AFTERNOON HEADLINES 06/29
HOPKINSVILLE POLICE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER PAUL RAY IS URGING RESIDENTS TO NOT RESPOND TO LETTERS RECEIVED IN THE MAIL WHICH SAY ONE IS A FINALIST FOR A CONTEST HE OR SHE NEVER ENTERED, CITING A REPORT FROM THE WEEKEND WHERE A CITY MAN WAS SCAMMED OUT OF NEARLY $5,000 WHEN HE CASHED A FRADULENT CHECK AND MAILED THE FUNDS BACK.
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CITY POLICE ARRESTED 23-YEAR OLD EDWARD CARTER TUESDAY MORNING ON WANTON ENDANGERMENT AND ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR CHARGES AFTER HIS 3-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER ALLEGEDLY GOT AHOLD OF HIS PISTOL AND FIRED A SHOT INTO AN ADJOINING APARTMENT WHERE RESIDENTS WERE SLEEPING.
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57-YEAR OLD WAYNE HODGE OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS ARRESTED ON DUI CHARGES AFTER WRECKED ON LAFAYETTE ROAD TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND ADMITTED TO TAKING FOUR VALIUMS BEFORE GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL.
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THE ANNUAL FIREWORKS DISPLAY AT LAKE BARKLEY STATE PARK WILL BE ON SUNDAY, JULY 3RD THIS YEAR ACCORDING TO TRIGG COUNTY TOURISM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BILL STEVENS WHO SAYS THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLACES WHERE LOCALS CAN SEE THEM FROM AROUND 9 O’CLOCK.
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THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTS FIRE DESTROYED A HOME ON SOUTH ROAD IN TRIGG COUNTY TUESDAY EVENING OWNED BY CEIL CARTER, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH ROAD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
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