AFTERNOON HEADLINES 08/11
GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR WAS IN HOPKINSVILLE THURSDAY TO HELP ANNOUNCE THE EXPANSION OF FP INTERNATIONAL IN COMMERCE PARK, WHICH WILL CREATE 60 NEW JOBS AT THE PLANT THAT’S BEEN IN CHRISITAN COUNTY FOR 11 YEARS.
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A FORMAL RIBBON CUTTING WAS HELD THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE CHARLES JACKSON CIRCUS MUSEUM ON EAST 9TH STREET, WITH OFFICIAL LOCAL HISTORIAN WILLIAM TURNER LAUDING JACKSON’S WIDOW AND FAMILY FOR ALLOWING HIS EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF CIRCUS MEMORIBILIA TO BE DISPLAYED TO THE PUBLIC.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED 25-YEAR OLD FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER JOSHUA MCLELLAN OF HOPKINSVILLE WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ALLEGEDLY COERCING A SEVEN AND EIGHT YEAR OLD INTO A GAME OF TRUTH OR DARE AND FORCING THEM TO PERFORM A SEX ACT ON EACH OTHER.
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THERE’S BEEN YET ANOTHER COPPER THEFT IN THE CITY, WITH MARK HENDERSON TELLING POLICE SOMEONE REMOVED THE ELECTRICAL WIRING FROM A HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON WINDWOOD COURT TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY.
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ARRESTED ON THEFT CHARGES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WERE 21-YEAR OLD CODY WEBER AND 21-YEAR OLD HAMPTON ALLALLEY OF HOPKINSVILLE, WHO ALLEGEDLY STOLE NEON SIGNS OUT OF THE D-T’S BAR WINDOW BEFORE BEING CAUGHT BY CITY POLICE.
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THE THIRD SUSPECT ACCUSED IN THE ROBBERY OF THE WILMA RUDOLPH BOULEVARD WAL-MART PHARMACY FROM THE WEEKEND HAS BEEN ARRESTED, AS 42-YEAR OLD CARSON LYNN POORE TURNED HIMSELF INTO CLARKSVILLE POLICE THURSDAY.
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