NEWS HEADLINES 09/16

AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOLS IS UP BY WELL OVER 100 STUDENTS PER DAY, BUT THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS NOT INCREASED THE DISTRICT’S “SEEK” FUNDING AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST AND WILL NOT DO SO UNTIL MARCH ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS MADE BY BUSINESS DIRECTOR JESSICA DARNELL AT LAST NIGHT’S BOARD MEETING.
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DESPITE THE INCREASED STUDENT COUNT WITH NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING, THE BOARD STILL FOUND A WAY TO GIVE ALL SCHOOL SYSTEM EMPLOYEES A ONE PERCENT RAISE—SAYING THEY DESERVE IT NO MATTER WHAT THE FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.
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NO ONE WAS INJURED, BUT TWO SHOTS WERE FIRED IN AN INICDENT WHICH BEGAN ON BEECH STREET LAST NIGHT—WITH A SUSPECT CHASING A 25-YEAR OLD FEMALE FROM BEECH STREET TO ANOTHER RESIDENCE BEFORE FLEEING IN HIS VEHICLE.
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LOCAL COPPER THIEVES HAVE SHOWN A WILLINGNESS TO STOOP TO THE LOWEST OF LOWS TO GET THE METAL AND CONTINUED THAT BEHAVIOR RECENTLY BY STEALING TWO AIR CONDITIONING UNITS FROM GOODWILL ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE SERVED WARRANTS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AGAINST 39-YEAR OLD SPENCER ANGEL AND 40-YEAR OLD BENJAMIN ELLEGOOD OF HOPKINSVILLE AT THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL LAST NIGHT, WITH ELLEGOOD ACCUSED OF BEING A REPEAT OFFENDER.
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