A NEAR CAPACITY-CROWD SHOWED UP FOR THE ANNUAL NAACP DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY COMEMORATIVE CEREMONY AT DURRET AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH MONDAY, WHERE MURRAY ST. JOHNS MISSIONANRY BAPTIST CHURCH ASSOCIATE PASTOR AND HOPKINSVILLE NATIVE JEREMY MERRIWETHER SAID SOCIETY IS AT THE “FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN” THAT DOCTOR KING OF SPOKE DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
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ANOTHER FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER HAS BEEN LOST IN THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN, WITH 21-YEAR OLD PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ZACHARY STEVEN SALMON OF HARRISON OHIO KILLED BY SMALL ARMS FIRE LAST WEDNESDAY.
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KENTUCKY U.S. SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL RECENTLY VISITED WITH MEMBERS OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION IN AFGHANISTAN AND SAID THAT COUNTRY’S MILITARY FORCES MUST MAKE MORE PROGRESS TOWARDS BEING SELF-SUSTAINING THIS YEAR.
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“TODD COUNTY STANDARD” COLUMNIST AND KENTUCKY JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME MEMBER LARRY CRAIG IS DEAD AT THE AGE OF 61 AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.
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A WRECK CAUSED BY A PATCH OF “BLACK ICE” IN CALDWELL COUNTY MONDAY MORNING SENT 17-YEAR OLD ASHLEY EDWARDS OF BOWLING GREEN TO CALDWELL COUNTY HOSPITAL.
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