NEWS HEADLINES 08/15

MORE DETAILS ARE NOW KNOWN ABOUT THE ROBBERY OF THE KANGAROO MART ON RUSSELLVILLE ROAD FROM YESTERDAY MORNING, WITH THE SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE STANDING APROXIMATELY 6-2 AND WEIGHING AROUND 180 POUNDS—THOUGH HE HAD A BANDANA OVER HIS FACE DURING THE ARMED STICK-UP.
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HOPKINSVILLE CITY COUNCIL WILL BEGIN DISCUSSIONS OF ITS PROPERTY TAX RATE AT THURSDAY’S COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING, WITH MAYOR DAN KEMP RECENTLY SAYING ON WHOP THAT HE INTENDS TO RECOMMEND KEEPING THAT NUMBER THE SAME AND THAT HE WILL NOT RECOMMEND ANOTHER DECREASE IN THE PAYROLL TAX.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY JUDGE EXECUTIVE STEVE TRIBBLE SAYS THE COUNTY’S AGING POPULATION IS PART OF THE REASON THE FISCAL COURT’S PROPERTY TAX WENT UP BY SEVENT TENTHS OF ONE CENT THIS YEAR DESPITE THE “COMPENSATING RATE” BEING ADOPTED—AS RESIDENTS 65 AND OLDER GET A “HOMESTEAD” EXEMPTION RATE.
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DISTRICT FIVE CONSTABLE MARK GRAHAM SPOKE TO CHRISTIAN FISCAL COURT LAST WEEK AND NOTED NO INSURANCE COMPANY OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN TELL A CONSTABLE HOW FAST THEY CAN DRIVE ON THE WAY TO AN EMERGENCY, AS STATE LAW ONLY SAYS THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER MUST GIVE DUE REGARD TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
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A MOTORCYCLE VERSUS CAR WRECK IN HOPKINS COUNTY SENT 48-YEAR OLD EDDY DUNBAR AND 52-YEAR OLD DEANNA DUNBAR OF MADISONVILLE TO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AFTER AN EDDYVILLE WOMAN PULLED INTO THEIR PATH ON THE CHARLESTON ROAD.
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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL HOLD A 100TH ENERGY STAR CELEBRATION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT 1:30 IN THE MILBROOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYMNASIUM, WITH KENTUCKY FIRST LADY JANE BESHEAR SCHEDULED TO ATTEND.
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JASON HASSART, WHO REPRESENTS U.S. SENATOR RAND PAUL, TOLD THE PADD BOARD OF DIRECTORS LAST WEEK THERE IS A MOVEMENT HE OPPOSES IN WASHINGTON TO REQUIRE FARMERS TO OBTAIN A CDL TO DRIVE TRACTORS ON ROADWAYS, THOUGH IT’S ONLY IN DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.
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LOCAL POLICE HAVE ISSUED NUMEROUS CITATIONS IN THE 41A CONSTRUCTION ZONE OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND WITH GOOD REASON, AS KEITH TODD OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SAYS MAJOR CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY THERE AND WORKERS ARE IN DANGER WHEN DRIVERS DON’T OBEY CONSTRUCTION ZONE SPEED LIMITS.
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THE LOCAL AGENCY ON AGING CONTINUES TO GROW, AS JILL COLLINS OF THE GROUP SAYS THE MEDICAID FUNDED PROGRAM WHICH ALLOWS PATIENTS TO STAY AT HOME INSTEAD OF IN A NURSING HOME GETS A MAJORITY OF ITS REFFERALS FROM DOCTORS.
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CONTINUED RESEARCH INTO WHETHER PROLONGED CELL PHONE USAGE CONTRIBUTES TO BRAIN CANCER REMAINS INCONCLUSIVE, DEPITE STUDIES AROUND THE GLOBE.