AFTERNOON HEADLINES 09/02
THE HOPKINSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT’S “FILL THE BOOT” CAMPAIGN IS UNDERWAY, WITH FIRE-FIGHTERS COLLECTING DONATIONS TO THE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION THROUGH THE WEEKEND AT KROGER AND WAL-MART.
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30-YEAR OLD DESMOND SNORTON OF HOPKINSVILLE ACCEPTED A PLEA DEAL ON FIRST DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES IN CALDWELL CIRCUIT COURT, WHICH RECOMMENDS AN 18-YEAR SENTENCE FOR THE 2006 SHOOTING DEATH OF 32-YEAR OLD MARTY MCKINNEY.
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45-YEAR OLD SHEILA CAPPS OF HANSON AND 32-YEAR OLD EAN HABY OF 307 WOODBINE STREET BOTH HAD THEIR SENTENCES FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING PROBATED IN CHRISTIAN CIRCUIT COURT THIS WEEK.
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POLICE ACROSS KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE ARE WARNING AGAINST DRIVING IMPAIRED THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND, AS THREE-DAY HOLIDAY WEEKENDS ARE TRADITIONALLY DEADLY—ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO PUT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS IN DANGER BY DRINKING AND DRIVING.
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