NEWS HEADLINES 07/19

THE MURDER, ASSAULT, DUI AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF CHARGES AGAINST 52-YEAR OLD MARK BOHMS OF ILLINOIS WILL BE HEARD BY A GRAND JURY AFTER ACTION IN CHRISTIAN DISTRICT COURT MONDAY, WITH BOHMS ACCUSED OF BEING HIGH AT THE WHEEL JULY 8TH WHEN HE RAN OVER A HORSE AND BUGGY—KILLING A 3-YEAR OLD BARBER SMOKER OF HERNDON.
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A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY FROM 11AM UNTIL 6PM TUESDAY, AS HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD APPROACH 105 DEGREES.
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AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90’S AND COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY TO MAKE IT FEEL MUCH HOTTER.
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JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER PRESIDENT AND CEO ERIC LEE SAYS NO FEWER THAN EIGHT DOCTORS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN SUCCESSFULLY RECRUITED TO THE FACILITY AND THAT TWO OF THEM HAVE ASPIRATIONS OF DOING SIGNIFICANT WORK IN TODD AND TRIGG COUNTIES.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY BRANDON HAWKINS ARRESTED 31-YEAR OLD RONALD BRUCE OF 1601 EAST 9TH STREET SUNDAY MORNING FOR HIS THIRD DUI, LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT AND DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY DROVE AWAY AFTER SIDE-SWIPING A CAR ON U.S. 68-80.
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SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE OLD WOODS DRUGS LOCATION IN DOWNTOWN HOPKINSVILLE THIS YEAR AND STOLE SIX OF THE ANTIQUE GLASS DISPLAY CASES VALUED AT A TOTAL OF $3,000 ACCORDING TO THE REPORT FROM CITY POLICE.
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ANGELA WILSON OF 365 PEMBROKE-OAK GROVE ROAD TOLD SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SOMONE USED HER HOME’S CRAWL-SPACE TO GET IN HER GARAGE TO STEAL HER 4-WHEELER SOMETIME FRIDAY MORNING OR AFTERNOON.
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