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HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENT DOCTOR JIM SELBE DELIVERED A COMPREHENSIVE ''STATE OF THE COLLEGE'' ADDRESS AT TUESDAY’S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BREAKFAST, FOCUSING ON ENROLLMENT, DONATIONS AND GRANTS TO THE COLLEGE AND PROVIDING OTHER FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT THE TWO YEAR SCHOOL ON NORTH DRIVE.
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AWINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY FOR THURSDAY AS NO LESS THAN TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE DURING THE DAY, CAUSING TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
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A WRECK WITH AT LEAST ONE INJURY MOMENTARILY CLOSED WEST 7TH STREET NEAR THE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER AROUND 2:30 TUESEDAY AFTERNOON, WHILE WET ROADS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO WRECKS IN MUHLENBERG, CRITTENDEN AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES ALSO SENT MOTORISTS TO LOCAL HOSPITALS.
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14 PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES ON KENTUCKY ROADWAYS IN 2011, CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN THE NUMBER FROM A YEAR AGO BUT STILL EXTREMELY TRAGIC WHEN ONE CONSIDERS 10 OF THE 13 VICTIMS IN MOTOR VEHICLES WERE NOT WEARING SEATBELTS AND THAT FOUR OF THE VICTIMS WERE IN CRASHES WHERE ALCOHOL WAS A SUSPECTED FACTOR.
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