AFTERNOON HEADLINES
THE PENNYRILE FOREST AND LAKE BARKLEY STATE RESORT PARKS ARE AMONG THOSE ACROSS KENTUCKY HOSTING SPECIAL NEW YEARS EVE CELEBRATIONS AND OFFERING LODGING AND DINING PACKAGES TO THOSE WANTING A UNIQUE HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE.
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SOUTH OF THE STATE LINE, THE CLARKSVILLE TRANSIT SYSTEM WILL BE OFFERING FREE RIDES HOME FRIDAY NIGHT FOR ANYONE AT A PARTY OR BAR WHO HAS CONSUMED ALCOHOL AND NEEDS A SAFE WAY BACK HOME.
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AND KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SAY THEY WILL BE RAMPING UP EFFORTS TO CURB IMPAIRED DRIVING EVEN HIGHER THIS WEEKEND AS MORE STATE TROOPERS WILL BE ON ROADWAYS LOOKING TO ARREST THOSE DRIVING DRUNK.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SAYS 25-YEAR OLD MARINE SGT. GARETT MISENER OF CORDOVA, TENNESSEE WAS KILLED MONDAY IN AFGHANISTAN.
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A WRECK ON WALNUT STREET TUESDAY MORNING SENT 74-YEAR OLD JULIA WEST OF HOKINSVILLE AND 74-YEAR OLD JANE BLAKENSHIP AND 56-YEAR OLD SANDRA MORRIS, BOTH OF CROFTON, TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER.