AFTERNOON HEADLINES 10/13

PUBLIC COMMENTS LASTED FOR OVER 30 MINUTES AT THIS MORNING’S CHRISTIAN FISCAL COURT MEETING, WHERE MOST OF THE DISCUSSION REVOLVED AROUND INSTITUTING FIRE DUES ON CHRISTIAN COUNTY PROPERTY TAX BILLS, INCLUDING IN THE CITY OF PEMBROKE WHERE A CLERICAL ERROR LED TO RESIDENTS BEING “DOUBLE-TAXED.”
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A STABBING FROM 1400 EAST 19TH STREET LAST NIGHT, WHERE 45-YEAR OLD JAMES BOYD WAS STABBED IN THE BACK UNDER HIS LEFT SHOULDER, WITH BOYD TAKEN TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT OF NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
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101ST SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE COMMANDER, COLONEL MIKE PETERMAN SAYS INSURGENT ACTIVITY IS DOWN IN AFGHANISTAN AND SAYS THE DEPLOYMENT IS GOING WELL AND THAT SOLDIERS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
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TRIGG COUNTY SHERIFF RAY BURNHAM WANTS AREA RESIDENTS TO TEXT HIM AT 270-350-3815 WITH TIPS ABOUT SCHOOL BULLYING AND WANTS TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT BULLYING IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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A SINGLE-VEHICLE WRECK ON GRACEY-HERNDON ROAD LAST NIGHT SENT 45-YEAR OLD KENNETH WOOD OF LAFAYETTE ROAD, HOPKINSVILLE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER.
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