ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

In 2 Ky. races, it’s a coin toss

STANFORD, Ky.

Heads or tails? For four political hopefuls in central Kentucky, the choice meant winning or losing an election.

Simple coin tosses decided the winners in two tied races, both in rural Lincoln County.

The Advocate-Messenger reported that incumbent Randall Price and challenger Priscilla Manuel tied for fourth place in the four-seat race for Crab Orchard City Commission, with 113 votes apiece.

Manuel called tails, but the coin landed on heads. Price got the seat.

In the second race, challengers John W. Sallee Jr. and Peggy Denham Hester tied for sixth place in the six-seat race for Stanford City Council, each with 377 votes.

Hester called heads, but the coin landed on tails. Sallee won the seat.

County Clerk Sonny Spoonamore flipped the coin both times Thursday, with a small crowd gathered.

During arrest, man claims to be Denzel Washington

MURFREESBORO, Tenn.

A Tennessee man being arrested on charges of illegal marijuana possession told police he was Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington.

Officers told 21-year-old Justin Lee Seay of Memphis he wasn’t fooling anyone — and quickly found that he had violated his probation on a separate case.

The Daily News Journal reported that police arrested Seay on Oct. 27 night after responding to a complaint of noise at his apartment.

While being arrested, police say, Seay declared he was Washington. His real identity surfaced after police booked him.

Officers say they found several bags of marijuana inside the apartment.

Seay was being held in the Rutherford County Jail. Jail records did not list an attorney.

Deer pays startling visit to New York homeowner

STRYKERSVILLE, N.Y.

A western New York homeowner says she awoke to find an unwelcome visitor in her living room — a deer.

Wyoming County Sheriff Deputy Matthew Sage responded to the homeowner’s call last week. He told The Buffalo News that the young buck had crashed through a window and was standing near a couch when he arrived at the rural Strykersville home last Monday morning.

Before Sage could get inside the house, the deer jumped out through another window and trotted off into the woods.

He says the animal appeared to be uninjured.

Associated Press