NEWS HEADLINES 07/31
STATE SENATE PRESIDENT AND REPUBLICAN GUBENATORIAL CANDIDATE DAVID WILLIAMS WILL BE AT CROP PRODUCTION SERVICES IN PEMBROKE AROUND 3:30 MONDAY AFTERNOON TO SPEAK WITH LOCAL FARMERS, WITH SENATOR WILLIAMS FACING INCUMBENT GOVERNOR STEVE BEHESEAR AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE GATEWOOD GALBREATH IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.
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KENTUCKY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CABINET COMMISSIONER ERIK DUNNIGAN WILL BE THE FEATURED SPEAKER FOR THE AUGUST 8TH MONTHLY PENNYRILE AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, ACCORDING TO THE ADVANCED AGENDA.
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AN ARGUMENT AT 1823 MAPLEWOOD ST. IN HOPKINSVILLE SATURDAY MORNING LED TO A TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL FOR ONE WOMAN AND A TRIP TO THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL ON ASSAULT CHARGES FOR 29-YEAR OLD NECOLE MANNING OF HOPKINSVILLE.
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THERE’S BEEN ANOTHER AIR CONDITIONER THEFT IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY AS PRESTON GRAY OF HOPKINSVILLE TOLD POLICE SOMEONE BROKE INTO HIS RENTAL HOME AND TOOK TWO WINDOW UNITS IN ADDITION TO A MITER SAW AND HAND TOOLS.
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A 4-WHEELER WRECK ON HARRIS ROAD IN SIMPSON COUNTY SATURDAY CLAIMED THE LIFE OF 20-YEAR OLD ZACKERY ROSS OF SCOTTSVILE, WHO WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET AT THE TIME OF THE WRECK ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE.
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THE PRINCETON TIMES LEADER REPORTS THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT CALDWELL COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL IS BALLARD MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL AND MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE LARA HILL, WHO HAD BEEN TEACHING MUSIC IN MARSHALL COUNTY.
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THE KENTUCKY STATE FAIR IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND HIRING HAS BEGUN FOR TEMPORARY JOBS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN LOUISVILLE AT A STARTING PAY OF MINIMUM WAGE--$7.25 PER HOUR.
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AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, KENTUCKY STATE POLICE IS LOOKING FOR ITS NEXT CLASS OF TROOPER CADETS AND IS USING SOCIAL MEDIA SUCH AS FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND YOUTUBE AS A MEANS TO CONNECT WITH A YOUNGER GENERATION.