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STATE REPRESENTATIVES MYRON DOSSETT(R-PEMBROKE) AND JOHN TILLEY(D-HOPKINSVILLE) SAY THEY ANTICIPATE THAT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WILL WORK TOGETHER CLOSELY DURING THIS SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
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U.S. SENATOR RAND PAUL(R-KY) SAYS HE KNEW RACHEL MC-CUBBIN FOR SOME TIME BEFORE HE NAMED HER ASSISTANT STATE DIRECTOR OF HIS STAFF AND FEELS SHE IS THE PROPER CHOICE FOR THE POST.
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MEANWHILE, MS. MC-CUBBIN SAYS SENATOR PAUL'S FIRST DISTRICT OFFICE WILL BE LOCATED IN SUITE 12, 1100 SOUTH MAIN STREET, HOPKINSVILLE, WITH A LOCAL PHONE NUMBER OF 270-885-1212.
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THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERIES IN HOPKINSVILLE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY WHICH BEGAN FRIDAY NIGHT WAS REPORTED SUNDAY NIGHT ON THE MADISONVILLE ROAD WHERE BRANDON WOOLF TOLD SHERIFF'S DEPUTY PHILLIP MEACHAM THAT AS MANY AS 5 BLACK MALES ENTERED HIS HOME ARMED WITH GUNS AND DEMANDING MONEY, WITH THE ROBBERS GETTING AWAY WITH ALMOST $400 CASH.
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ALSO ON FILE AT THE CHRISTIAN  SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS THE REPORT OF THE RECOVERY OF THREE WALLETS FROM THE DUMPSTER BEHIND CHUBBY'S SUBS ON THE PEMBROKE ROAD, WITH DEPUTY MEACHAM CONFIRMING THAT AT LEAST  ONE OF THEM WAS STOLEN IN CLARKSVILLE.
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MEANWHILE, HOPKINSVILLE POLICE STOPPED AN INDIANA MAN FOR SPEEDING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND IT TURNED OUT HE IS WANTED IN TENNESSEE, WITH AUTHORITIES IN RHEA COUNTY HOLDING A WARRANT FOR 23-YEAR OLD ALEX J. WHITMAN OF TERRE HAUTE.
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STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN KEITH TODD SAYS THE OPENING OF THE EXTENSION OF THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY TO I-24 COULD RELIEVE TRAFFIC ON U.S. 41-A BETWEEN HOPKINSVILLE AND THE OAK GROVE/FT. CAMPBELL AREA BY AS MANY AS 6,000 TO 8,000 VEHICLES PER DAY.
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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM IS OFFERING CASH INCENTIVES TO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS TO REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION, WITH THE MONEY TO BE USED TO BENEFIT STUDENTS.
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SCOTT SHACKELFORD OF TODD COUNTY HAS BEEN AWARDED A STATE GRANT OF $24,500 TO ESTABLISH A CENTRAL RECEIVING AND SHIPPING POINT FOR LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE.
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CLARKSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SATURDAY MORNING STABBING DEATH OF MONTAVIOUS TALLEY, WHO CRASHED HIS S-U-V AFTER WHAT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN A BOTCHED DRUG DEAL, WITH TWO SUSPECTS DETAINED BY POLICE.
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A BUS CARRYING U-K BASKETBALL FANS FROM THE PADUCAH AREA TO SATURDAY'S L-S-U GAME CAUGHT FIRE ON THE WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAY, WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED.
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