Winchester

According to Matthew 12:21, “In His name the nations will put their hope.” The verse served as a theme for the 2013 National Day of Prayer ceremony in Clark County Thursday. Local preachers and leaders gathered at the Clark County Courthouse to lead community members in prayers for the city and county, state and nation. Dr. Travis Drake, minister at Central Baptist Church, prayed for America, specifically lifting up President Barack Obama and members of Congress. The Rev. Steve Humble prayed for the state, quoting 1 Timothy 2:1-2, “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.” “We have the responsibility to hold our civil servants to accountability,” Humble said, thanking local and state leaders for “the willingness ... to serve.” He called on them to “conduct themselves in the service of King Jesus and in the fear of God.” Humble also prayed that government officials would always be mindful of the “sanctity of human life and the sanctity of marriage” and use the Bible as a guide for decision making.

ROBERT KRAUS Robert Kraus, 91, of Winchester, passed away on Thursday at the Clark Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at Scobee Funeral Home. Graveside services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday, May 6, at the Lake View Memorial Gardens in Fairview Heights, Ill. The online guest book is available at www.scobeefuneralhome.com, and the 24-hour funeral information line can be reached by calling 744-2122.

Ron Tierney was honored with the Winchester-Clark County Chamber of Commerce's top award at the annual banquet Thursday night at the Winchester Opera House. Todd Denham, director of the Winchester-Clark County Industrial Development Authority, presented Tierney with the Citizen of the Year Award on behalf of the Chamber. “I have never met anyone who has more fun being kind,” Denham said. Tierney was honored for his willingness to help community members, and donating the use of Tierney Storage buildings for local charitable events, like the annual concert benefitting STRIDE and Run for the Glitz benefitting the Winchester campus of Bluegrass Community and Technical College.

TERRY LEE KIMBRELL Terry Lee Kimbrell, 61, of Winchester, passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2013, at the Clark Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at a later date. The online guest book is available at www.scobeefuneralhome.com, and the 24-hour funeral information line can be reached by calling 744-2122.

On the afternoon of April 3, Winchester native Michael McGuire's friend dropped him off at the pier in Ventura, Calif. There, McGuire dipped his toe in the Pacific Ocean, got on his bike and headed east. On his way, he passed a sign in Bishop, Calif., that marks 3,652 miles to Provincetown, Mass. Some time next month, McGuire will reach the Atlantic Ocean, completing a coast-to-coast trek entirely on a bicycle. While crossing the continent by bike has always been someting he's wanted to do, McGuire said he would have been stupid to do so without at lease some fundraising effort.

Sandrice Lashae Parker, 24, of Bowling Green, formerly of Winchester, died Monday, April 29, in a motorcycle accident. The funeral is at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 4, at Zion Grove Baptist Church in Ekron, Ky., with the Rev. Glen Gordon officiating. Visitation is from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday and continues at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hager Funeral Home in Brandenburg.

Edwin “Bo” Spears Jr., 63, of Winchester, passed away Monday April 29, 2013. He was born on May 17, 1949, in Lexington and lived most of his life in Winchester. He was very involved with cars, and made his living as a car salesman. Bo was of the Church of Christ faith. He was a son of the late Edwin Spears Sr. and Rhudell Johnson Spears, and was also preceded in death by a brother, Fred H. Spears. Survivors include a daughter, Lauren L. Spears, Winchester; two sisters, Bertha Gaye Tackett (Carl Rex)

Dorothy M. Fletcher, 79, of Winchester, died Thursday morning at home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Chenault Bros. Funeral Home in charge.

The suspect in the stabbing of a Winchester woman is facing new charges after he claimed to be a cannibal and threatened to eat a Winchester Police officer. Police spent most of Wednesday morning searching for 25-year-old Brandon Hocker after he allegedly stabbed his girlfriend multiple times Tuesday night. On Wednesday afternoon, officers spotted him on Belmont Avenue and made the arrest. During the arrest, Hocker allegedly told Officer Christine Matthews “that he was a cannibal and that he was going to put her on a plate and eat her,” according to the arrest citation.

A Winchester man has been arrested after he went to Central Elementary School this morning and attempted to check out a child. James A. Tolson II, 25, of 109 Alabama St., was charged with attempted custodial interference and is in custody at the Clark County Detention Center. Winchester Police Detective Dennis Briscoe said that Tolson went to the school early this morning and asked for a student by name. The name matched with a student at the school, but when they looked him up, Tolson's name was not on the child's pick-up list.