AFTERNOON HEADLINES 10/20
THE HOPKINSVILLE CHRISTIAN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY IS OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR BUSINESS AFTER BEING CLOSED DUE TO RENOVATIONS SINCE LABOR DAY.
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OUTGOING CHRISTIAN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LEE CONRAD SPOKE TO KIWANIS CLUB MEMBERS THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT REGIONALISM CONCERNING LOCAL INDUSTRIES AND SAYS CHRISTIAN COUNTY HAS A BRIGHT ECONOMIC FUTURE.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE SAY THE MAN WHO ROBBED THE KANGAROO MART ON LAFAYETTE ROAD THIS MORNING WAS A HEAVY-SET WHITE MALE IN HIS MID TO LATE 20’S WITH POSSIBLE TATTOOS ON HIS NECK AND LEFT FOREARM AND A SHAVED HEAD. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE CASE IS ASKED TO CALL THE TIPS LINE AT 887-TIPS.
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A WRECK ON KENTUCKY 181 IN MUHLENBERG COUNTY JUST BEFORE 3 THIS MORNING CLAIMED THE LIFE OF 24-YEAR OLD JOSEPH MARTIN OF CENTRAL CITY, WHO RAN OFF THE ROAD WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AND STRUCK A TREE.
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CITY OF HOPKINSVILLE ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR NIKKI RADFORD IS THE WINNER OF THIS YEAR’S HAL AND BETTYE THURMOND AWARD, AS ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING AT THE MAYOR’S UNITY BREAKFAST.
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THE WINNER OF THE UNITY AWARD WAS JIM WISBY AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER AUSTIN MOSS TOLD ABOUT OVERCOMING DISCRIMINATION AS A CHILD BY USING HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH IN GOD.
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