AFTERNOON HEADLINES 08/01

STATE SENATE PRESIDENT AND REPUBLICAN GUBENATORIAL CANDIDATE DAVID WILLIAMS SAID HE’S NOT SURPRISED HE’S TRAILING GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR IN MOST POLLS WHILE AT A CAMPAIGN STOP IN PEMBROKE MONDAY, AS HE SAYS MANY STATEWIDE MEDIA SOURCES HAVE A LIBERAL BIAS.
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HOPKINSVILLE FIRE-FIGHTER AND PARAMEDIC LOCKY BEASLEY HAS BEEN HIRED AS THE INTERIM AMBULANCE SERVICE DIRECTOR IN TODD COUNTY, WHERE FISCAL COURT MAGISTRATE BRENT SPURLIN SAYS HE BELIEVES LOCKEY CAN HELP RECRUIT MUCH-NEEDED PARAMEDICS.

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A SINGLE VEHICLE  WRECK SUNDAY EVENING ON FT. CAMPBELL BLVD AT MC COY DRIVE SENT 32-YEAR-OLD ROBERT COTTHOFF OF HOPKINSVILLE FIRST TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER AND LATER TO CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL ON A D.U.I. CHARGE.

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A WRECK NEAR EXIT 89 ON INTERSTATE 24 SATURDAY INJURED 20-YEAR OLD ELIJAH WILLIAMS OF CROCKETT STREET ENOUGH TO WARRANT A TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL, WITH WILLIAMS CITED INTO COURT BY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES FOR ALLEGEDLY DRIVING AFTER DRINKING AND TAKING DRUGS.
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