NEWS HEADLINES 07/18

A VEHICLE VERSUS PEDESTRIAN WRECK ON KY 1682 AT PROSPERITY LANE AROUND 9:30 LAST NIGHT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF 35-YEAR OLD BRYAN SHEALY OF HOPKINSVILLE, WHO STATE POLICE SAY WALKED OUT IN FRONT OF A CAR WHEN THE DRIVER DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO STOP.
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FISCAL COURTS ACROSS KENTUCKY ARE GRAPPLING WITH ISSUES REGARDING ELECTED CONSTABLES AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS CONSIDERING REQUIRING TRAINING EXERCISES FOR THOSE WANTING TO USE BLUE EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIRENS ON THEIR VEHICLES.
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CHRISTIAN FISCAL COURT ALSO APPROVED A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT LAST WEEK TO WORK AS THE “PASS-THROUGH AGENT” FOR A $21,440 GRANT NORMALLY USED BY HOPKINSVILLE POLICE AND THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO INSTEAD GO TO THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JUVENILE DRUG COURT FUND.
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY OF HOPKINSVILLE SAYS ONE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S TOP PRIORITIES IN THE UPCOMING SESSION WILL BE ONCE AGAIN SURING UP THE STATE MEDICAID PROGRAM BY FIXING A SHORT-TERM DEFICIT.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM SUPERINTENDENT BRADY LINK SAYS SOUTH CHRISTIAN AND PEMBROKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE BECOME LOCAL ROLE MODELS FOR PROFICIENCY, AS THEY HAVE CONSISTENTLY SCORED AT OR NEAR THE TOP IN THE DISTRICT DESPITE THE TRANSIENT NATURE OF MANY STUDENTS WHO ARE FORT CAMPBELL DEPENDENTS.
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THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FOR ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AND TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SPOKESPERSON SUSAN COOPER REMINDS THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND TO TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS.
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FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER STAFF SGT. HENRY ELLIOT OF THE 716TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION RECEIVED A PROCLAMATION OF APPRECIATION FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY MAYOR CAROLYN BOWERS LAST WEEK FOR HIS HEROIC ACTIONS ON JUNE 29TH WHEN HE PEFORMED CPR ON A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY AND LIKELY SAVED HIS LIFE.
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THE NAME OF FORMER FORT CAMPBELL COMMANDING GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS APPEARED WITH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S NAME ON OSAMA BIN LADEN’S “HIT LIST” OF PEOPLE HE WANTED TO ASSASINATE ACCORDING TO A STORY ON ABC NEWS, WHICH SAYS MEMERS OF THE NAVY SEALS FOUND THE LIST IN BIN LADEN’S COMPOUND.
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A RECENT FATALITY IN MCCREARY COUNTY SHOWS THE DANGER OF ATTEMPTING TO STEAL COPPER FROM ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, AS THAT ATTEMPTED THIEF WAS ELECTROCUTED IN ATTEMPT TO GET THE METAL WIRING TO SCRAP FOR CASH
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KENTUCKY IS AMONG SEVERAL STATES HAVING TO ADAPT ITS COAL BURNING POWER SYSTEMS TO NEW REGULATIONS INSTITUTED BY THE ENVIORNMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.
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