NEWS HEADLINES 08/24

OFFICIALS AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER SAY 24-YEAR OLD JEREMY SHARBER OF HOPKINSVILLE IS IN CRITICAL, BUT STABLE CONDITION—WHILE 6-MONTH OLD JEREMIAH SHARBER HAS IMPROVED TO STABLE CONDITION AFTER A TWO-VEHICLE WRECK ON GREENVILLE ROAD MONDAY AFTERNOON.
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A WRECK ON THE TATUMSVILLE HIGHWAY IN MARSHALL COUNTY MONDAY MORNING CLAIMED THE LIFE OF 19-YEAR OLD JAMES CARMAN THE THIRD OF SMITHLAND, ACCORDING TO A STORY ON WESTKENTUCKYSTAR.COM.
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STATE POLICE SAY TEN PEOPLE DIED ON KENTUKCY ROADWAYS LAST WEEK, INCLUDING FATAL CRASHES IN TODD AND TRIGG COUNTIES.
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HOPKINSVILLE NATIVE ANNE WITHERS WORKS AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND PUT THE EARTHQUAKE WHICH STRUCK THAT AREA INTO LOCAL PERSPECTIVE BY SAYING IT FELT LIKE A HELLICOPTER FROM FORT CAMPBELL FLYING LOW OVER YOUR HOME.
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A $10,000 NISSAN PATHFINDER WAS STOLEN FROM A CARPORT AT 101 SOUTH SUNSET CIRCLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING, WITH THE VEHICLE BELONGING TO 34-YEAR OLD KASEY HAURET OF HOPKINSVILLE.
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17-YEAR OLD JOHN PATRICK GEORGE OF CLARKSVILLE WILL SPEND 20 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER ACCEPTING A PLEA DEAL IN THE MURDER FOR HIRE CASE RELATING TO THE KILLING OF 50-YEAR OLD MONTGOMERY COUNTY BUSINESSMAN GILBERT HART.
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DETECTIVES WITH KENTUCKY STATE POLICE ARE ASSISTING THE EDDYVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF SEVERAL LYON COUNTY EMS PAYROLL CHECKS WHICH WERE CASHED BY AN UNIDENTIFIED MALE IN PRINCETON THIS SUMMER.
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FORMER NEW YORK FIRE-FIGHTER RICHARD “PITCH” PICCIOTTO WILL SPEAK AT AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY ON SEPTEMBER 12TH TO GIVE HIS FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF BEING BURIED UNDER THE RUBBLE OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER FOR FOUR HOURS FOLLOWING THE ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001.
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