AFTERNOON HEADLINES

THE NOVEMBER UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE SIX PENNYRILE COUNTIES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA WERE ALL WELL BELOW WHAT THEY WERE A YEAR AGO, BUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CHRISTIAN, ALL OF THE JOBLESS RATES WERE HIGHER THAN THEY WERE IN OCTOBER.
     **
STATEWIDE, KIM BRANNOCK OF THE OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT OF TRAINING SAYS ONE GOOD SIGN OF THINGS TO COME IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTEMPTING TO RE-ENTER THE WORKFORCE WITH A RENEWED HOPE WORK MAY BE OUT THERE, THOUGH THE STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS UP A TENTH OF A PERCENT FROM ONE YEAR AGO.
     **
KENTUCKY STATE POLICE CITED 37-YEAR OLD ROBERT COOK OF UNION CITY, TENNESSEE INTO COURT FROM GATEWAY MEDICAL CENTER SUNDAY NIGHT AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY DROVE DRUNK AND CRASHED HIS VEHICLE INTO A TREE IN PEMBROKE ON THE TUTT ROAD.
     **
STATE OFFICIALS SAY ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A WRECK ON KENTUCKY ROADWAYS OVER THE CHRISTMAS TRAVEL WEEKEND, WHICH IS DOWN FROM THREE LAST YEAR.
     **
ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIALS WILL BE SWORN IN AT THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:30, ACCORDING TO CIRCUIT JUDGE JOHN ATKINS.