THE LONE DETAILS TO SURFACE CONCERNING THE INCIDENT AT FT. CAMPBELL TUESDAY INVOLVING A MILITARY POLICEMAN AND A SOLDIER IS THAT IT INVOLVED A ''TRAFFIC STOP'' ABOUT 1 A.M., WITH NO NAMES RELEASED.
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PENDING APPROVAL FROM BRUCE CENTER CATERERS, THOSE WHO ATTEND GAMES AT TIE-BREAKER PARK THIS SUMMER WILL BE ALLOWED TO BRING COOLERS CONTAINING NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND FOOD INTO THE BALL PARK AREA, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE POLICY AT THE WATER PARK. COUNCIL ALSO EXPANDED THE INNER-CITY ADVISORY BOARD BY 3, INCLUDING TWO RESIDENTS OF THE AFFECTED AREA, HEARD FROM FINANCIAL DIRECTOR ROBERT MARTIN THAT PAYROLL TAX RECEIPTS ARE RUNNING WELL AHEAD LAST YEAR AND HELPED THE CITY MARK A BANK BALANCE OF $7.5 MILLION AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, AND BID GOODBYE TO COUNCILMAN DAVE FERNANDEZ, WHO DID NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION, BUT SAYS HE WILL REMAIN ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY(D-HOPKINSVILLE) APPEARED ON KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION'S ''KENTUCKY TONIGHT' PROGRAM MONDAY AND TOUTED THE BENEFITS OF FINDING WAYS TO TREAT OFFENDERS WITH A DRUG PROBLEM, WHILE STILL DEALING HARSHLY WITH THOSE SELLING NARCOTICS AND THOSE WITH A VIOLENT PAST.
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MEANWHILE, REPRESENTATIVE TILLEY SAYS HE HAS PRE-FILED A BILL WHICH WOULD BAN A SYNTHETIC DRUG CALLED M-D-P-V, WHICH ACTS IN A SIMILAR WAY AS ECSTACY AND METHAMPETAMINE.
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AREA MERCHANTS ARE ALREADY GEARING UP FOR THE BIGGEST HOMECOMING OF FORT CAMPBELL TROOPS SINCE 2003, BEGINNNG WITH THE ''RAKKASANS'' OF THE THIRD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM NEXT MONTH.

WHILE THE CERTAIN REPEAL OF THE ''DON'T ASK/DON'T TELL'' POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES WILL ALLOW HOMOSEXUALS TO SERVE OPENLY, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU WILL SEE ''G.I. JOE'' AND ''G.I. BOB'' HOLDING HANDS ON THEIR WAY TO THE MESSHALL,WITH NO ''PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION'' TO BE EXHIBITED AMONG OTHER PROHIBITED BEHAVIOR.
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CITY POLICE WORKING TRAFFIC DETAILS ADDRESSED THE CHRONIC PROBLEM AT CLINIC DRIVE AND FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD SATURDAY AFTERNOON, ISSUING 7 TICKETS IN SLIGHTLY OVER AN HOUR FOR RUNNING THE ''RED ARROW'' IN THE LEFT TURN LANE LEADING TO WAL-MART,WHILE 4 MORE FOR THE SAME OFFENSE AT THE SAME SITE WERE ISSUED WITHIN ABOUT AN HOUR TUESDAY  MORNING.
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POLICE ALSO REMIND RESIDENTS DOING SOME LAST-MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING TO PUT THEM IN THE TRUNK OR COVER THEM UP INSIDE THE CAR, WITH THIEVES SEEKING ''TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY'' LIKE THEY DID AT LEAST TWICE TUESDAY--GETTING AWAY WITH A WRAPPED CHRISTMAS PRESENT FROM ONE VEHICLE AND A PURSE FROM ANOTHER. BOTH CASES RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE FAR IN EXCESS OF THE VALUE OF THE ITEMS STOLEN.
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THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE'S ''TOP COP'' FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES IS LAND-BETWEEN-THE-LAKES RECREATION AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER RICHARD JENKINS.
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RON CROUCH, WHO IS ONE OF KENTUCKY'S LEADING DEMOGRAPHERS, CORRECTLY PREDICTED THAT CENSUS DATA WOULD NOT DICTATE THE LOSS OF A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT IN THE BLUEGRASS, WHILE ILLINOIS AND OHIO LOST A TOTAL OF 3.
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THE STATE HAS UPPED ITS SHARE OF MONEY TO BE USED TO CONSTRUCT A NEW ''9-1-1 CENTER'' IN MUHLENBERG COUNTY, WITH ANOTHER 375-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN COAL SEVERANCE TAX TO GO ALONG WITH AN EARLIER, SIMILAR ALLOCATION.
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