| NEWS HEADLINES 1/14/11 |
|
THE LARGEST ''EAGLE REMEMBRANCE'' CEREMONY IN TERMS OF VICTIMS RECOGNIZED SINCE THE 1O1ST AIRBORNE DIVISION(AIR ASSAULT) BEGAN DEPLOYING LAST YEAR WAS MARKED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BY COMMENTS FROM COMRADES-IN-ARMS OF THE FALLEN TROOPERS. ++ MEANWHILE, ANY MEMBERS OF THE DIVISION COMMAND STAFF AT BAGRAM AIRFIELD IN AFGHANISTAN WHO ATE BREAKFAST WEDNESDAY MORNING AT THE INSTALLATION MESS HALL WERE GREETED BY NO LESS A PERSONAGE THAN VICE-PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN,WHO WAS MAKING HIS FIRST TRIP TO THE WAR-TORN COUNTRY AS V-P. + A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON FT. CAMPBELL BLVD. JUST BEFORE 6 THURSDAY EVENING SENT 31-YEAR OLD JOY NEWTON OF HOPKINSVILLE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER, WITH MS. NEWTON LOSING CONSCIOUSNESS WHILE DRIVING NORTH, WITH THE VEHICLE TRAVELLING ACROSS THE MEDIAN AND INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE, WHERE MS. NEWTON REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AND DROVE BACK INTO THE MEDIAN TO AVOID ON-COMING TRAFFIC. ++ FORMER MID-EAST ASSOCIATED PRESS CORRESPONDENT TERRY ANDERSON, WHOSE SISTER KEPT THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT BUSY FOR SEVERAL YEARS FROM HER HOME IN TRIGG COUNTY WHILE HE WAS HELD HOSTAGE IN THE MID-EAST, WILL BE FEATURED MONDAY ON THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL'S ''EXPLORER'' SERIES. ++ 15TH DISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE BRENT YONTS(D-GREENVILLE) SAYS HE'S PLEASED WITH THE INCREASED RECEIPTS IN DECEMBER FOR THE STATE'S GENERAL FUND;HOWEVER, HE ADDS THAT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE SUSTAINED, GIVEN REPORTS THAT SCHOOL FUNDING WILL BE CUT THIS YEAR. ++ MEANWHILE, KENTUCKY RANKS 34TH AMONG THE 50 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN OVERALL EDUCATION CATEGORIES FOR 2010, ACCORDING TO THE ANNUAL ''QUALITY COUNTS'' REPORT FROM ''EDUCATION WEEK'' MAGAZINE. +++ SAYING ''THIS IS NOT ARIZONA'', KENTUCKY STATE REPRESENTATIVE RICK RAND(D-BEDFORD) GAVE LITTLE CHANCE FOR PASSAGE OF THE IMMIGRATION BILL PASSED BY THE REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED SENATE LAST WEEK. +++ |
LISTEN LIVE