NEWS HEADLINES 09/12

RETIRED GENERAL AND FOMER VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF JOE RALSTON JOINED STATE REPRESENTATIVE MARTHA JANE KING IN SPEAKING AT YESTERDAY’S SEPTEMBER 11TH COMMEMORATION CEREMONY AT TODD COUNTY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN ELKTON.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY SALUTES FORT CAMPBELL WEEK IS WELL UNDERWAY, WITH CHRISTIAN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MILITARY AFFAIRS COORDINATOR KELLY PENDLETON SAYING ANOTHER GOOD TURNOUT IS EXPECTED FOR THE ANNUAL CHILI COOKOFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN DOWNTOWN HOPKINSVILLE.
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A THUNDERSTORM CONTRIBUTED TO A TWO VEHICLE WRECK AT COUNTRY CLUB LANE AND THE BOULEVARD YESTERDAY EVENING AROUND 6 WHICH SENT 35-YEAR OLD VICTORIA HUGHES AND 34-YEAR OLD WENDY HALVERSON OF HOPKINSVILLE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER.
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THE FOURTH “COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS” OF 2011 WILL BE HELD AT HOPKINSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON AT 5:15, WHERE MAYOR DAN KEMP IS EXPECTED TO GIVE MORE SPECIFICS REGARDING THE DOWNTOWN CITY HALL PROJECT.
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TODD COUNTY JAILER GREG ALLEN SAYS THAT FACILITY IS IN MUCH BETTER FINANCIAL CONDITION NOW THAN AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR, THANKS IN LARGE PART TO FINDING CREATIVE WAYS TO CUT BACK AND SAVE MONEY AND THANKS TO INCREASED INMATE COUNTS.
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THERE WERE 91 WRECKS IN THE CITY LIMITS OF HOPKINSVILLE IN AUGUST, DOWN FROM 101 DURING AUGUST OF 2010—MARKING THE SIXTH CONSECUTIVE MONTHS WITH LESS THAN 100 ACCIDENTS.
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THE AUGUST ACTIVITY LOG FROM THE TODD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SHOWS SHERIFF JOEY JOHNSON AND HIS DEPUTIES MADE 55 ARRESTS DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND ASSISTED 10 MOTORISTS IN NEED.
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STATE POLICE ARRESTED 24-YEAR OLD CHASITY BROWN OF EDDYVILLE ON BUGLARY CHARGES AND 24-YEAR OLD DAVID BATES, JR. AND 38-YEAR OLD ANGELA MCGREGOR OF PREINCETON ON COMPLICTITY TO BURLARY CHARGES YESTERDAY AFTER REPORTEDLY BEING CAUGHT STEALING ITEMS FROM A LYON COUNTY RESIDENCE.
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15TH DISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE BRENT YONTS SAYS GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE HAS BECOME A LESS POPULAR SUBJECT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT HE BELIVES THE GOVERNMENT HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN THINGS SUCH AS TO HELP PUT RESIDENTS BACK TO WORK DURING A TIME OF HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT.
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OFFICIALS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE EXPECT THIS YEAR’S CROP SEASON TO TURN OUT MOSTLY GOOD, DESPITE A WET SPRING, EXTREME SUMMER HEAT AND THE MONTH OF APRIL FULL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES.
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SEPTEMBER IS OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND HEALTH OFFICIALS WANT TO REMIND AREA WOMEN THE DISEASE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN FEMALES EVERY YEAR.
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THE CALDWELL COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER IS ASKING FOR DONATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC OF ITEMS SUCH AS PET FOOD, TREATS AND OLD NEWSPAPERS, ACCORDING TO A STORY IN THE PRINCETON TIMES-LEADER.
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