NEWS HEADLINES 09/11
THE LAST “NORMAL” NEWSCASTS AIRED ON WHOP AND MEDIA OUTLETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TEN YEARS AGO TODAY, BEFORE 19 TERRORISTS WITH BOXCUTTERS WOULD BEGIN WARS THAT REQUIRED THE SERVICE OF THOUSANDS OF FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIERS—MANY OF WHOM HAVE GIVEN THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM.
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THE STATE INTERIM JOINT COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS FOCUSED ITS MEETING ON THE 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 LAST WEEK, WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVE MYRON DOSSETT SAYING KENTUCKY HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIALS ASSURED MEMBERS THEY ARE PREPARED FOR NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERS.
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NO FEWER THAN 77 AMERICAN TROOPS WERE INJURED IN A SUICIDE TRUCK BOMB ATTACK BY THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN LAST NIGHT, ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, WHICH REPORTS THE BLAST KILLED TWO AFGHAN CIVILIANS INCLUDING A 3-YEAR OLD GIRL.
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AS THE COUNTRY REMEMBERS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS ON THE UNITED STATES, HEALTH CARE OFFICIALS REMIND PARENTS THAT SMALL CHILDREN MAY HAVE TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ATTACKS AND FINDING THE ANSWERS OFTEN DO NOT COME EASILY.
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THE ANNUAL TRAIL OF TEARS INDIAN POW-WOW GOT UNDERWAY WITH NEAR PERFECT WEATHER SATURDAY, ATTRACTING WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN EVEN LARGER THAN NORMAL CROWD AND FEATURED THE TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN DANCERS AND VENDORS AT THE PARK OFF EAST 9TH STREET.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED 26-YEAR OLD TARVOUS HASKINS OF OAK GROVE AT 504 POTOMAC AVENUE IN OAK GROVE SATURDAY MORNING ON MULTIPLE GUN CHARGES AFTER ASSISTING THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN LOOKING FOR HIM THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR DIRECTOR 53-YEAR OLD STEVE SANSOM WAS ACQUITTED OF ALL CHARGES IN DISTRICT COURT FRIDAY AFTER A FEMALE STUDENT ACCUSED HIM OF INAPROPRIATELY TOUCHING HER LAST YEAR IN A CLASSROOM, ACCORDING TO A STORY IN THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA.
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A REAR-END COLLISSION ON THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY FRIDAY EVENING SENT 68-YEAR OLD NOEL WEST OF HOPKINSVILLE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER, WHILE THE 17-YEAR OLD CROFTON GIRL WHO WAS DRIVING THE REAR VEHICLE WENT UNINJURED.
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