NEWS HEADLINES 06/29/2011
CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM SUPERINTENDENT BRADY LINK RECEIVED A “GOOD” OR “EXCELLENT” RATING IN ALL NINE CATEGORIES HE WAS EVALUATED ON DURING A SPECIALL CALLED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TUESDAY EVENING.
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GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR PRESENTED A MEDAL OF VALOR TO THE FAMILY OF DECEASED STATE TROOPER JOE WARD RECENTLY, WITH WARD KILLED IN APRIL OF 1973 WHEN HE PUSHED ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL OUT OF THE WAY OF AN ONCOMING VEHICLE ON THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY AND WAS RUN OVER.
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297 PEOPLE HAD DIED ON KENTUCKY ROADS THIS YEAR AS OF SUNDAY, WHICH WAS 43 LESS THAN THE NUMBER FROM ONE YEAR AGO.
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A SINGLE-VEHICLE WRECK IN HOPKINS COUNTY MONDAY MORNING SENT 64-YEAR OLD PAMELA CRICK OF WHITE PLAINS TO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AFTER SHE APPARENTLY FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL ON THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY.
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CRIME STOPPERS FUGITIVE OF THE WEEK 33-YEAR OLD CHADWICK EDWARDS OF HOPKINSVILLE TURNED HIMSELF IN TO THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL MONDAY NIGHT AFTER BEING SOUGHT ON PROBATION VIOLATION CHARGES.
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STATE POLICE SAY 24-YEAR OLD BRICE GROVES OF FRANKLIN WAS KILLED MONDAY WHEN HE RAN OFF HIGHWAY 73 ON HIS MOTORCYCLE IN SIMPSON COUNTY.
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