December 14, 2010

SIX FORT CAMPBELL SOLIDERS WERE KILLED IN A SINGLE IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE ATTACK IN AFGHANISTAN SUNDAY, WITH POST PUBLIC AFFAIRS IDENTIFYING THE MEN AS 25-YEAR OLD CORPORAL SEAN COLLINS OF WASHINGTON, 23-YEAR OLD CORPORAL WILLIE MCLAWHORN JUNIOR OF NORTH CAROLINA, 22-YEAR OLD SPECIALIST PATRICK DEANS OF FLORIDA, 21-YEAR OLD SPECIALIST DEREK SIMONETTA OF CALIFORNIA, 24-YEAR OLD SPECIALIST JORGE VILLACIS OF FLORIDA AND 21-YEAR OLD SPECIALIST KENNETH NECOCHEA, JUNIOR OF CALIFORNIA.

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY AS A TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE BEFORE THE TEMPERATURE RISES ABOVE FREEZING.

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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN KEITH TODD SAYS THERE IS NO NEED TO PRE-TREAT ROADWAYS, AS THERE IS PLENTY OF SALT LEFT OVER FROM THE WEEKEND’S STORM.

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CHRISTIAN FISCAL COURT APPROVED A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT TO MONITOR THE QUALITY OF LITTLE RIVER AT THEIR FINAL MEETING OF THE YEAR TUESDAY MORNING.

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STATE POLICE IDENTIFY THE WOMAN STRUCK BY A VEHICLE  IN A HIT AND RUN INCIDENT MONDAY NIGHT IN FRONT OF THE ALLENSVILLE POST OFFICE AS 31-YEAR OLD BILLIE CARTER OF ALLENSVILLE, WHO WAS TREATED AT LOGAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.