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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE'S ''WINTER WEATHER WARNING' FOR THIS AREA PROVED ACCURATE, WITH VIRTUAL NON-STOP SNOW OVERNIGHT PRODUCING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, PROMPTING CANCELLATION OF SCHOOLS IN THE CHRISTIAN, TRIGG,
TODD, MUHLENBERG, AND CALDWELL COUNTY SYSTEMS, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHERS, WHILE UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY,HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, AND SAINTS PETER AND PAUL ARE ALSO CLOSED.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY HEAD START ''PART DAY'' ONLY IS ALSO CLOSED TODAY.
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FORT CAMPBELL SCHOOLS AND BUSSES WILL OPERATE TWO HOURS LATE, WITH MORNING PRE-KINDERGARTEN CANCELLED ON POST.
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FORT CAMPBELL PERSONNEL ARE AUTHORIZED UP TO A TWO-HOUR DELAY,THOUGH KELLY DEWITT SAYS THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE FOR THOSE INVOLVED WITH AND SUPPORTING THE RE-DEPLOYMENT FLIGHT EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING.
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OVERNIGHT SHIFT SERGEANT AT THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT JOHN THOMPSON SAID MAIN STREETS WERE PRETTY MUCH UNDER CONTROL AS OF MIDNIGHT, BUT THE RELENTLESS STORM OUTSTRIPPED RESOURCES AND CONDITIONS AGAIN BECAME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS CITY-WIDE AS OF 5 A.M.
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CONDITIONS ARE LIKEWISE THROUGHOUT THE AREA, THOUGH THERE IS SOME RELIEF IN SIGHT IN THE FORM OF THE ''ACCU-WEATHER'' FORECAST WHICH CALLS FOR SUNSHINE AND ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE OFFICER KYLE SPURLIN HAS FILED A REVISED REPORT IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISCOVERY OF A QUANTITY OF MARIJUANA BY MEMBERS OF THE WESTERN KENTUCKY GUN CRIMES TASK FORCE AT BOYKINS AUTO SERVICE ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD MONDAY EVENING, WITH NO ARRESTS REPORTED YET IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONFISCATION OF AN ESTIMATED $13,000 WORTH OF THE ILLEGAL WEED.
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FIRST DISTRICT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE BILL CUNNINGHAM OF LYON COUNTY SAYS THAT IN ORDER FOR KENTUCKIANS TO RESPECT THE COURTS, THEY MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS HE STAGES AN ANNUAL ''RIVER COUNTIES TOUR''  ALONG WITH THE TWO APPELLATE AND ONE CIRCUIT JUDGE WHO SERVE THE 4 WESTERNMOST KENTUCKY COUNTIES--HICKMAN, FULTON, BALLARD, AND CARLISLE.
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WHILE EXPERIMENTATION BY THE ARMY IN THE AREA OF ''SMART PHONES'' FOR SOLDIERS IS GOING ON STATESIDE, CAPTAIN JONATHAN SPRINGER,WHO IS WITH THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION(AIR ASSAULT) AND CURRENTLY DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN, HAS FORMED HIS OWN COMPANY AND DEVELOPED AN ''APPLICATION'' WHICH CAN BE ''DOWNLOADED'' TO EXISTING PRIVATE ''SMART PHONES'' ALREADY OWNED BY G.I.'S WHICH HE SAYS WILL SAVE LIVES.
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