AFTERNOON HEADLINES 09/29
DAWSON SPRINGS INDEPENDENT HIGH SCHOOL WAS RANKED 24TH IN THE STATE ON KENTUCY CORE CONTENT TESTING LAST YEAR AND FOURTH IN WESTERN KENTUCKY, BEHIND MAYFIELD, MURRAY AND HICKMAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS.
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WALMART OFFICIALS PRESENTED 10 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WITH $100 DOLLAR GIFT CARDS DURING A DRAWING THIS MORNING AT THE SCHOOL FOR THEIR HARDWORK AND DEDICATION TO STUDENT SUCCESS.
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THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ADDED A MOTORCYCLE TO ITS INVENTORY OF VEHICLES, WITH PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER PAUL RAY SAYING OFFICER MIKE PLATERO IS ALREADY CERTIFIED AND WILL BE THE ONLY OFFICER TO UTILIZE THE BIKE INITIALLY.
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BLUEGRASS M.D. CEO DARREL GUSTAFSON SAYS THAT NEW FACILITY ON THE EAGLE WAY BYPASS IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER AND IS PART OF AN EFFORT TO MEET A SHORTFALL IN PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS IN THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE.
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A TWO VEHICLE WRECK ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN CLARKSVILLE NEAR THE LAWN STREET INTERSECTION THIS MORNING SENT 25-YEAR OLD BRUCE COLLIER OF CLARKSVILLE AND A PASSENGER TO GATEWAY MEDICAL CENTER.
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SALES OF “IN GOD WE TRUST” LICENSE PLATES BEGAN THIS YEAR IN KENTUCKY AND OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE POPULAR THAN ANTICIPATED, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THEY COME AT NO EXTRA CHARGE AT YOUR LOCAL COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE WHEN YOU RENEW YOUR TAGS.
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THE JURY TRIAL OF A FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER, 27-YEAR OLD MATTHEW SIMPSON, WHO IS CHARGED WITH 15 COUNTS OF POSSESSING CHILD PORN WAS POSTPONED TODAY IN CHRISTIAN COURT TODAY.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE CHARGED 36-YEAR OLD DEANNA CUNNINGHAM YESTERDAY WITH THEFT BY DECEPTION AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT FOR ALLEGEDLY USING THE PERSONAL INFORMATION OF TWO INDIVIDULS TO OBTAIN CASH LOANS.
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57-YEAR OLD GARY DURHAM OF CROFTON TOLD CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES THAT SOME ONE STOLE A 1985 CHEVY CAMARO FROM HIS SON’S MOUNT ZORA ROAD RESIDENCE AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED 33-YEAR OLD JASON WAGONER YESTERDAY AND CHARGED HIM WITH ONE COUNT OF GIVING AN OFFICER A FALSE NAME AFTER A DEPUTY ASKED HIM FOR HIS NAME.
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