AFTERNOON 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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THE HOPKINSVILLE-CHRISTIAN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY IS SCHEDULED TO BE CLOSED THROUGH OCTOBER 20TH WHILE RENNOVATIONS ARE MADE, INCLUDING THE REPLACEMENT OF CARPET, CEILING TILES AND LIGHTING IN ADDITION TO PLACING A NEW DIGITAL SIGN OUTDOORS.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE AND FIREMEN RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF A WRECK WITH INJURIES AT COX MILL ROAD AND COUNTRY CLUB LANE AROUND 9:30 THIS MORNING, WHILE THE MARION ROAD WAS CLOSED BETWEEN PRINCETON AND FREDONIA DUE TO A WRECK INVOLVING A SEMI THAT SENT ONE PERSON TO DEACONESS HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE BY HELLICOPTER.
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A REAR-END COLLISSION AT CADIZ ROAD AND THE BYPASS LAST NIGHT SENT 79-YEAR OLD BOBBY NOEL OF THE CADIZ ROAD TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE INJURIES.
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SQUIERRLS 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.