AFTERNOON HEADLINES 10/25

GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR ANNOUNCED PROPULSYS OF HOPKINSVILLE PLANS TO INVEST 9.5 MILLION DOLLARS AT ITS LOCAL FACILITY.
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KENTUCKY GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE DAVID WILLIAMS AND SECRETARY OF STATE CANDIDATE BILL JOHNSON WERE IN HOPKINSVILLE THIS MORNING TO RALLY UP SUPPORT AMONG LOCAL REPUBLICANS.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY DISTRICT FIVE MAGISTRATE JIM FLEMMING PROPOSED THE IDEA OF CUTTING BACK COURT TO SIX MAGISTRATES DURING THIS MORNING’S MEETING OF FISCAL COURT, SAYING IT WOULD SAVE FUNDS AND COULD BE DONE AS SQUIRES RETIRE OR DECIDE NOT TO RUN AGAIN.
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ABSENTEE VOTING IS UNDERWAY IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY, WITH COUNTY CLERK MIKE KEM SAYING THOSE WHO WON’T BE IN THE COUNTY ON ELECTION DAY CAN VOTE AT THE COURTHOUSE DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS AND ON THE MORNING OF SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH.
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KENTUCKY SECRETARY OF STATE ELAINE WALKER SAYS SHE ONLY EXPECTS A TURNOUT OF 25 PERCENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH’S REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE UPCOMING GENERAL ELECTION, CONSIDERING ONLY 9,500 ABSENTEE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN CAST COMPARED TO 37,000 AT THE SAME TIME FOUR YEARS AGO.
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