A FT. CAMPBELL SOLDIER WAS HONORED TUESDAY WITH A PURPLE HEART AND AN AIR MEDAL FOR HIS ACTIONS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO IN AFGHANISTAN, WITH SPECIALIST LEANDRO GARCIA OF THE 563RD AVIATION SUPPORT BATTALION, 159TH COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE SERVING IN A VOLUNTEER CAPACITY AS A ''DOOR GUNNER''  ON A CH-47 ''CHINOOK'' HELICOPTER AT THE TIME.
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THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER HAS BEEN SET FOR ''REGIONAL EDUCATION SUMMIT, 2-THOUSAND 11'', WHICH IS SET FEBRUARY 5TH AT HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS, GENE WILHOIT, TO SPEAK. IN ADDITION TO CHRISTIAN COUNTY, THE SUMMIT WILL ALSO FOCUS ON EDUCATION IN TRIGG AND TODD COUNTIES.
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ON AN EDUCATION NOTE FROM THE MILITARY, THE O.M. BARSANTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,WHICH OPENED TO ABOUT 550 PRE-KINDERGARTEN TO 5TH GRADE STUDENTS ON MONDAY, WILL BE DEDICATED FRIDAY AT FORT CAMPBELL.
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MEANWHILE, AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY IS STAGING ONE OF ITS PERIODIC EVENTS TO ALLOW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THE CLARKSVILLE SCHOOL, WITH ''SPRING 2-THOUSAND 11 A-P DAY'' SET FOR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH, FROM NOON TO FIVE.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED TWO YOUNG MEN IN CONNECTION WITH SHOTS BEING FIRED FROM A HIGH-POWERED RIFLE IN THE AREA OF MORNINGSIDE DRIVE AND WALNUT STREET LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WITH 21-YEAR OLD JACOB JOHNSON OF HOPKINSVILLE AND 19-YEAR OLD TYLER STRODE, WHO HAS A PEMBROKE ADDRESS, BOTH CHARGED WITH WANTON ENDANGERMENT.  CITED INTO COURT IN ANOTHER INCIDENT  WAS 42-YEAR OLD BETTY JO DEASON OF HOPKINSVILLE, WHO ALLEGEDLY BACKED INTO A VEHICLE OWNED BY TONY KIRVES OF SOUTHERN EXPOSURE AS SHE ATTEMPTED TO PARALLEL PARK ON S. MAIN ST. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN LEFT THE SCENE.  THE CITATION SAYS MS. DEASON WAS FOUND IN A PARKING LOT ABOUT A BLOCK FROM THE SCENE. 
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THIS WEEK'S FUGITIVES FROM CRIMESTOPPERS ARE 30-YEAR OLD TIMOTHY GREGG BRITT, BLACK MALE, 6'/160, WHO IS WANTED FOR PROBATION VIOLATION; AND 30-YEAR OLD SHATONYA ELAM, BLACK FEMALE, 5'3''/150, WHO IS NAMED IN SEVERAL OUTSTANDING WARRANTS. OFFICER PAUL RAY SAYS A CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF EITHER FUGITIVE.  YOU NEED NOT GIVE  YOUR NAME AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT.  CALL 887-TIPS.

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A TUESDAY AFTERNOON TRAFFIC MISHAP AT FT. CAMPBELL BOULEVARD AND SIVLEY RD.  INVOLVING 4 VEHICLES SENT 3 DRIVERS TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT. INJURED IN THE INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED ABOUT 1:50 P.M. WERE 80-YEAR OLD BETTY DAVIS OF CADIZ, 27-YEAR OLD LIZA KAWALLER OF HOPKINSVILLE, AND 23-YEAR OLD JARED BANKS OF HOPKINSVILLE, WHILE THE DRIVER OF A MILK TRUCK, 55-YEAR OLD MICHAEL AUSTIN OF HANSON, WAS UNINJURED. ALL WERE WEARING THEIR SEAT BELTS, WITH MS. DAVIS SOUTHBOUND AND POSSIBLY DISREGARDING THE RED LIGHT, ACCORDING TO WITNESSES.  HER VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH MS. KAWALLER'S, WHICH WAS CROSSING FT. CAMPBELL BLVD. FROM SIVLEY RD. TO CLINIC DR.  AFTER INITIAL IMPACT, MS. DAVIS'S CAR CONTINUED SOUTHBOUND AND CROSSED THE MEDIAN, HEADED TOWARD DAVIS, WHO WAS STATIONARY, BUT ATTEMPTED TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION. THE POLICE REPORT SAYS DAVIS BACKED INTO THE MILK TRUCK BEHIND HIM, AND DESPITE HIS EFFORTS, MS. DAVIS'S CAR STILL HIT HIS.

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WHILE 8TH DISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY CONTINUES TO STUDY WAYS TO REDUCE THE PRISON POPULATION IN KENTUCKY, METHODS ALREADY IN USE ARE RESULTING IN SOME POSITIVE RESULTS.
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