THE REPORT RELEASED THURSDAY MORNING CONCERNING THE INCIDENT AT MAYOR DAN KEMP'S HOME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN WHICH HIS WIFE, HENRIETTA, WAS ASSAULTED INDICATES IT WAS NOT A 'RANDOM INCIDENT'.  THE REPORT SAYS MS. KEMP WAS ACQUAINTED WITH 51-YEAR OLD LORI ANN LITTLE OF NASHVILLE, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY EARLY THURSDAY IN CONNECTION WITH THE INCIDENT.HOWEVER, MS. KEMP SAID HER CONTACT WITH MS. LITTLE WAS BY TELEPHONE IN THE PAST 3 TO 5 YEARS AND HAD PLACED HER IN 'REASONABLE FEAR' THAT MS. LITTLE WOULD CAUSE HER HARM. MS. KEMP SAID SHE FEARED FOR HER LIFE WHEN SHE FLED HER HOME TO A NEIGHBOR'S WHERE SHE CALLED 9-1-1. STILL BEING SOUGHT IS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE CARRYING THE ASSAILANT, THOUGH A MAN PURPORTING TO BE THAT MAN ARRIVED AT THE E-C-C LAST NIGHT AND WAS DIRECTED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THOUGH THE REPORT MAKES NO REFERENCE TO THAT.

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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON'S INCIDENT AT THE DEEPWOOD DRIVE HOME OF MAYOR DAN KEMP WHERE HIS WIFE,HENRIETTA, WAS ASSAULTED BY THE PERSON CHARGED WITH BURGLARY, 51-YEAR OLD LORI ANN LITTLE OF NASHVILLE, ACCORDING TO THE ARREST CARD; WITH THE MOTIVE UNKNOWN, ACCORDING TO WHAT POLICE CHIEF GUY HOWIE TOLD THE 'NEW ERA'.

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WEATHER CONDITIONS DID DETERIORATE INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE PENNYRILE, PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTH;HOWEVER, RISING TEMPERATURES LEAVE THE PAVEMENT MERELY WET FOR THE THURSDAY COMMUTE, WITH FEW WRECK REPORTS ON FILE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR SHERIFF'S OFFICE FROM OVERNIGHT.

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THOUGH KENTUCKY U.S. SENATOR RAND PAUL MAY BE GOING TO WASHINGTON AS AN 'OUTSIDER', HE WILL HAVE SOME CAPITOL VETERANS ON HIS PAYROLL, ALONG WITH SOME WITH EXTENSIVE 'FIELD EXPERIENCE' IN THE COMMONWEALTH, LIKE HOPKINSVILLE'S RACHEL MC-CUBBIN, WHO HAS BEEN NAMED DEPUTY STATE DIRECTOR.

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IN ADDITION TO STATE SENATE PRESIDENT DAVID WILLIAMS' APPEARANCE BEFORE THE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON MONDAY, BUSINESSMEN ALSO HEARD FROM HOUSE SPEAKER GREG STUMBO, WHO COULD PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE EFFORTS OF WILLIAMS TO UNSEAT GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR.

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THE 'CRIMESTOPPERS' ORGANIZATION HAS JOINED THE EFFORT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF A SERIES OF ROBBERIES OF HISPANIC AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, WITH A CASH REWARD FOR INFORMATION WHICH LEADS TO AN ARREST.

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A MID-GRADE CAREER ARMY OFFICER, LIEUTENANT COLONEL TERRANCE LAKIN OF COLORADO, WHO IGNORED AN ORDER TO REPORT TO FT. CAMPBELL FOR DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN BECAUSE HE THINKS PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NOT A LEGAL U.S. CITIZEN, FACES UP TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON.

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A CLARKSVILLE MAN WHO WAS NAMED IN A REGIONAL POLICE BROADCAST FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALERTING OFFICERS TO THREATS TO THEIR SAFETY WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN OAK GROVE,. WITH 29 YEAR OLD HECTOR LUIS MARTINEZ BEING HELD IN HOPKINSVILLE, PENDING EXTRADITION FOR AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING.