NEWS HEADLINES 09/04
POLICE IN CLARK COUNTY TELL WAVE IN LOUISVILLE THAT 50-YEAR OLD CHARLES HESTER OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE OF A TWO-VEHICLE WRECK NEAR SELLERSBERG THURSDAY EVENING AFTER HE REPORTEDLY PULLED INTO THE PATH OF AN INDIANA WOMAN WHO DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO STOP.
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A TRAIN VERSUS PICKUP TRUCK WRECK IN EDMONSON COUNTY FRIDAY EVENING CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 42-YEAR OLD JEFFERY COCKRILL AND 34-YEAR OLD STEPHANIE COCKRILL OF FOUNTAIN RUN AND 28-YEAR OLD STEPHANIE COULTER OF ADOLPHUS, WHILE 31-YEAR OLD JAMES COULTER OF ADOLPHUS WAS TAKEN BY HELLCOPTER TO A LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL.
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CLARKSVILLE POLICE INVESTIGATED TWO SHOOTING INCIDENTS YESTERDAY MORNING, WITH 21-YEAR OLD DASHAWN KELLY ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING 24-YEAR OLD QUINTIN DUKES OF CLARKSVILLE AROUND 4:00 ON PROVIDENCE BOULEVARD BEFORE HE WAS SHOT IN HIS FRONT YARD ON THOMKINS LANE AROUND 5:30.
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OFFICERS ARE ALSO ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING A SECOND SUSPECT BELIEVED TO BE AT LEAST PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOOTING OF DUKES, WHOSE LISTED AS A BLACK MALE STANDING BETWEEN 5-10 AND 6 FEET TALL, WEIGHING AROUND 215 POUNDS.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE BURGLARY OF A THORNTON COURT APARTMENT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON, WITH A WHITE MALE SEEN LURKING IN THE AREA POSSIBLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THEFT OF $748 WORTH OF PROPERTY.
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IT LOOKS TO BE A PLEASANT LABOR DAY HOLIDAY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE, AS MANY FORECASTS HAVE HIGH TEMPERATURES MONDAY PROJECTED IN THE 70’S—A FAR CRY FROM THE HOT WEATHER WE’VE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE LAST FEW DAYS.
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MEANWHILE, OFFICIALS WITH STATE POLICE POST 2 SAY THEY ARE OUT IN FULL FORCE THIS WEEKEND LOOKING FOR DRUNK DRIVERS AND ANYONE ELSE BREAKING TRAFFIC LAWS THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
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EXPERTS SAY THE NUMBER OF LABOR DAY TRAVELERS IS EXPECTED TO BE DOWN THIS YEAR, WITH TRIPLE-A PREDICTING A DROP-OFF OF 2-POINT-4 PERCENT FROM LABOR DAY 2010.
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15TH DISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE BRENT YONTS OF GREENVILLE SAYS KENTUCKY HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF USING LIMITED FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS TO DO AS MUCH GOOD AS POSSIBLE IN THE COMMONWEALTH DURING THESE TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES.
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PERSONAL VEHICLES WILL BE RESTRICTED FROM ENTERING GATE 7 BEGINNING TUESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE 16TH OF SEPTEMBER DUE TO RECRONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERSECTION ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD WHICH LEADS TO THE ENTRY WAY OF THE MILITARY INSTALLATION.
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