NEWS HEADLINES 08/09

CLARKSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE ROBBERY OF THE WILMA RUDOLPH BOULEVARD WAL-MART PHARMACY FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON, WITH THE WHITE MALE SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS STANDING ABOUT 5’10” AND WEIGHING 220 POUNDS.
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OAK GROVE POLICE SAY IT APPEARS THE SAME SUSPECT ROBBED THE WAL-MART PHARMACY THERE SUNDAY AFTERNOON, WITH A K-9 UNIT TRACKING THE SUSPECT’S SCENT TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THOMPSONVILLE LANE BEFORE THE DOG LOST TRACK.
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POLICE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY ARE ALSO WORKING WITH MOUNT JULIET DETECTIVES ON TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THE SAME SUSPECT WHO ATTEMPTED A KIDNAPPING AT THE SANGO WAL-MART LAST WEEK ATTEMPTED A SIMILAR SNATCHING IN WILSON COUNTY A FEW DAYS AGO.
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PEMBROKE RESIDENT CHRIS GARY RECENTLY REPORTED THE THEFT OF $14,000 WORTH OF COPPER WIRING FROM A HOUSE HE IS BUILDING AT 5282 PEMBROKE ROAD, WITH THE PERPETRATORS CUTTING WIRE FROM THE FUSE BOX AND THE CRAWL SPACE SOMETIME LAST WEEK.
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A WRECK NEAR OAK GROVE ON I-24 EARLY SUNDAY MORNING SENT 58-YEAR OLD PATRICIA JONES OF HENDERSONVILLE, TENNESSEE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT OF HER INJURIES.
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ELEVEN LIVES WERE LOST ON KENTUCKY ROADWAYS LAST WEEK, WITH SIX OF THOSE VICTIMS EITHER NOT WEARING A SEATBELT IN THEIR VEHICLE OR NOT WEARING A HELMET ON A MOTORCYCLE.
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A TWO-VEHICLE WRECK ON I65 IN HART COUNTY MONDAY MORNING CLAIMED THE LIFE OF 50-YEAR OLD MARK JONES OF BOWLING GREEN, ACCORDING TO KENTUCKY STATE POLICE.
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KENTUCKY FARMERS SAY THEY INCREASED HOW MUCH CORN, SOYBEANS, WHEAT AND FIRE-CURED TOBACCO THEY PLANTED OR SEWED THIS YEAR FROM LAST YEAR’S ACREAGE.
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