NEWS HEADLINES 11/16
CONTRACTORS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE REDUCING TRAFFIC ON THE LAKE BARKLEY BRIDGE NEAR CANTON IN TRIGG COUNTY TO ONE LANE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, WITH MOTORISTS ENCOURAGED TO USE APROPRIATE CAUTION.
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THERE WERE 133 WRECKS INVOLVING DEER IN HOPKINS COUNTY LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS THE SECOND MOST IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND MOST IN THE PENNYRILE—WITH CHRISTIAN COUNTY COMING IN AT 66 AND TODD AND TRIGG WITH 16.
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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL RECEIVE A STATEWIDE AWARD FOR ITS EFFORTS TO SAVE ENERGY AT ITS THURSDAY EVENING MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
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ARRESTED AT A SOUTH KENTUCKY AVENUE HOME MONDAY NIGHT WAS 19-YEAR OLD JOHN READ ATKINS OF HOPKINSVILLE ON CHARGES OF TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL BY A MINOR.
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THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS PETITIONED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO EXEMPT COMMONWEALTH SCHOOLS FROM NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND GOALS AND CRITERIA, SAYING THE GOALS ARE JUST TOO HARD FOR MANY STATE SCHOOLS.
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