IF 8TH DISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY(D-HOPKINSVILLE) DECIDES TO SEEK THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, HE WON'T BE ALONE, WITH AT LEAST TWO OTHER ATTORNEYS SHOWING AN ''INTEREST'', THOUGH NONE WILL DECLARE IF JACK CONWAY DECIDES TO SEEK A SECOND TERM,ACCORDING TO LOUISVILLE ''COURIER-JOURNAL'' POLITICAL COLUMNIST JOSEPH GERTH.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE PASSING OF A COUNTERFEIT $20 BILL, WITH 39-YEAR OLD RONNIE CHESTER OF HOPKINSVILLE ARRESTED AFTER THE BOGUS BILL WAS PASSED AT THE COPPER STILL LIQUOR STORE ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD MONDAY NIGHT.
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ANOTHER ARREST OF NOTE INVOLVES 22-YEAR OLD HEATHER BALLARD OF HOPKINSVILLE, WHO GAVE THE NAME OF HER SISTER LESLIE, IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID BEING SERVED SEVERAL WARRANTS, INCLUDING NO FEWER THAN 3 FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR FOR SENTENCING, ACCORDING TO THE ARREST CARD..
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ON FILE AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARE ARREST CARDS FOR 31-YEAR OLD JASON MOCK OF SHARON GROVE, WHO WAS ARRESTED FOLLOWING A FOOT CHASE AT A DAWSON ROAD RESIDENCE MONDAY NIGHT AND SERVED WITH WARREN COUNTY WARRANTS ALLEGING BAIL BOND JUMPING AND BEING A PERSISTENT FELONY OFFENDER; AND FOR 20-YEAR OLD LESLIE HOUCHENS OF THE BUTLER ROAD, FOR RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY AND THEFT FOR STEALING A $1,000 T-V AND SELLING IT FOR $50.
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AS PART OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH ACTIVITIES NEXT MONTH, THE JEFFERSON DAVIS STATE HISTORICAL SITE AT FAIRVIEW  IS OFFERING A FEBRUARY 4TH PROGRAM PORTRAYING HOW FREE AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN SURVIVED AND SUPPORTED BLACK SOLDIERS FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
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AS ANTICIPATED, LAST SUMMER'S HARSH WEATHER CONDITIONS HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE OUTPUT OF KENTUCKY'S FARMS, WITH CORN PRODUCTION DOWN 20% FROM THE YEAR BEFORE; SOYBEANS, 31%; AND BURLEY TOBACCO, 13%.
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MEANWHILE, KENTUCKY FARMERS WHO NEED HELP SELLING THEIR PRODUCTS AT RETAIL CAN FIND IT AT FOUR TRAINING SESSIONS AT VARIOUS SITES IN THE STATE NEXT MONTH, INCLUDING ONE IN BOWLING GREEN FEBRUARY 24TH.