Sometime mondayindependen ce Police Arrested walton kentucky youth pastorjoe niemeyer. Hes charged tonight with sodomyrapeand first degree sex abuse. Kenton county jail records show Independence Police charged 54 year old joe niemeyer with those three felonies. Jail records show the crimes were all committed on a child under 12 years old. We dont know whether the victim had any connection to new Banklick Baptist church in walton. Thats where the pastor there confirmed to usthat niemeyer was a youth pastorworking alongside his wife at this walton kentucky church. The churchs Facebook Page shows niemeyer involoved in several activities with the youth membersand shows niemeyer on trips with the youth members outside of church. The pastor there tell ushes Close Friends with joe niemeyerand never saw anything to indicate any suspicions with him. Im very sorry to hear about what has happened in his home and were just praying for pretty big deal. Its like a kick in the gut. He was a friend of
Pretty cold this morning in airs. Mid 20s across the north. About 27 in durham. 24 for sanford, 29 at laurinburg and fayetteville. Satellite and radar over the last 24 hours, we had some clouds and sprinkles and flurries yesterday. After that we saw plenty of sunshine, but this morning a few high clouds from the southwest, so well call it partly cloudy by lunchtime a mixture of high clouds and some sunshine, the high clouds may thin later in the afternoon. It does look like later tonight and tomorrow a chance of precipitation, well detail all of that coming up in the 7 day forecast in a few minutes. Back to you. Investigation that is underway in cumberland county. Deputies were called to a home on stapleton drive headed north toward lynden. We will certainly have more once we learn more. Also we are hearing more about the devastation caused by an earthquake in taiwan. At least 200 are dead and more being pulled from the rubble. This is video from the 6. 4 magnitude earthquake. Survivor
The North Hall and Chestatee boys battled each other until the end, with the Trojans taking the win, 83-76, at Lynn Cottrell Court on Friday in a key Region 8-4A contest.
The first round of the high school football playoffs gets underway this week in the GHSA, GIAA, and GAPPS, with 15 northeast Georgia area teams ready to begin the quests for what they hope are state titles.
Only two regions involving northeast Georgia area teams have yet to crown champions. And a pair of area teams can win both with wins on the final week of the regular season.