THE FIRST BABY OF THE YEAR AT JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER IS A 6 LB 13 OZ BOY WHO WAS BORN AT 4:18 A.M. JAN. 1, WITH THE HOSPITAL LISTING THE PARENTS AS KRISTEN TURNER AND JOSEPH ROSS.

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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE REPORTED ONLY A ''COUPLE'' DRUNKEN DRIVING ARRESTS NEW YEAR'S EVE, WHILE DISPATCHERS AT THE E-C-C AND  THE MADISONVILLE STATE POLICE POST REPORTED A RELATIVELY QUIET NIGHT, WITH STEADY RAIN AND NO SEVERE WEATHER.
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MEANWHILE, 1.02" OF RAIN HAD ALREADY BEEN RECORDED AT THE MESONET SITE NORTH OF HOPKINSVILLE BY EARLY JANUARY 1, WITH THE YEAR ENDING WITH JUST UNDER A QUARTER INCH ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
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MOTHER NATURE SAVED THE WARMEST DAY IN DECEMBER FOR LAST,  WITH THE MESONET SITE RECORDING A PEAK TEMPERATURE OF 64 AND 7-TENTHS DEGREES ON DECEMBER 31.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE MADE 3 BURGLARY ARRESTS FRIDAY, WITH 21-YEAR OLD DERRICK POWELL AND 18-YEAR 0LD DEAVONTE FERMAN,BOTH OF HOPKINSVILLE,  TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN CONNECTION WITH ATTEMPTED ENTRIES AT TWO HOMES ON MAPLEWOOD, AND 32-YEAR WESLEY PRYOR THE THIRD OF HOPKINSVILLE ARRESTED ON LAFAYETTE ROAD AFTER HE WAS ALLEGEDLY FOUND INSIDE AN APARTMENT AT THORNTON COURT.
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