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CHRISTIAN COUNTY DIDN'T MAKE IT A FULL WEEK INTO THE NEW YEAR WITHOUT COUNTING A TRAFFIC FATALITY, WITH 42-YEAR OLD STEVE FAULK, WHO WAS KNOWN AS ALLEN FAULK OF DAWSON SPRINGS, STRUCK AND KILLED BETWEEN THE PRINCETON ROAD AND DAWSON  SPRINGS ROAD ON THE BY-PASS ABOUT 5:45 P.M. FRIDAY,  WITH WEATHER NOT LISTED AS A FACTOR ON THE REPORT FROM HOPKINSVILLE POLICE.
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OVERNIGHT SNOW FRIDAY CREATED SOME HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS, WITH 17-YEAR BROOKLYN CHOATE AND HER PASSENGER, 18-YEAR OLD TATE HEMP, BOTH OF TRIGG COUNTY, TAKEN TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER AFTER THE CAR MS. CHOATE WAS DRIVING SLID OFF KENTUCKY 272 WEST OF HOPKINSVILLE.
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TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS LESS THAN THE ONE INCH PREDICTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OF THIS AREA, BUT MORE THAN THE ''COUPLE OF SNOW SHOWERS'' PREDICTED BY ''ACCU-WEATHER'' FORECASTERS.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE OFFICER FRANKIE POLLARD CHARGED 36-YEAR OLD DAMON LAMONT TRICE OF HOPKINSVILLE WITH A THIRD OFFENSE OF TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER TRICE ALLEGEDLY MADE A TURN WITHOUT SIGNALLING IN ADVANCE.
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