cost the lives of more than 4,000 American boys. We would do well to remember the same people said later on no weapons of mass destruction were found and there was no evidence Iraq was involved in 9/11. Here is what they said according to David Corn, Washington editor of “The Nation” 1. On Sept. 13, 2002, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said “There’s no debate in the world as to whether they have those weapons ... We all know that.

John Wall can score. So can Eric Bledsoe. Wall gained national attention following his performance in Kentucky's win over Connecticut last week, but Bledsoe took his turn in the scoring department in Kentucky's first "real" road test at Indiana Saturday. Although Wall had 11 points and dished out eight assists, the Wildcats needed another player to step up and take the pressure off Wall, the team's point guard. Bledsoe, Wall's sidekick in the backcourt, picked up the slack.

FRANKFORT ? A report released Friday says the Aug. 21 riot that burned down much of Northpoint Training Center was primarily caused by the modified lockdown and restricted movement schedule put in place during the week leading up to the incident. A four-person Critical Incident Review team also found there were pervasive problems with contraband, weapons and drugs at the prison over the past year, which along with a racial incident in the prison yard, led to the prison being placed on lockdown two days before the riot.

Post Office to close early Friday The Winchester Post Office will close at noon Friday and will remain closed through Monday for the Labor Day holiday. There will be no delivery on Monday, Sept. 7. The contract post office at All-Star Sports will keep its regular hours through Saturday. Chemical weapons group meets Sept. 8 RICHMOND ? The Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens' Advisory Commission (CAC) and the Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board (CDCAB)