AFTERNOON HEADLINES 07/21

THE HOPKINSVILLE-CHRISTIAN COUNTY ECC BOARD MET THURSDAY MORNING AND DECIDED TO GO WITH A ROTATING LIST OF WRECKER SERVICES TO CALL AFTER WRECKS AND OTHER INCIDENTS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE SERVICE WHICH THE BOARD PLACED UNDER SUSPENSION DUE TO ALLEGED UNFAIR PRICING.
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PEG HAYS OF HERB HAYS FURNITURE SPOKE AT THE WEEKLY KIWANIS CLUB MEETING AND DESCRIBED CHANGES IN THAT INDUSTRY OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS, WHILE ALSO ENCOURAGING ATTENDEES TO ALWAYS SHOP LOCAL NO MATTER WHAT THEY’RE IN THE MARKET FOR.
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A TWO-VEHICLE WRECK ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD WEDNESDAY MORNING SENT 49-YEAR OLD JAMES LATINEN OF OLD HICKORY, TN AND 38-YEAR OLD LEE MOORE OF HOPKINSVILLE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER, WITH LATINEN REPORTEDLY RUNNING A RED LIGHT AND BROADSIDING MOORE’S VEHICLE.
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STATE POLICE SAY 45-YEAR OLD TERRY SMOTHERMAN OF GRAND RIVERS HAD TO BE TAKEN BY HELLICOPTER TO AN AREA HOSPITAL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN HE RAN OFF POPLAR CREEK ROAD ON HIS MOTORCYCLE IN LYON COUNTY AND WAS SEVERELY INJURED WHILE NOT WEARING A HELMET.
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