PADUCAH (WSIL) -- Last week, the Paducah Police Department’s Bomb Squad responded three times to possible explosive devices found in the city and in Graves County.
Thursday morning, the team was called to a home on West Jefferson Street. The owner was cleaning out a residence there and found what he believed to be military ordnance. Bomb Squad members identified it as a Civil War-era Boremann cannonball. It was recovered and disposed of by the squad.
The following morning, the Bomb Squad was requested to respond to a home in Wingo, KY. The homeowners said the home previously belonged to a family member who passed away. In a barn, they had located a mortar shell. It was recovered and disposed of, as well.
And that afternoon, the squad was called back to the West Jefferson Street residence, where a small cannonball had been found. It was determined not to be a dangerous device and was left with the homeowner.
