NEWS HEADLINES 07/08

CHRISTIAN COUNTY FARM BUREAU HELD ITS ANNUAL MEETING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS CONVENTION CENTER LAST NIGHT, WHERE BRANCH MANAGER JOHN BURMAN SAID 94-PERCENT OF MEMBERSHIP WAS RETAINED LAST YEAR AND THAT THE LOCAL OFFICE TOOK 73,000 PHONE CALLS.
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THE ALWAYS-POPULAR MID-SOUTH TRUCK AND TRACTOR PULLS WILL BEGIN AT 7 O’CLOCK FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE WESTERN KENTUCKY STATE FAIR GRANDSTAND, WHILE THE CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT WILL START AT 7 IN THE AIR-CONDITIONED CONVENTION CENTER.
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CITY POLICE ARRESTED 53-YEAR OLD WILLIE HOPKINS OF HOPKINSVILLE WEDNESDAY EVENING AROUND 6:25 AT EAST 8TH AND RAILROAD WHEN HE WAS FOUND STANDING IN PLAIN VIEW COMPLETELY NAKED AND ALLEGEDLY DRUNK.
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ARRESTED ON ALCOHOL AND CONCEALED WEAPONS CHARGES WAS 50-YEAR OLD STEVE JACKSON OF HOPKINSVILLE, WHO HAD THE POLICE CALLED ON HIM AFTER HE REPORTEDLY ATTEMPTED TO LURE A CHILD INTO AN ALLEY JUST AFTER 11 P-M WEDNESDAY ON NORTH ELM STREET.
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CLARKSVILLE POLICE HAVE ARRSTED 22-YEAR OLD CASEY ROBERT DEGROOT OF FORT CAMPBELL, AFTER HE REPORTEDLY ADMITTED TO DRIVING 26-YEAR OLD DAVID PRESTON SAUNDERS TO THE WILMA RUDOLPH BOULEVARD MONDAY, WHERE HE ROBBED THE PHARMACY OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
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AN ADDITIONAL SIX VICTIMS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE ALLEGED FRAUD CASE AGAINST 25-YEAR OLD STEPHANIE MARIE JENKINS OF FORT CAMPBELL, WHO ALLEGEDLY TOOK RENTAL DEPOSITS FROM AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP IN MOVING TRUCKS TO FIND OUT THE HOME WAS ALREADY OCCUPIED.