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THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF TUESDAY'S OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL HAVE FORCED CANCELLATION OF CLASSES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN CHRISTIAN, TODD, TRIGG, MUHLENBERG, CALDWELL AND HOPKINS COUNTY IN KENTUCKY, AND MONTGOMERY, STEWART AND ROBERTSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE, ALONG WITH OTHERS IN BOTH STATES.
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MEANWHILE, THE CITY OF HOPKINSVILLE HAS ISSUED A NEWS RELEASE SAYING ANOTHER 125 TONS OF SALT ARE ON THE WAY AND EXPECTED IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WITH MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF A 125 TON SHIPMENT RECEIVED AT THE END OF THE YEAR STILL ON HAND.
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FORT CAMPBELL SCHOOLS ARE ON A TWO-HOUR DELAY TODAY.
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OVERNIGHT SHIFT SERGEANT AT THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT JOHN THOMPSON SAYS CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY SINCE WEDNESDAY;HOWEVER, THERE ARE PATCHES OF ''BLACK ICE'' AND OTHER ISOLATED SLICK SPOTS WHICH PRESENT HAZARDS TO MOTORISTS.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY JUVENILE DRUG COURT IS NOW WITHIN $10,000 OF BEING FULLY FUNDED AFTER STATE FUNDING WAS HALTED, WITH A $20,000 DONATION FROM THE WAL-MART CORPORATION HELPING TO CLOSE THE GAP.     
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HOPKINSVILLE/CHRISTIAN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MILITARY LIASON KELLI PENDLETON REMINDS LOCAL RESIDENTS THAT THE ''WELCOME HOME'' CELEBRATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION(AIR ASSAULT) ARE UNDERWAY AND ENCOURAGES MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
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WHILE THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF INBOUND FLIGHTS CARRYING TROOPERS BACK TO FORT CAMPBELL FROM AFGHANISTAN LANDED AT CAMPBELL ARMY AIRFIELD TUESDAY, THE 159TH COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE IS HEADED INTO COMBAT,WHERE THEY WILL REPLACE THE 101ST COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN.
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DEMOCRAT INCUMBENT GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR CAN FOCUS ALL HIS EFFORTS ON THE GENERAL ELECTION, AS TWO LESSER-KNOWN DEMOCRATS COULD NOT FIND RUNNING MATES BY TUESDAY'S DEADLINE.
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ELSEWHERE, REPUBLICAN BUSINESSMAN BILL JOHNSON OF ELKTON FACES HILDA LEGG OF SOMERSET IN THE GOP SECRETARY OF STATE PRIMARY,AND HOPKINS COUNTY ATTORNEY TODD P'POOL, WHO IS UNOPPOSED FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, WILL FACE INCUMBENT JACK CONWAY, WHO IS, LIKEWISE, UNOPPOSED.    
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IN OTHER POLITICAL NEWS,  CONGRESSMAN ED WHITFIELD(R-1ST) OF HOPKINSVILLE, WHO WAS RECENTLY ELEVATED TO THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE ENERGY AND POWER SUB-COMMITTEE SAID HE WAS PLEASED WITH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S ''ALL OF THE ABOVE'' APPROACH TO DEVELOPING SOURCES OF ENERGY WHICH HE INCLUDED IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS.
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MEANWHILE, SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH MC-CONNELL(R-KY) SAYS HE LIKED MUCH OF WHAT PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAID IN THE ''STATE OF THE UNION'' ADDRESS, INCLUDING LOWERING THE CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE AND PASSING ''FREE TRADE'' AGREEMENTS WITH SOUTH KOREA, PANAMA, AND COLOMBIA.
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SENATOR RAND PAUL(R-KY) HAD SOME HARSH COMMENTS, SAYING THE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS AMOUNTED TO ''LIP SERVICE''  TO SPENDING CUTS AND FISCAL CONSERVATISM.
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SENATOR PAUL HAS ALSO SUBMITTED HIS FIRST PIECE OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD REDUCE THE FEDERAL BUDGET BY $500 BILLION DOLLARS IN ONE FISCAL YEAR.
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