| NEWS HEADLINES 12/23 |
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A ''WHITE CHRISTMAS'' IS STILL IN THE FORECAST FOR THE PENNYRILE, WHILE THERE IS MUCH LESS CHANCE OF SNOWFALL ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN NASHVILLE THAN IN HOPKINSVILLE, WITH WEATHER SERVICE RECORDS IN THE ''MUSIC CITY'' SHOWING THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN 9 CHRISTMAS DAYS WHERE ''MEASUREABLE SNOWFALL''--THAT IS SNOW IN EXCESS OF .10''--WAS RECORDED SINCE THE LATE 1880'S. +++ T-V-A MET A RECORD DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY FOR A DECEMBER DAY WITH A ''PEAK LOAD'' OF 31,436 MEGAWATTS ON DECEMBER 14TH. +++ HOPKINSVILLE MAYOR DAN KEMP MADE A VARIETY OF APPOINTMENTS TO VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DURING TUESDAY NIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING +++ CITY POLICE MADE TWO ARRESTS OF NOTE WEDNESDAY, WITH 48-YEAR OLD ERIC MEUX OF HOPKINSVILLE CHARGED WITH FIVE COUNTS OF FORGERY AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY WROTE CHECKS ON THE ACCOUNT OF JOHN CALHOUN WITHOUT PERMISSION AND 28-YEAR OLD GUY SUITER OF CLARKSVILLE, FOR RECEIVING TIRES AND RIMS STOLEN FROM HARLEE'S GARAGE ON JEFFREY DRIVE. ++ SHERIFF'S OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING PRE-CHRISTMAS RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES AT THE HOMES OF ROCKY BOBBETT OF THE DAWSON SPRINGS RD. WERE $300 CASH AND $200 WORTH OF JEWELRY ARE MISSING, AND TAMARIA TAYLOR OF THE MADISONVILLE RD., WHERE A COMPUTER, PRINTER AND MODEM WERE TAKEN, WHILE LEAH WAGONER OF THE DAWSON SPRINGS RD. SAYS SOMEONE STOLE TWO PUREBRED CHOCOLATE LABRADOR RETRIEVER PUPPIES SHE VALUES AT $1,000. +++ LIKE THEIR FELLOW KENTUCKY STATE TROOPERS AT POST TWO, MEN AND WOMEN IN GRAY FROM THE MAYFIELD POST STAGED THEIR ANNUAL ''SHOP WITH A TROOPER'' LAST WEEK,PROVIDING A MEAL AND A $100 SHOPPING SPREE FOR 40 YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. +++ WORK IS WELL UNDERWAY AT THE MASSIVE HEMLOCK SEMI-CONDUCTOR PLANT IN CLARKSVILLE, WITH OVER 1,000 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON THE SCENE EVERY WORK DAY. +++ WHILE THE U.S. POPULATION WAS INCREASING BY ALMOST 10% THE PAST DECADE, THE NUMBER OF KENTUCKIANS INCREASED BY ONLY 7% +++ |
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