| NEWS HEADLINES 12/28 |
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THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN ANNUAL ''LISTS'' ARE COMPILED AND THE ELECTION OF DR. RAND PAUL OF BOWLING GREEN TO THE U.S. SENATE IS THE NUMBER ONE STORY STATEWIDE THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO A POLL OF ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBERS,WHO LISTED FORT CAMPBELL'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE WAR ON TERROR NO BETTER THAN 5TH. ++ MEANWHILE, SPECIALIST NICHOLAS ROBINSON OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION(AIR ASSAULT) WAS RECENTLY PRESENTED THE NATION'S THIRD HIGHEST AWARD FOR HEROISM, THE ''SILVER STAR'', BY ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL GEORGE CASEY FOR HIS ROLE IN REPELLING A GROUND ATTACK ON A FORWARD BASE IN AFGHANISTAN. +++ AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT WITH A VALUE OF JUST LESS THAN $20,000 HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM STORAGE FACILITIES IN NORTH CHRISTIAN COUNTY, WITH RONNIE DETWEILER OF THE CROFTON-DAWSON ROAD TELLING SHERIFF'S OFFICE DEPUTY PAM GLOVER YESTERDAY THAT SOMEONE TOOK OVER 15OO BUSHELS OF SOYBEANS WORTH $13.00/BUSHEL FROM TWO SILOS LOCATED ON JOHNSON MILL RD. +++ AREA MERCHANTS ARE ADVISED TO AGAIN BE ALERT FOR COUNTERFEITERS WITH REPORTS AT THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT LISTING BOGUS $20 BILLS PASSED AT INDIAN HILLS B-P, THE KANGAROO EXPRESS ON LAFAYETTE RD., AND SWIFTY OIL ON FT. CAMPBELL BLVD. OVER AN 8 HOUR PERIOD ON MONDAY. +++ 72-YEAR OLD MARION POWELL OF THE OVIL ROAD ESCAPED INJURY YESTERDAY MORNING WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS COUNTY-OWNED PICKUP TRUCK ON AN ICY STRETCH OF ROADWAY NEAR HIS HOME AND THE VEHICLE OVERTURNED. ++ CITY POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE WHO LEFT THE SCENE AFTER HE CRASHED HIS S-U-V OFF CANTON PIKE JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT SUNDAY, WITH THE REPORT SAYING HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT IN CLARKSVILLE AND A RELATIVE SPECULATING THAT ALCOHOL MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. +++ THE THEFT OF A 30-30 CALIBER WINCHESTER RIFLE BELONGING TO JAMES GRANT AND TAKEN FROM A W. 4TH ST. HOME IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY HOPKINSVILLE POLICE. +++ |
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