NEWS HEADLINES 07/24

THE HEAT ADVISORY FOR ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY WHICH HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW IS SUPPOSED TO EXPIRE THIS EVENING, WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYING THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TUESDAY SHOULD TOP OUT AROUND 89.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED 19-YEAR OLD DEANTHONY BUCKNER OF HOPKINSVILLE AND 21-YEAR OLD MAURICE LANE OF PEMBROKE ON WANTON ENDANGERMENT CHARGES EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR ALLEGEDLY FIRING A SHOTGUN NEAR THE CHARLIE COURT APARTMENT COMPLEX.
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CHARGED WITH DUI, FLEEING FROM POLICE, DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE, PROBATION VIOLATION AND CONTEMPT OF COURT SATURDAY MORNING WAS 50-YEAR OLD SHELVIE EDMONDS OF HOPKINSVILLE, WHO WAS ONE OF THREE DRIVERS IN THE CITY LIMITS ARRESTED ON DUI CHARGES IN A THREE HOUR SPAN.
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51-YEAR OLD CHERYL CHRISTOPHER OF LEXINGTON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL CHILD ABUSE FOR ALLEGEDLY ABUSING SIX CHILDREN BY MAKING THEM JUMP OFF OF HER FAYETTE COUNTY ROOF AND LOCKING AT LEAST ONE OF THE CHILDREN IN A DOG CAGE.
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FORMER OHIO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY RANDY TAYLOR AND FORMER HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WORKER ADAM DECKER HAVE BEEN SUMMONSED TO COURT ON MISDEMEANOR ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY STRIKING A WOUNDED DOG WITH A GARDEN HOE IN MUHLENBERG COUNTY AFTER IT HAD BEEN HIT BY A CAR LAST MONTH AND THEN UNKNOWINGLY BURYING IT  ALIVE ACCORDING TO AN OWENSBORO NEWSPAPER.
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A REAR-END COLLISSION ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD AT THE BYPASS FRIDAY EVENING SENT ANDREW SANSOME OF CADIZ TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER.
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A STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAYS BRADSHAW ROAD WILL BE CLOSED BETWEEN THE 5 AND 6 MILE-MARKERS MONDAY FROM 7AM UNTIL 2PM WHILE CREWS WORK TO REPAIR CROSS-DRAINS.
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MOST KENTUCKY FARMERS HAVE FARED VERY WELL THIS GROWING SEASON AS RAINFALL HAS COME OFTEN ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN CROPS AND KEEP THE HEAT FROM GETTING THE BEST OF THEM, ACCORDING TO RECENT STATISTICS FROM THE DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURE.
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8TH DISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY SAYS KENTUCKY HAS DOUBLED ITS WORLDWIDE EXPORTS OVER THE PAST DECADE TO 19.3 BILLION DOLLARS IN GOODS, PUTTING THE COMMONWEALTH 19TH IN THE COUNTRY.
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