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News Headlines for: 9/03/10
HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE REPORT OF A RAPE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WITH THE VICTIM SAYING THE SUSPECT WAS SOMEONE SHE KNEW.
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STATE POLICE ARRESTED 23-YEAR OLD JAMES MATTHEW JACKSON OF PRINCETON EARLY FRIDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING HIS GIRLFRIEND AND HOLDING HER AND HER GRANDMOTHER HOSTAGE BEFORE FINALLY SURRENDERING TO AUTHORITIES.
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AND CITY POLICE ARRESTED 19-YEAR OLD BRETT ARMSTRONG OF HOPKINSVILLE FRIDAY ON CHARGES OF DUI UNDER THE AGE OF 21 AND POSSESSION OF A CONCEALED WEAPON, WHILE HIS PASSENGER, 24-YEAR OLD BRANDI MICHELLE COLLINS OF HOPKINSVILLE, WAS ARRESTED FOR UNLAWFUL TRANSACTION WITH A MINOR AND BEING DRUNK IN PUBLIC.
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THE TODD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION VOTED LAST WEEK TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES BY EIGHT TENTHS OF ONE CENT PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE TO RAISE REVENUES BY 4%, ACCORDING TO A STORY IN THE TODD COUNTY STANDARD.
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FIRE-FIGHTERS FROM THREE LOCAL VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO A BARN FIRE BETWEEN HERNDON AND LAFAYETTE THURSDAY, ACCORDING TO A STORY IN THE “NEW ERA.”
News Headlines for: 9/03/10
CHRISTIAN, TODD,TRIGG, AND CALDWELL COUNTIES ARE AMONG 24 IN WESTERN KENTUCKY WHICH HAVE BEEN DECLARED 'DROUGHT MANAGEMENT AREAS' BY STATE OFFICIALS, WITH SOIL MOISTURE AND VEGETATION GROWTH AFFECTED.
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SHERIFF'S DEPUTY PHILLIP MEACHAM ARRESTED A JOHNSON MILL ROAD WOMAN ON MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINES, TRAFFICKING IN METH, AND 5 TRAFFIC OFFENSES JUST BEFORE 2:30 FRIDAY MORNING FOLLOWING A CHASE INTO TODD COUNTY,WITH A WARRANT TO BE SOUGHT FOR THE MALE AT THE WHEEL, WHO ESCAPED ON FOOT.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE HAVE ALSO MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT ARRESTS, WITH 20-YEAR OLD ROBERT CUSHMAN OF FLORENCE, VERMONT, TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT 605 RICHARD ST., APT. C, THURSDAY NIGHT AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY 'BODY-SLAMMED' A FEMALE WHO LODGED HER COMPLAINT AS SHE WAS BEING SEEN AT JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER.
ALSO ARRESTED BY CITY POLICE WAS 20-YEAR OLD JAKE PETERSON, WHOSE STREET ADDRESS WAS REDACTED BY OFFICERS PER A COURT ORDER ISSUED BY JUDGE ANDREW SELF. THE ARREST CARD SAYS PETERSON WAS STOPPED BY OFFICER ROGERS STEPHANS WHILE TRAVELLING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF DURRETT AVE. ABOUT 6 P.M. THURSDAY EVENING. HE WAS CHARGED WITH CARRYING A CONCEALED DEADLY WEAPON AND POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN BY A MINOR WHEN A GUN FELL FROM UNDER HIS T-SHIRT, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT.
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8TH DISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY(D-HOPKINSVILLE) HAS JOINED OTHER LEGISLATORS IN ENDORSING A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD GIVE GREATER PROTECTION TO HUNTING AND FISHING.
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NOMINATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE ANNUAL 'HAL AND BETTYE THURMOND HUMAN RELATIONS AWARD' TO BE PRESENTED BY THE HOPKINSVILLE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION THIS YEAR AT THE 'MAYOR'S UNITY BREAKFAST' OCTOBER 19TH AT THE VIRGINIA STREET BAPTIST CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL.
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GOV. STEVE BESHEAR WAS IN THE PENNYRILE WEDNESDAY, HELPING TO BREAK GROUND FOR THE FINAL PHASE OF ONE OF THE AREA'S TOP TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS--A NEW BRIDGE ON U.S. 60 TO CARRY TRAFFIC OVER THE TENNESSEE RIVER BETWEEN MC-CRACKEN AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES.
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STATE POLICE FROM THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS-WEST UNIT ARRESTED 58-YEAR OLD DALTON L. BELILES THURSDAY MORNING AT HIS RESIDENCE WHICH HAS A BELTON ADDRESS,WITH BELILES CHARGED WITH CULTIVATING MARIJUANA AFTER A MARIJUANA PLOT HAD BEEN UNDER SURVEILLANCE FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
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MORE INCRIMINATING TESTIMONY WAS HEARD THIS WEEK IN THE TRIAL OF FORMER FT. CAMPBELL SGT. BRENT BURKE, WHO IS CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND HIS EX-MOTHER-IN-LAW IN HARDIN COUNTY.
