Lisa Autry

Mary Carol Akers looks in the trunk of her car before she leaves for work to make sure she has all the necessary tools for her job. 

"You can see the oxygen tank, medications. I've got catheter kits and IVs, anything mother and baby might need," she says.

Akers makes a lot of house calls. She is a certified midwife serving Hardin and surrounding counties in central Kentucky. The retired Army lieutenant colonel has delivered babies at military hospitals throughout the world, and over the course of her career, she estimates she has delivered six thousand babies. 

In the car with Akers on her way to a house call, she explains why some women choose not to give birth at a hospital.

"I think that one of the things about birth centers and midwifery is high touch and low tech, and high touch and low tech require a lot more work than putting them on the monitor and going to the desk to watch it from there," explains Akers.  "I've also seen women go to the hospital with a birth plan in mind and be bullied out of it."

Several hundred people filed into the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center in Bowling Green Thursday evening to remember a young man who touched countless lives. 

Brandon Bradshaw was shot just over a week ago by an off-duty Warren County court security officer. Kentucky State Police are investigating what led up to the shooting in a parking lot on the 31-W Bypass. For now, those closest to Bradshaw are celebrating his life.

A Barren County felon and nine co-defendants have been sentenced for running a sophisticated indoor marijuana operation. 

Considered the ring-leader of the operation, 70-year-old Dallas Norris of Glasgow, was sentenced this week to nearly 20 years in prison. He was charged with manufacturing and distributing the marijuana, money laundering, and possession of firearms by a convicted felon. 

A tip led Kentucky State Police to Norris’ home in November 2011, where they discovered more than 1,200 marijuana plants. Police learned the indoor grow began in 2008 and had been producing seven to ten pounds of weed every two weeks. Norris was selling it for around $3,000 per pound. 

A celebration of life service is being held Thursday afternoon for a Bowling Green man shot to death by an off-duty Warren County court security officer.

The service for Brandon Bradshaw is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center, where Bradshaw served as youth theater director.

Official visitation for Bradshaw is 2 p.m.-8 p.m. Friday at J.C. Kirby and Son Funeral Chapel on Lovers Lane. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Living Hope Baptist Church.  The complete obituary can be viewed here.

The 27-year-old Bradshaw was shot Feb. 26 by off-duty Court Security Officer Tommy Brown in a parking lot on the 31-W Bypass in Bowling Green.  Kentucky State police continue to investigate the shooting. No arrests have been made in the case.

Brown's lawyer says his client acted in self-defense.

The family of Brandon Bradshaw released funeral arrangements Tuesday via a special Facebook page created in Bradshaw's honor. 

The 27-year-old Bradshaw was shot one week ago by off-duty Court Security Officer Tommy Brown in a parking lot on the 31W Bypass in Bowling Green.  Kentucky State police continue to investigate and so far Mr. Brown has not been arrested.  His lawyer says Brown acted in self defense. 

His obituary says a celebration of life will be held Thursday at 4:30pm at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center where Bradshaw was the youth theater director.  Visitation is scheduled from 2:00pm-8:00pm Friday at J.C. Kirby and Son Funeral Chapel on Lovers Lane.  Funeral services will be held at 10:00am Saturday at Living Hope Baptist Church.  The complete obituary can be viewed here.