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A Noblesville, Ind., man reportedly told police he helped his wife commit suicide by strangling her in an Elizabethtown hotel room.

Lonnie Daughtery, 37, is charged with first-degree murder. He was lodged Sunday in the Hardin County Detention Center.

Police released details and identities late Saturday regarding a death investigation that began Saturday afternoon when emergency responders were called to the Holiday Inn Express on Buffalo Creek Drive to investigate a report of two unresponsive occupants.

Over the next few months, the Hardin County Sheriff's Office plans to begin conducting traffic safety evaluations on U.S. 31W and other area roads.

The checks most often will occur at night on weekends when impaired driving is at its peak, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. Officers may initiate checkpoints at other times during the month, the department said.

Just before closing time Friday, Elizabethtown attorneys Jeremy and Carey Aldridge rushed into the Hardin County Justice Center to file 17 affidavits in an attempt to block Commonwealth’s Attorney Chris Shaw’s motion for dismissal of charges against former U.S. Army Sgt. Brent Burke, which includes two counts of murder.

Five affidavits were from jurors of the most recent Burke trial in April. Twelve were from family members of victims Tracy Burke and Karen Comer, the women Burke is accused of killing.

The smell of smoke from grills was in the air when 5-year-old Shaun Boykins Jr. launched a small football toward a suspended tire in Colvin Community Center’s parking lot in Radcliff.

His father, Shaun Boykins, assistant football coach at North Hardin High School, was working in the booth during Radcliff Summer Blast.

The event was established to encourage a stronger sense of community in Radcliff, a goal of Mayor J.J. Duvall. The boy mostly was glad it also gave him a chance to toss a football.