AFTERNOON HEADLINES 1/13

U.S. SENATOR DOCTOR RAND PAUL SPOKE TO THE HOPKINSVILLE KIWANIS CLUB THURSDAY AND SAID ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES FACING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THE NATIONAL DEBT AND FINDING A WAY TO STOP ADDING TO IT.
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THE FIRST DAY OF THE SPRING SEMESTER AT AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH THURSDAY AFTER FORMER STUDENT CLIFFORD GUTHRIE ALLEGEDLY MADE THREATS OF VIOLENCE THIS WEEK, WITH THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTING THAT GUTHRIE WENT TO GATEWAY MEDICAL CENTER FOR A MENTAL EVALUATION AFTER LEARNING THE TBI WAS COMING TO LOOK FOR HIM.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGE JIM ADAMS APPROVED A MOTION TO SEND THE ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE AGAINST 42-YEAR OLD MARC STALEY TO A CHRISTIAN COUNTY GRAND JURY, WITH HIS CHARGES ELEVATED TO ANIMAL TORTURE FOR ALLEGEDLY SKINNING AND KILLING HIS WIFE’S DOG LAST MONTH.
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OFFICIALS WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS OF CLARKSVILLE ARE HOPING RESIDENTS USE THEIR DAY OFF MONDAY TO TAKE PART IN A SPECIAL “ELVIS THEMED” BLOOD DRIVE AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS ON MADISON STREET.