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KENTUCKY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REGION 2 RESPONSE MANAGER VICKI MARTIN WAS IN HOPKINSVILLE MONDAY, WHERE SHE TOLD THOSE AT THE CITIZENS CORPS COUNCIL MEETING THAT THE EFFORTS OF VOLUNTEERS DON’T GO UNNOTICED AND THAT SHE WOULD FEEL CONFIDENT IN CALLING ON THEM FOR HELP WHEN THE WORST HAPPENS.
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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY TEEN DRUG COURT, WHICH HAD ITS FUNDING CUT BY STATE LAWMAKERS LAST YEAR, IS RECEIVING A $20,000 DONATION FROM WAL-MART WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT THE JUSTICE CENTER.
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HOPKINSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT BASKETBALL COACH 23-YEAR OLD JAVANTA HASKINS WAS CITED INTO COURT BY A MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY SATURDAY NIGHT AT A GAME FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOVING A MALE FAN WHO APPROACHED HER IN A CONFRONTATIONAL WAY.
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LAST WEEK’S CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WHICH WAS POSTPONED DUE TO SNOW HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY EVENING AT 6, WITH A PUBLIC FORUM ON WELLNESS, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION TO PRECEDE IT AT 5:45.
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TUESDAY IS THE FILING DEADLINE FOR STATEWIDE OFFICES, WITH THE SERETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE EXPECTING A BUSY DAY.