NEWS HEADLINES 07/12
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY AND NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE, WITH THE ONLY POSSIBLE RELIEF IN SIGHT A CHANCE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SAYS FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER 22-YEAR OLD SPECIALIST RAFAEL NIEVES, JR. OF ALBANY, NEW YORK WAS KILLED SUNDAY WHEN HIS VEHICLE CAME UNDER SMALL ARMS FIRE IN AFGHANISTAN, WITH NIEVES SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND SON OF OAK GROVE.
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AN “EYE OPENER BREAKFAST” WAS HELD THIS MORNING REGARDING JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE HOSPITAL CEO ERIC LEE ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BRING NEW DOCTORS TO HOPKINSVILLE AND EXPAND SERVICES TO TODD AND TRIGG COUNTIES.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY FISCAL COURT TABLED SEVERAL REQUESTS BY CONSTABLES FOR PERMISSION TO USE BLUE LIGHTS AND SIRENS DURING ITS MEETING THIS MORNING DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT LACK OF TRAINING AND SUFFICIENT INSURANCE.
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