NEWS HEADLINES 12/27

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO BEWARE OF ISOLATED ''SLICK SPOTS'' ON A DAY WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS NOT EXPECTED TO GET PAST FREEZING IN MOST OF THE PENNYRILE, THOUGH A ''WARMING TREND'' IS PREDICTED LATER IN THE WEEK BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH,WITH ''ACCU-WEATHER'' FORECASTING A HIGH IN THE 40'S ON WEDNESDAY.
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY SAYS DRUG COURTS IN KENTUCKY ARE EFFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE EXPANDED, THOUGH FUNDING WAS TERMINATED FOR THE LOCAL TEEN DRUG COURT.
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WORK ON THE NEW CHRISTIAN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL ON GLASS AVENUE HAS FALLEN A MONTH BEHIND SCHEDULE, THOUGH THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING UP LOST TIME INCREASES AS MORE ''INSIDE WORK'' BECOMES AVAILABLE.
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HOPKINSVILLE CITY COUNCILMAN DAVE FERNANDEZ SAYS ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE CITY DURING HIS 3 YEARS ON COUNCIL WAS THE ''COMMUNITY BUILT'' PLAYGROUND ON NORTH DRIVE.
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STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN KEITH TODD HAS ISSUED A ''GOOD STUFF OF THE WEEK'' AWARD TO THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ITS ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AGAINST THOSE DISREGARDING THE ''RED ARROW'' AT THE ENTRANCE TO WAL-MART,WITH TWO MORE CITATIONS ISSUED SUNDAY.
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THE ''WARNING TICKET'' PERIOD FOR ''TEXTING WHILE DRIVING'' ENDS AT MIDNIGHT FRIDAY, AND OFFICERS WILL BEGIN CITING VIOLATORS INTO COURT FOR THE OFFENSE.
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3RD DISTRICT STATE SENATOR JOEY PENDLETON(D-HOPKINSVILLE) WILL CHALLENGE STATE SENATOR JERRY RHODES(D-MADISONVILLE) FOR THE MINORITY WHIP JOB DURING THE NEXT SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,WHILE FORMER GOVERNOR JULIAN CARROLL(D-FRANKFORT), WHO--AT 79--IS THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THE KENTUCKY SENATE, IS IN A BATTLE FOR THE MINORITY LEADER'S POST WITH THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE UPPER CHAMBER, SENATOR R.J. PALMER(D-WINCHESTER), WHO IS 40.
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THE ''ATTEMPTED MURDER'' CHARGE LODGED AGAINST A FT. CAMPBELL MILITARY POLICEMAN ON CHRISTMAS MORNING BY CLARKSVILLE POLICE WILL BE UPGRADED TO HOMICIDE, WITH 34-YEAR OLD SAMANTHA MARIE MILLER SUCCUMBING TO A GUNSHOT WOUND IN THE HEAD WHICH 27-YEAR OLD TIMOTHY ANDREW PUTNAM CLAIMS WAS ACCIDENTALLY INFLICTED.
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A BUSINESS ON E. 21ST STREET AND 3 OTHERS AT THE NORTH END OF FT. CAMPBELL BOULEVARD WERE DAMAGED BY GUNFIRE EARLY SUNDAY, WITH THE ALARMS ACTIVATED AT LONE STAR PAWN SHOP AND THE COPPER STILL, WHERE DAMAGE FROM BULLETS WAS DISCOVERED, WHILE THE SHOOTER ALSO HIT HOME GROWN BARGAINS AND BLUEGRASS CHECK ADVANCE.
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DEREK PATTERSON OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS CITED INTO COURT AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY SERVED ALCOHOL AT D-J'S BAR DOWNTOWN ON CHRISTMAS DAY AFTER BEING CAUTIONED AGAINST IT BY POLICE.
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ADDITIONAL THEFT CHARGES HAVE BEEN LODGED AGAINST THE TENNESSEE COUPLE ARRESTED LAST WEEK FOR BREAKING INTO VEHICLES, WITH CARRIE NAVE OF NASHVILLE FACING TWO ADDITIONAL CHARGES OF RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY, ALONG WITH BEING A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE, AND ROBERT SWIFT OF WHITE HOUSE SEEING 4 MORE RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY CHARGES ADDED, ALONG WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND BEING A FUGITIVE FROM TENNESSEE.
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A CITATION WAS ISSUED ON CHRISTMAS DAY TO THE MOTHER OF A LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT WHO HAS ACCUMULATED 18 ''UNEXCUSED ABSENCES'' THIS YEAR.
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