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UPDATE: 2 children missing in alleged parental kidnapping

February 10, 2012
UPDATE: 2 children missing in alleged parental kidnapping

LUDINGTON – Two children are reported missing in what is being described as a parental kidnapping case.   Douglas McCallum, 4, and Shelby McCallum, 2, were last known to be with their father, Mark McCallum, 52, on Wednesday, according to reports.   McCallum did not show up for a custody exchange Thursday, which is when Mason County Sheriff’s Office was…

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2 children missing

February 10, 2012

LUDINGTON – Two children are reported missing in what is being described as a parental kidnapping case.   Douglas McCallum, 4, and Shelby McCallum, 2, were last known to be with their father, Mark McCallum, 52, on Wednesday, according to reports.   McCallum did not show up for a custody exchange Thursday, which is when Mason County Sheriff’s Office was…

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Fire damages Grant Twp. house

February 8, 2012
Fire damages Grant Twp. house

mcp.com editor   GRANT TWP. – A Free Soil area man is homeless today after fire severely damaged his East Treml Road house.   “I was getting ready to lay down for a bit when I noticed smoke near my woodstove,” Jim Perry said on the scene. “.I didn’t have a fire in the stove but then I saw flames.…

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Update: Double homicide in Victory Township

January 30, 2012
Update: Double homicide in Victory Township

NAMES OF SUSPECTS RELEASED   By ROB ALWAY mcp.com editor   VICTORY TWP. — Law enforcement officials have released the identities of the two suspects arrested in connection with the murder on North Amber Road Friday night. According to a press release from the Ohio County, Ky. Sheriff’s Office, Patrick M. Bentley, 21, and Lashawn M. Whipple, 18, were arrested…

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UPDATE: Two held on homicide charges in Kentucky

January 29, 2012
UPDATE: Two held on homicide charges in Kentucky

UPDATE   By ROB ALWAY mcp.com editor   VICTORY TWP. — Two Mason County residents are being held in a Kentucky jail on open murder charges, for an incident that occurred here Friday night.     Deputies from the Mason County Sheriff’s Department responded to a well-being check at a single-wide mobile home at 3046 N. Amber Rd. approximately 9:30 p.m.…

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