NEWS HEADLINES 09/07
HOPKINSVILLE CITY COUNCIL VOTED 6 TO 5 AGAINST LOWERING ITS PAYROLL TAX RATE TO 1.90% AT ITS MEETING TUESDAY EVENING, DESPITE THE CRIES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS CHARLIE HENDERSON AND PAUL HENSON, WHO REMINDED THEIR COHORTS OF A COMMITMENT TO ROLL BACK THE RATE ONCE THE LOCAL ECONOMY IMPROVED.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MICHAEL STEVENSON  DISCUSSED HIS VISION PLAN FOR THE ACADEMICALLY STRUGGLING SCHOOL WITH AREA PARENTS DURING A PARENT UNIVERSITY MEETING.
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A SINGLE VEHICLE WRECK ON KENTUCKY 104 IN SOUTHERN TODD COUNTY YESTERDAY SENT 22-YEAR OLD JOSHUA HALL OF CLARKSVILLE AND 22-YEAR OLD LUCAS ROSS OF ELKTON TO GATEWAY MEDICAL CENTER, WITH HALL CHARGED WITH DUI AND OTHER TRAFFIC OFFENSES.
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THE WOMAN TAKEN BY HELLICOPTER TO DEACONESS HOSPITAL SATURDAY NIGHT FOLLOWING A HEAD-ON COLLISSION ON GREENVILLE ROAD HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 39-YEAR OLD JENNIFER HOGAN OF NORTONVILLE, WHILE 62-YEAR OLD JOSEPH MOLLICONE OF CROFTON WAS DRIVING THE OTHER VEHICLE AND WENT UNINJURED.
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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A VEHICLE THEFT WHICH ENDED WITH A WRECK ON GREENVILLE ROAD SUNDAY, WITH NO SUSPECTS LISTED ON THE REPORT AND NO INJURIES.
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KENTUCKY STATE POLICE ARE HOSTING A DRIVING CAMP FOR TEENS THIS WEEK TO ENCOURAGE SAFE PRACTICES SUCH AS NOT TEXTING OR TALKING ON CELL PHONES WHILE AT THE WHEEL.
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LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TEAMED UP TODAY TO LOCATE A STOLEN MUSTANG THAT WAS FOUND UNOCCUPIED AND WITH KEYS STILL IN THE IGNITION NEAR CONCORD LANE THIS AFTERNOON.
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