AFTERNOON NEWS 08/02
HOPKINSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DEBATED FOR A HALF HOUR TUESDAY NIGHT ON AN ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO RE-HIRE RETIREES BEFORE THE TRADTIONAL “ONE YEAR AWAY” PERIOD EXPIRED BEFORE DECIDING TO SEND THE MEASURE BACK TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR MORE DISCUSSION.
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH 7PM WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 90’S AND COMBINE WITH HUMIDITY TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE 105 OR ABOVE.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED 18-YEAR OLD ADOLPH ESCOBEDO HOPKINSVILLE MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALLEGEDLY RAPING AN 11-YEAR OLD GIRL—THOUGH HE SAYS HE WAS TOO DRUNK AND HIGH TO REMEMBER THE ALLEGED INCIDENT WHICH HE SAYS WOULD HAVE OCCURRED ABOUT A MONTH AGO IF HE’S GUILTY.
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ALSO ARRESTED BY CITY POLICE MONDAY EVENING ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES WAS 19-YEAR OLD TARONE WILLIAMS OF HOPKINSVILLE, WHO ALLEGEDLY HAD TWO PACKAGES OF MARIJUANA, A PISTOL AND SEVERAL ITEMS OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN HIS HOME.
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