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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED 28-YEAR OLD LAHONRE MOORE AT 152 N. KENTUCKY AVE. TUESDAY MORNING ON 3 COUNTS OF ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR, WITH THE ARREST CARD NOTING THAT THE HOUSE WAS HEATED BY TWO ''PLUG-IN'' HEATERS, AN OPEN OVEN, AND AN IRON,AND CHILDREN AGES 2, 3, AND 6 WERE LIVING IN A HOME INFESTED WITH COCKROACHES,SPOILED FOOD, DIRTY DIAPERS, TRASH, AND DIRTY CLOTHING ON THE FLOOR.  POLICE HAD EARLIER FOLLOWED 30-YEAR OLD MELVIN MOORE TO THE SCENE AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY LED THEM ON A CHASE FROM THE NORTH DR. I-G-A STORE TO THE N. KENTUCKY AVE. ADDRESS. HE WAS CHARGED WITH FLEEING AND EVADING POLICE.
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A DECEMBER NEWSLETTER FROM  THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE INCLUDES A ''TOP 10'' LIST OF COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY BY AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT FOR 2009, WITH CHRISTIAN LISTED NO FEWER THAN 10 TIMES,INCLUDING FIRST IN RECEIPTS FROM ALL CROPS, AND FIRST IN ''CORN FOR GRAIN'' AND WINTER WHEAT.
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WHILE AN ALLIED HEALTH CARE BUILDING REMAINS A PRIORITY ON THE CONSTRUCTION LIST AT HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY HAS STEPPED INTO THE BREECH TO PROVIDE SUCH TRAINING, WITH A COURSE SCHEDULED THIS SPRING.
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BROTHERS SERVING IN A COMBAT ZONE AT THE SAME TIME IS A RARE OCCURENCE IN THIS DAY AND AGE;HOWEVER, BROTHERS JOEL AND JAMES BORCHARDT OF TUCSON, AZ, WHO ARE BOTH ASSIGNED TO THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION(AIR ASSAULT), RECENTLY HAD A ''FAMILY REUNION'' OF SORTS IN AFGHANISTAN.
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TWO-TIME H0PKINS COUNTY ATTORNEY TODD P'POOL HAS PLEDGED A QUARTER-MILLION DOLLARS TO HIS CAMPAIGN FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
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STATE POLICE PROJECTIONS FOR A SAFER YEAR ON KENTUCKY ROADWAYS PROVED CORRECT, WITH 44 FEWER FATALITIES IN 2010 THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
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BOTH OF THE ''UPSCALE'' EAGLE VIEWING BOAT TRIPS FOR THE NEW YEAR ARE SELLOUTS,  BUT THE CRUISE ON THE ''C-Q PRINCESS'' LUXURY YACHT FROM KENLAKE STATE PARK MARINA FOR MONDAY JANUARY 17TH IS NOT BOOKED UP.
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TWO WINNING TICKETS WERE SOLD FOR TUESDAY NIGHT'S $300-MILLION ''MEGA MILLIONS'' DRAWING, WITH NEITHER OF THOSE PURCHASED IN KENTUCKY. THE WINNING NUMBERS WERE 4-8-15-25-AND-47, WITH A ''MEGA BALL'' OF 42. SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE FAMILIAR TO LOYAL VIEWERS OF THE T-V SHOW ''LOST'', WITH PEOPLE WHO PLAYED THE NUMBERS POPULARIZED IN THE T-V SHOW ''LOST'' $150.
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