Business owners in western Kentucky are expressing concern after a series of burglaries and robberies at pharmacies in the region. Eddie Nickell, who owns Lyon Drugs in Eddyville, says burglars broke into the pharmacy in October and again in January. Several pharmacies in the area have reported thefts or attempted thefts over the last few months. Law enforcement authorities say the region is not alone; drug stores across the nation are reporting more thefts. Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman Rusty Payne says pain medicine and stimulants are the most common medications taken. Kelly Whitaker is the pharmacist at Gibson's Pharmacy in Mayfield, and she says burglaries there have led to upgraded security changes, including a vault.
Todd Hatton hails from Paducah, Kentucky, where he got into radio under the auspices of the late, great John Stewart of WKYX while a student at Paducah Community College. He also worked at WKMS in the reel-to-reel tape days of the early 1990s before running off first to San Francisco, then Orlando in search of something to do when he grew up. He received his MFA in Creative Writing at Murray State University. He vigorously resists adulthood and watches his wife, Angela Hatton, save the world one plastic bottle at a time.