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News Headlines for: 9/02/10
PERSISTING PROBLEMS WITH THE ODOR AND TASTE OF “TAP WATER” IN HOPKINSVILLE AND SURROUNDING AREAS HAVE PROMPTED HWEA TO SWITCH THEIR SOURCE OF WATER TO THE NORTH QUARRY OFF NORTH MAIN STREET UNTIL WATER CONDITIONS AT LAKE BARKLEY IMPROVE.
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A SHORT CHASE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT BY CITY POLICE LED TO THE ARRESTS OF 38-YEAR OLD MICAEL ANTHONY DANIEL OF THE PENNYRILE APARTMENTS AND 38-YEAR OLD L.G. CATLETT OF EAST FIRST STREET ON SEVERAL CHARGES.
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RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE, SHERIFF ROBERT ARNOLD, WHO TOOK OVER EARLY THIS WEEK, HAS NOT YET FIRED DETECTIVE RON KILLINGS AS HE SAID HE WOULD, WITH KILLINGS THE DEPUTY WHO RAN OVER AND KILLED 11-YEAR OLD LAKEISHA WHITE OF HOPKINSVILLE IN JULY OF 2008.
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A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH ON NEEDMORE ROAD IN CLARKSVILLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TOOK THE LIFE OF 21-YEAR OLD JESSICA PAIGE TOON, ACCORDING TO A STORY IN THE 'LEAF CHRONICLE', WHICH SAYS MS. TOON WAS NOT WEARING HER SEAT BELT.
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POLICE IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE WILL BE OUT IN FULL FORCE LOOKING FOR IMPAIRED DRIVERS OVER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND,WITH KENTUCKY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN KEITH TODD SAYING A ONE-LANE TRAFFIC RESTRICTION ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE OF I-24 IN THE AREA OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO CONNECT THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY TO THE INTERSTATE WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGOUT THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
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News Headlines for: 9/02/10
3RD DISTRICT STATE SENATOR JOEY PENDLETON(D-HOPKINSVILLE) IS SAID TO 'RESTING COMFORTABLY' IN A LEXINGTON HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TAKEN TUESDAY EVENING AND UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE FOR A HEART-RELATED AILMENT, WITH A RETURN HOME TO HOPKINSVILLE POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS THURSDAY.
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ONE OF THE 'LEAD-IN' EVENTS TO THE ANNUAL 'HOPKINSVILLE SALUTES FORT CAMPBELL WEEK' WAS A ROUSING SUCCESS--JUDGING FROM THE NUMBERS, WITH
MORE THAN 1900 'ARMBANDS' COLLECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES AT TIE-BREAKER AQUATIC CENTER THIS PAST WEEKEND
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MEANWHILE, THOSE ATTRACTED TO OAK GROVE BECAUSE OF FORT CAMPBELL OR OTHER AREA ATTRACTIONS WILL HAVE TWO MORE OPTIONS FOR ACCOMODATIONS IN THE NOT-SO-DISTANT FUTURE, ACCORDING TO THE 'EAGLE POST' NEWSPAPER, WITH TWO MORE HOTELS SET FOR THE I-24/U.S. 41-A INTERSECTION AREA.
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REPORTS OF THEFTS OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF CASH ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY CITY POLICE, WITH $14,000 TAKEN FROM POPULAR NAILS IN THE BRADFORD SQUARE MALL AND $10,000 FROM JAMES P. MOORE OF 1125 CENTRAL AVENUE.
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ALSO INVESTIGATED BY HOPKINSVILLE POLICE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE-VERSUS-BUILDING MISHAP, WITH THE BRAKES FAILING ON A CAR DRIVEN BY 54-YEAR OLD THOMAS WHITLOCK JR. OF COLONEL DRIVE WHEN HE ENTERED THE PARKING LOT OF THE DOLLAR GENERAL STORE ON EAST 7TH STREET AT WALNUT, WITH THE VEHICLE COLLIDING WITH THE FRONT WALL OF THE STORE AT 6:15 P.M. WEDNESDAY. DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE IS LISTED AS 'VERY MINOR' ON THE ACCIDENT REPORT COMPLETED BY OFFICER ROGERS STEPHENS, WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED.
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OFFICER PAUL RAY IS ASKING THE PUBLIC TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR CRIMESTOPPERS FUGITIVES 26-YEAR OLD STEVEN DEWAYNE MAYTON AND 30-YEAR 0LD BRIAN DEMONT CRUTE. MAYTON IS A WHITE MALE, 6'1'/180, WNATED FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR TO FACE A FELONY ASSAULT CHARGE, WHILE CRUTE IS A BLACK MALE, 6'/250, WHO IS NAMED IN SEVERAL WARRANTS. YOU CAN CALL 887-TIPS AND YOU NEED NOT GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT.
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THE TREND IN RECEIPTS FROM RACE HORSES FORESEEN BY UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTS IN DECEMBER,2008 HELD UP THE FOLLOWING 12 MONTHS, RESULTING IN THE FIRST BACK-TO-BACK DROP IN OVERALL FARM INCOME SINCE 2-THOUSAND 5.
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