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ONE MORE FT. CAMPBELL FATALITY IN AFGHANISTAN CAN BE COUNTED IN 2010, WITH 25-YEAR OLD SGT. MICHAEL J. BECKERMAN OF SAINTE GENEVIEVE, MO AND THE SECOND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION(AIR ASSAULT) KILLED BY A MAKESHIFT BOMB NEW YEAR'S EVE. HIS DEATH WAS THE 105TH COMBAT DEATH OF THE YEAR FOR FT. CAMPBELL-BASED SOLDIERS.
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ANOTHER YEAR OF WEATHER EXTREMES WAS EXPERIENCED LOCALLY, WITH NO FEWER THAN 4 CONFIRMED TORNADO ''TOUCHDOWNS'', FIVE SNOWS OF TWO INCHES OR MORE, A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 101 DEGREES AND A LOW OF JUST OVER 1 DEGREE ABOVE ZERO ALL EXPERIENCED IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY.
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MAYOR DAN KEMP SAYS THE HOPKINSVILLE WATER ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY IS PLANNING A $20-MILLION SEWER EXPANSION AND RENOVATION PROJECT.
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CONGRESSMAN ED WHITFIELD(R-1ST) SAYS HE'LL USE HIS NEWLY-ACQUIRED POST AS CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE SUB-COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND POWER TO ''REIN IN'' THE EXCESSES OF THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.
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KIWANIS CLUB MEMBER WILLIE RENSHAW SAYS THE 2010 ''WARM THE CHILDREN'' FUND-RAISING EFFORT CAME UP ABOUT $6,000 SHORT,
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LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE BUSY OVER THE FIRST WEEKEND OF THE YEAR, WITH SHERIFF'S DETECTIVE JIMMY BERGHAMMER AND DEPUTIES ROB SCHNEIDER AND SCOTT NOISWORTHY ARRESTING 28-YEAR OLD LEE ANNE HUDNALL AT HER RESIDENCE AT 7861 LAFAYETTE RD. EARLY MONDAY MORNING ON CHARGES OF MANUFACTURING AND POSSESSING METHAMPHETAMINES, POSSESSION OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA, AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
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ARRESTED NEW YEAR'S NIGHT AT THEIR HOME ON THE EDWARDS MILL ROAD ON CHARGES OF UNLAWFUL TRANSACTION WITH A MINOR WERE 19-YEAR OLD NICHOLAS HULL  AND 19-YEAR OLD MELISSA HULL, WITH THE ARREST CARDS FROM SHERIFF'S SGT. ROSS LITTLEPAGE AND DEPUTY ROB SCHNEIDER  NOTING THERE WAS AN ''UNDER-AGE DRINKING PARTY'' IN PROGRESS AT THE HULL'S RESIDENCE.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED 47-YEAR OLD ALONZO BYERS OF HOPKINSVILLE FOR D-U-I, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND FLEEING AND EVADING WITH A VEHICLE AND THEN ON FOOT, WITH BYERS ARRESTED AT LEWIS AND HAYES STREETS AT 10 MINUTES TO 11 SUNDAY NIGHT.
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HEATHER GONZALEZ OF HOPKINSVILLE TOLD POLICE SHE WAS ASSAULTED AND ROBBED OF $985 CASH BY A NAMED SUSPECT AT Y'ALL'S SHELL ON E. 9TH ST. EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED 41-YEAR OLD JAVIER MANUAL OF HOPKINSVILLE FOR BURGLARY AFTER HE WAS IDENTIFIED BY CIRCUIT JUDGE JOHN ATKINS, WHO SAW MANUAL ATTEMPTING TO BREAK INTO A RESIDENCE AT E. 18TH AND S. MAIN ST. NEW YEAR'S NIGHT.
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