NEWS HEADLINES 1/20

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE DAY THURSDAY,EFFECTIVE AT 6 A.M., AS TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN SOME AREAS, THOUGH THE REVISED ''ACCU-WEATHER'' FORECAST ONLY CALLS FOR AN INCH, THOUGH MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION.
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A TOTAL OF 3 BURGLARIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE HOPKINSVILLE CITY LIMITS NETTED THIEVES ITEMS WITH A COMBINED VALUE IN EXCESS OF $5,500, WITH ELECTRONICS, JEWELRY AND CLOTHING WORTH AN ESTIMATED $2,595 MISSING FROM THE PEACH STREET HOME OF LEEANNE WARD; UNSPECIFIED ITEMS WORTH $2,025 TAKEN FROM THE HOME OF FRANCIE POINDEXTER ON STRATFORD COURT; AND A PLAYSTATION 3 ELECTRONIC GAME AND 10 GAMES FOR THE DEVICE ALONG WITH 15-20 D-V-D MOVIES WITH A COMBINED VALUE OF $950 TAKEN FROM THE HOME OF TOMMY FISH ON THE POOLE MILL RD, CROFTON..
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THIS WEEK'S FUGITIVES FROM ''CRIMESTOPPERS'' ARE 48-YEAR OLD GLENN NICHOLAS PETTUS, B/M, 6'/220; AND 40-YEAR OLD STEPHAN WILLIAM OCHS,W/M,5'7''/120, WHO ARE BOTH WANTED FOR VIOLATING TERMS OF THEIR PROBATION, WITH A CASH REWARD BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THEIR LOCATION AND ARREST. OFFICER PAUL RAY SAYS TIPSTERS MAY CALL 887-TIPS AND, AS ALWAYS, YOU NEED NOT GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT.
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THE TASK FORCE ON WHICH STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY(D-HOPKINSVILLE) SERVES WHICH IS SEEKING ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION MAY ADVANCE LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD LIMIT A JUDGE'S ABILITY TO SENTENCE DEFENDENTS TO PRISON FOR MINOR DRUG OFFENSES.
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STATE SENATE PRESIDENT DAVID WILLIAMS AND AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER RICHIE FARMER HAVE MADE IT OFFICIAL, FILING PAPERS FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
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A MEMBER OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION(AIR ASSAULT) WHO WAS KILLED LAST WEEK IN AFGHANISTAN WILL BE HONORED WITH A THURSDAY MEMORIAL SERVICE AT LAWRENCEBURG HIGH SCHOOL IN INDIANA, WITH THE FUNERAL FOR 21-YEAR OLD PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ZACHARY SALMON SET FOR FRIDAY.
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ORGANIZATIONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MILITARY WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN ONE OF A SERIES OF J0B ''EXPOS'' BEING HELD NATIONWIDE, WITHONE SET FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 27TH,AT L-P FIELD IN NASHVILLE,
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IN ADDITION TO THE FEBRUARY 4TH PERFORMANCE AT JEFFERSON DAVIS STATE HISTORICAL SITE IN FAIRVIEW, THE WASHINGTON, D.C.-BASED GROUP KNOWN AS THE ''FEMALE RE-ENACTORS OF DISTINCTION'', OR ''FREED'', FOR SHORT, WILL MAKING SEVERAL APPEARANCES IN CLARKSVILLE OVER A LONG FIRST WEEKEND OF NEXT MONTH.
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