NEWS HEADLINES 10/04

CHRISTIAN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR LEE CONRAD SAYS LASCO PROCESS SYSTEMS OUT OF TEXAS WILL SOON BE OPENING A PLANT ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATIONS OF HEMLOCK SEMI-CONDUCTORS IN A BUILDING FORMERLY OPERATED BY EMHART POP FASTENERS IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, WITH THE EXACT NUMBER OF JOBS TO BE CREATED STILL UNDETERMINED.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED 19-YEAR OLD MARY WHITE OF HOPKINSVILLE ON ROBBERY AND UNLAWFUL TRANSACTION WITH A MINOR CHARGES AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY PUNCHED A PIGGLY WIGGLY EMPLOYEE IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET AWAY AFTER HE SAW HER HANDING A PURSE WITH STOLEN MERCHANDISE TO A 12-YEAR OLD GIRL WHO CAME TO THE STORE WITH HER.
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TWO CONTERFEIT 100 DOLLAR BILLS HAVE BEEN PASSED IN HOPKINSVILLE IN THE LAST TWO DAYS, WITH ONE AT THE JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER CAFETERIA AND THE OTHER TO A PIZZA DELIVERYMAN.
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A BURGLAR STOLE $6,000 WORTH OF CANDY AND POPCORN FROM THE MARTIN 5 THEATER SOMETIME SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING, WITH CITY POLICE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.
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26-YEAR OLD JUAN MARQUEZ OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS ARRESTED AROUND NOON YESTERDAY ON HIS SECOND DUI AND ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY DRIVING DRUNK TO A WEST 13TH STREET RESIDENCE AND FIGHTING A MALE FAMILY MEMBER IN THE FRONT YARD.
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