NEWS HEADLINES 12/25

FORMER HOPKINSVILLE MAYOR WALLY BRYAN, WHO HELPED FOUND THE LOCAL FAITH-BASED ''CHALLENGE HOUSE'' MOVEMENT IN HOPKINSVILLE, OFFERS A MESSAGE OF HOPE AND PROGRESS THIS CHRISTMAS AS HE REFLECTS ON HIS 6 AND A HALF YEARS IN THE INNER-CITY.
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MOTHER NATURE TREATED THE PENNYRILE WITH THE ''HIGH SIDE'' OF SNOW PREDICTIONS, CREATING A ''WINTER WONDERLAND'' OVERNIGHT FRIDAY, WITH SHIFT SERGEANT AT THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT MICHAEL FELTS SAYING MOST MAJOR STREETS WERE ''SLUSHY'', THOUGH SIDE STREETS WERE SLICK SATURDAY MORNING,AND E-C-C CAPTAIN TONI MAJORS SAID RURAL SECONDARY ROADS WERE SLICK, BUT MOST OF THE MAJOR ROUTES IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY HAD AT LEAST ONE LANE IN GOOD SHAPE.
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ELSEWHERE, HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN KEITH TODD SAYS CREWS WERE OUT ALL NIGHT FRIDAY PLOWING SNOW AFTER EARLIER ''PRE-TREATING'' THE PAVEMENT, WITH THE STORM DEVELOPING MUCH MORE RAPIDLY THAN ANTICIPATED, PUTTING SOME CREWS BEHIND THOUGH PROGRESS WAS REPORTED IN THE BATTLE AGAINST THE WHITE STUFF WHICH TOTALLED AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES IN SOME AREAS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY.
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TODD ALSO NOTES THAT CHRISTMAS WEEKEND TRAVELLERS IN KENTUCKY HAVE A  ''NEW TOOL'' TO KEEP ABREAST OF CURRENT TRAFFIC AND ROAD CONDITIONS, AS THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS NOW HAS ''FACEBOOK'' PAGES FOR THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS, INCLUDING DISTRICT ONE, WHICH INCLUDES TRIGG COUNTIES, AND DISTRICT TWO, WHICH INCLUDES CHRISTIAN AND HOPKINS COUNTIES..
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MEANWHILE, FOR THOSE WITHOUT ACCESSIBILITY TO ''FACEBOOK'' WHILE ON THE MOVE AND AT ANY OTHER TIME, THOSE WITH CELL PHONES MAY DIAL 5-1-1 FOR UP-T0-DATE TRAFFIC AND ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
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ELSEWHERE, KEITH TODD REMINDS ALL MOTORISTS WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICES--OR ANYTHING ELSE WHICH MIGHT CLAIM THEIR ATTENTION--THAT ''DISTRACTED DRIVING'' IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN KENTUCKY.
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HOPKINSVILLE FIRE FIGHTERS WORKING THE CHRISTMAS EVE SHIFT OUT OF THE MAIN STATION ON W. FIRST ST. WERE DISPATCHED EARLY AND LATE, THOUGH BEFORE THE SNOW BEGAN TO FALL, WITH A 7 A.M. RUN TO A CAR FIRE ON SOUTH JESSUP AVENUE AND A 4 P.M. RESPONSE TO A KITCHEN STOVE FIRE ON CENTRAL AVENUE, WITH $6,000 DOLLARS DAMAGE LISTED FOR THE CAR FIRE AND NONE FROM THE STOVE FIRE.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF CHECKS FROM 47-YEAR OLD LYNDON GOODE, WHO LISTS SUSPECTS IN THE THEFT OF THE ITEMS TAKEN FROM PAWNEE DRIVE AND CASHED FOR A TOTAL OF $750.
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AND TRACEY BEARNS TOLD POLICE ON THURSDAY THAT SOMEONE TOOK JEWELRY VALUED AT $500 FROM A FAIRVIEW DRIVE ADDRESS.
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