NEWS HEADLINES 12/29
FORMER FT. CAMPBELL AND 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION(AIR ASSAULT) COMMANDER GENERAL DAVID PATRAEUS SPENT CHRISTMAS EVE ''IN THE FIELD'' IN AFGHANISTAN, WITH THE MAN WHO NOW HEADS ALL TROOPS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN DEVOTING PART OF THAT TIME TO CONGREGATIONAL SINGING DURING A CHURCH SERVICE AT ''FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHANK''.
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MEANWHILE, SOLDIERS FROM FT. CAMPBELL CONTINUED THEIR EFFORTS AGAINST AFGHAN INSURGENTS RIGHT UP TO CHRISTMAS, WITH TROOPERS FROM ''TASK FORCE RED CURRAHEE'' COMPLETING THEIR 3RD ''AIR ASSAULT'' IN A WEEK IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE HOLIDAY.
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CRIMESTOPPERS CO-ORDINATOR PAUL RAY SAYS THE CRIME-FIGHTING ORGANIZATION RECENTLY PASSED A FINANCIAL MILESTONE, WITH THE $200,000 MARK SURPASSED IN FUNDS PAID TO ''TIPSTERS'' SINCE THE ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED LOCALLY IN 1985.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED 30-YEAR OLD MAURIZIO FORTE AT W. 14TH AND CHERRY STREETS EARLY TUESDAY EVENING ON A VARIETY OF CHARGES INCLUDING TRAFFICKING MARIJUJANA AND FLEEING AND EVADING,WITH FORTE HAVING A COUNTERFEIT $20 BILL IN HIS POCKET,ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT.
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MEANWHILE, TWO MORE REPORTS OF COUNTERFEIT $20 BILLS BEING PASSED IN HOPKINSVILLE ARE ON FILE WITH CITY POLICE, THOUGH ONE IS AN ADDITION TO AN EARLIER REPORT. ANOTHER BAD $20 WAS FOUND AT THE KANGAROO EXPRESS ON LAFAYETTE RD., WHILE 4 BOGUS BILLS WERE REPORTED FROM THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE IN THE INDIAN HILLS SHOPPING CENTER.
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ARRESTED ON A WARRANT SERVED ON HIM AT FT. CAMPBELL YESTERDAY,WHERE HE SERVES IN THE ARMY, WAS 42-YEAR OLD MARC STALEY OF HOPKINSVILLE, WHO ALLEGEDLY KILLED A DOG BELONGING TO 22-YEAR OLD ISMELDA STALEY OF HOPKINSVILLE AND HANDED HER THE REMAINS IN A BAG WHEN SHE QUERIED HIM ABOUT ITS WHEREABOUTS.
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FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 4 DAYS, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE LOOKING FOR THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE WHO LEFT THE SCENE AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A WRECK WHERE INJURIES OCCURRED,WITH THE LATEST REPORTED ON THE OVIL RD, WHERE A PICKUP TRUCK HIT AN ICY PATCH AND LEFT THE ROAD, STRIKING A TREE AND LEAVING THE DRIVER WITH HEAD AND CHEST INJURIES, THOUGH HE AND HIS GIRL FRIEND LEF THE SCENE BEFORE AUTHORITIES ARRIVED. THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE REPORT FROM SHERIFF'S DEPUTY ROB SCHNEIDER.
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