THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SAYS 23-YEAR OLD FORT CAMPBELL MILITARY POLICEMAN SPECIALIST CHRISTOPHER ROBERTS OF TEXAS WAS KILLED SATURDAY IN AFGHANISTAN BY A IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE ATTACK.
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A SINGLE VEHICLE WRECK ON KY 181 ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF GREENVILLE IN MUHLENBERG COUNTY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 66-YEAR OLD FRED DEVINE AND 42-YEAR OLD DELANA BRASHER OF GREENVILLE AND SENT 63-YEAR OLD VIVIAN DEVINE OF GREENVILE TO MUHLENBERG COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.
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TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY CHRISITAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL BE BUSED TO THE BRUCE CONVENTION CENTER TO HEAR AN UPLIFTING MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL MIKE STEVENSON, WHO SAYS LAST WEEK’S SERIES OF SEMINARS WENT BETTER THAN ANYONE COULD HAVE EVER EXPECTED.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY SENIOR NANNIE CRONEY SPOKE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD LAST WEEK ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AT THE GOVERNOR’S SCHOLAR PROGRAM AT CENTRE COLLEGE, WHERE SHE SAID SHE WAS EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT CULTURES AND EXPERIENCES.
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THE PROPERTY TAX RATE IS MUCH LOWER IN TODD COUNTY THAN CHRISTIAN, BUT THAT’S PARTLY BECAUSE TODD ALSO USES A PAYROLL AND INSURANCE TAX TO BRING IN REVENUES ACCORDING TO JUDGE EXECUTIVE DARRYL GREENFIELD.
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TODD COUNTY JAILER GREG ALLEN SAYS HE CURRENTLY HOUSES 28 LOCAL AND 77 STATE INMATES, WHICH IS SIGNFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE 12 LOCAL INMATES HOUSED AT THE ELKTON FACILITY ONLY A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
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KENTUCKY STATE POLICE CONTINUE TO WARN MOTORISTS AGAINST DRIVING DRUNK, AS THEY ARE OUT IN FULL FORCE DURING THE “DRIVE SOBER OR BE PULLED OVER CAMPAIGN WHICH USES FEDRAL GRANT MONEY TO PUT EXTRA TROOPERS ON THE ROAD.
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CONGRESSMAN ED WHITFIELD SAYS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UNREST IN WASHINGTON HAS HINDERED POTENTIAL INVESTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM SPENDING THEIR MONEY AND PUTS PART OF THE BLAME ON PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION.
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A BILL WHICH WOULD REQUIRE DRUG TESTING FOR THOSE WANTING TO RECEIVE SOCIAL PROGRAM ASSISTANCE IN KENTUCKY HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN PRE-FILED, BUT PROBABLY FACES ANOTHER UPHILL BATTLE.
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THE KENTUCKY HOUSING CORPORATION IS TEAMING UP WITH ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH IN CONTINUING TO PROMOTE ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES AND IS OFFERING CASH REBATES FOR CERTAIN REPAIRS.
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SEVERAL KENTUCKY HOSPITALS ARE PROMOTING “KANGAROO CARE”, WHICH IS THE PRACTICE OF PLACING NEWBORN BABIES ON THEIR MOTHER’S CHEST COVERED IN WARM BLANKETS IMMEDIATELY AFTER BIRTH FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH HELPS TO STEADY THE INFANT’S HEART RATE.