AFTERNOON HEADLINES 10/11

SOMEONE SET A SHIRT ON FIRE ON THE STEPS OF AN APARTMENT AT 406 EAST 1ST STREET AROUND 1:30 THIS MORNING, WITH THE RESIDENT ABLE TO PUT OUT THE BLAZE WITH WATER AND HOPKINSVILLE POLICE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT AS ARSON.
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THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE PLACING A MOBILE TRAFFIC MESSAGE BOARD THIS WEEK IN AREAS PRONE TO WRECKS TO ENCOURAGE MOTORISTS TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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CLARKSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT ON MARTIN STREET FROM LATE LAST NIGHT, WHEN THREE MEN APPROACHED A WOMAN AS SHE GOT HOME AND BRANDISHED A WEAPON BEFORE ORDERING HER TO THE GROUND AND FONDLING HER AS TWO OF THEM RANSACKED HER HOME.
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THE ELKTON CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT APPROVED GIVING 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE TODD COUNTY INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION DESPITE OPPOSITION FROM SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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IN ADDITION, ELKTON UTILITIES SUPERINTENDENT TERRY FROGUE TOLD COUNCIL MEMBERS OFFICIALS WITH THE TODD COUNTY WATER DISTRICT HAVE STATED THEY PLAN TO POSSIBLY SEVER TIES WITH THE CITY OF ELKTON TO OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY.
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OFFICIALS WITH THE FORT DEFIANCE INTERPRETIVE CENTER IN CLARKSVILLE WILL BE HOSTING A LIVE CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT EVENT ON OCT 22ND AT THE CENTER LOCATED ON 120 DUNCAN STREET.
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