NEWS HEADLINES 08/07

THE PENTAGON HAS NOT CONFIRMED WHETHER OR NOT ANY OF THE 30 U.S. TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN WHEN A HELLICOPTER WAS SHOT DOWN WERE FROM FORT CAMPBELL, THOUGH NUMEROUS REPORTS IN MEDIA OUTLETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SAY THE PILOTS WERE FROM THE 160TH SPECIAL FORCES, WHICH ARE PARTIALLY BASED ON POST.
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A HEAT ADVISORY IS ONCE AGAIN IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH 7PM, THOUGH THE WEEKEND HASN’T BEEN AS HOT AS ADVERTISED THUS FAR.
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AN SUV VERSUS MOTORCYCLE WRECK ON U.S. 68-80 NEAR FAIRVIEW YESTERDAY MORNING SENT 57-YEAR OLD MICHAEL HEIDENREICH AND 58-YEAR OLD MARY JO HEIDENREICH OF ALLEN, TEXAS TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER.
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A SINGLE-VEHICLE WRECK ON EAST 7TH STREET SATURDAY EVENING SENT 59-YEAR OLD KENZEL BREWER OF HOPKINSVILLE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER AFTER 61-YEAR OLD CARL BREWER RAN OFF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A GUY WIRE.
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A HIT AND RUN WRECK AT SOUTH VIRGINIA EAST 7TH STREETS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INJURED 29-YEAR OLD YIMOR CORTES, WITH CITY POLICE SEEKING THE DRIVER OF A NEWER MODEL BLACK CHEVY COBALT WITH TINTED WINDOWS.
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AND A WRECK FRIDAY MORNING AT LAFAYETTE ROAD AND THE BYPASS INJURED 44-YEAR OLD TAMMY CATHCART OF HOPKINSVILLE.
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GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY ON THE MILITARY AND HIS RECENT TRIP TO AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ DURING HIS REMARKS YESTERDAY AT THE ANNUAL FANCY FARM PICNIC, WHILE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE DAVID WILLIAMS CITED BESHEAR’S PREVIOUS OPPOSITION TO THE MILITARY INCOME TAX EXEMPTION AND INDEPENDENT GATEWOOD GALBRAITH ACCUSED THE GOVERNOR OF “HIDING BEHIND THE BODIES” OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MILITARY.
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MEANWHILE, REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE BILL JOHNSON SAID HE SUPPORTS REQUIRING PHOTO ID AND A SPECIFIC LISTED PHYSICAL ADDRESS TO BE ALLOWED TO VOTE, WHILE DEMOCRAT ALLISON LUNDERGAN GRIMES CALLED THOSE ISSUES “SCARE TACTICS.”
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INCUMBENT ATTORNEY GENERAL JACK CONWAY CITES HIS SUCCESS IN REMOVING CHILD PORN FROM THE INTERNET AND REPUBLICAN NOMINEE TODD P’POOL OF HOPKINS COUNTY SAID HE WOULD STAND UP AGAINST PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FEDERAL HEALTH CARE REFORM LAW.
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TUESDAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND THE 14TH ANNUAL TEACHER APPRECIATION BREAKFAST WILL BE SPONSORED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY 7AM MONDAY.
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THE 3RD ANNUAL STAFF APPRECIATION LUNCHEON WILL BEGIN AT 11:30 AT THE BRUCE CENTER MONDAY AFTERNOON, WITH AWARDS FOR TEACHER AND STAFF MEMBER OF THE YEAR TO BE PRESENTED AT BOTH EVENTS.
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A SECTION OF NORTHERN TODD COUNTY WILL BE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS WEDNESDAY MORNING BEGINNING AT 9 O’CLOCK, WITH OFFICIALS AT PENNYRILE RURAL ELECTRIC SAYING 525 CUSTOMERS IN SHARON GROVE, CLAYMOUR AND ON SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS TO BE EFFECTED.
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY OF HOPKINSVILLE SAYS KENTUCKY DID MUCH BETTER THAN EXPECTED FINANCIALLY DURING THE RECENTLY COMPLETED FISCAL YEAR, THANKS IN LARGE PART TO AN INCREASE IN THE ECONOMIC PACE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
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