NEWS HEADLINES 09/14

HOPKINSVILLE POLICE SAY CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOL BUS DRIVER 29-YEAR OLD JENNIFER LANCASTER OF ELKTON TURNED HERSELF IN AT THE POLICE STATION AROUND 3:25 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND WAS ARRESTED ON 4TH DEGREE ASSAULT FOR ALLEGEDLY SMACKING AN 8-YEAR OLD GIRL IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD THURSDAY AFTERNOON NEAR HOLIDAY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THE BUS.
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SQUIRRELS CHEWING THROUGH WIRING WERE THE CAUSE OF POWER OUTAGES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOPKINSVILLE WHICH CAUSED SOME TRAFFIC TIE-UPS ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD THIS MORNING WHEN A FEW TRAFFIC LIGHTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF A FORD RANGER PICKUP FROM THE PARKING LOT OF THE EAGLES CLUB SOMETIME BETWEEN 10 AM AND 7PM YESTERDAY, WITH ONE SUSPECT LISTED ON THE REPORT.
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CITY POLICE OFFICERS CITED 11 DRIVERS FOR SPEEDING IN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD IN A TWO HOUR SPAN YESTERDAY, MANY DRIVING IN EXCESS OF 20 MILES PER HOUR OVER THE POSTED 45 LIMIT.
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CELEBRITY CHEF JON ASHTON SAYS HE WAS HONORED TO BE APART OF THIS YEAR’S SALUTE TO FORT CAMPBELL WEEK AND THANKED LOCAL SOLDIERS FOR THEIR SACRIFICE DURING A COMMANDER AND COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR LUNCHEON.
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PENNYROYAL AREA MUSEUM STAFFERS SAY THEY ARE SAD TO SEE MUSEUM DIRECTOR DONNA STONE DEPART FROM THE MUSEUM  AFTER NEARLY 10 YEARS OF SERVICE.
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A SINGLE VEHICLE WRECK ON THE CALEDONIA ROAD IN TRIGG COUNTY YESTERDAY MORNING INJURED 21-YEAR OLD LAUREN WOODS OF CADIZ, WHO WAS TREATED FOR HER INJURIES ON THE SCENE.
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WRECKS IN MCCRACKEN AND WARREN COUNTIES YESTERDAY CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 56-YEAR OLD RICKEY WALKER OF GRAND RIVERS AND 41-YEAR OLD GERGORY NEIGHBORS OF MORGANTOWN, WITH NEIGHBORS NOT WEARING A HELMET WHEN A CAR VEERED INTO HIS MOTORCYCLE.
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