NEWS HEADLINES 06/28

AROUND 60 PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH IN FAIRVIEW MONDAY EVENING TO SUPPORT KEEPING THAT COMMUNITY’S POST OFFICE OPEN, WITH LOCAL HISTORIAN WILLIAM TURNER URGING RESIDENTS TO NOT GIVE UP THEIR BATTLE BY WRITING LETTERS TO FEDERAL AND STATE LAWMAKERS.
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PENNYRILE UNITED WAY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CANDACE HUBBARD RESIGNED FROM THAT POST THURSDAY, ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA, WITH THE BOARD IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING TO HIRE HER REPLACEMENT.
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THE KENTUCKY HISTORY-MOBILE WILL BE AT THE WESTERN KENTUCKY STATE FAIR JULY 8TH AND 9TH AND WILL FEATURE AN EXHIBIT ON THE EARLY DAYS IN THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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U.S. SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL WAS SET TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND SENATOR HARRY REID THIS WEEK REGARDING THE FEDERAL BUDGET AND SAYS REPUBLICANS WILL NOT STAND FOR TAX INCREASES.
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FORT CAMPBELL WILL HOST ITS ANNUAL INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS SATURDAY AND MONDAY NIGHTS, WITH THE FIREWORKS ON THE FOURTH AFTER MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AND A 50-GUN SALUTE TO THE UNION.
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A CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED TUESDAY MORNING ON POST FOR THE 716TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, WHERE LIEUTENANT COLONEL DAVID THOMPSON WILL TAKE THE REIGNS.
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LAW ENFORCMENT WILL BE OUT IN FULL FORCE THIS FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND LOOKING TO ARREST DRUNK DRIVERS ON A HOLIDAY WHICH TENDS TO BE ONE OF THE DEADLIEST ON KENTUCKY ROADS.
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