AFTERNOON HEADLINES 07/28
AUTHORITIES IN TEXAS HAVE AN AWOL FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER IN CUSTODY AFTER HE WAS ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT WITH BOMB-MAKING MATERIALS NEAR FORT HOOD, WITH POLICE ARRESTING 21-YEAR-OLD NASER JASON ABDO OF THE DALLAS AREA AT A KILLEEN MOTEL AFTER A CONCERNED CITIZEN REPORTED THAT HE HAD FIREARMS AND SMOKELESS GUN POWDER IN THE ROOM.
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STATE REPRESENTATIVES JOHN TILLEY AND MYRON DOSSETT SPOKE AT THE KIWANIS CLUB THURSDAY AND AGREED MEDICAID FUDING IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PROBLEMS FACING KENTUCKY AND BELIEVE THAT WILL TAKE UP A LOT OF THE BUDGET TALKS NEXT YEAR.
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KENTUCKY EDUCATION COMMISSIONER TERRY HOLLIDAY HAS APPOINTED CITY POLICE OFFFICER JEFFERSON ALEXANDER AND JOHN EDWARDS AS THE PARENTS REPRESENTATIVES AND DAVID JOINER, ALICIA LANCASTER AND CLINT WILLIS AS THE TEACHER REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE NEW CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SITE BASED COUNCIL.
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SCHOOL SYSTEM SUPERINTENDENT BRADY LINK HAS ANNOUNCED THE HIRING OF CODELL CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT DAN DAMRON AS THE NEXT DISTRICT FACILITIES DIRECTOR—DAYS AFTER THE BOARD VOTED TO RAISE THE MINIMUM SALARY FOR THE POSITION TO $65,000.
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