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THURSDAY WAS THE 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEADLY ICE STORM WHICH CRIPPLED MOST OF KENTUCKY FOR SOME TIME IN 2009, CAUSING 700,000 PEOPLE TO LOSE POWER AND DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY KILLING 35 PEOPLE IN THE COMMONWEALTH ALONE.
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STATE CLIMATOLOGIST DOCTOR STUART FOSTER SAYS HE AND OTHER FORECASTERS HAVE BEEN SURPRISED BY THIS YEAR’S HARSH WINTER AND SAYS THE COLD AND SNOW COULD CONTINUE INTO THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IS SET TO BE FEATURED ON WSMV CHANNEL 4’S “COOL SCHOOL” SEGMENTS FRIDAY MORNING BETWEEN 5 AND 7AM DURING NORMAL MORNING BROADCASTS.
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WHILE STUDENTS IN THE CHRISTIAN AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM BOTH FACE LONGER SCHOOL YEARS AS A RESULT OF THIS SEASON'S CONTINUING HEAVY SNOW, STUDENTS SOUTH OF THE BORDER ARE IN LINE FOR A ''DOUBLE WHAMMY'', WITH LONGER INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DAYS TO ''KICK IN'' IN MARCH.
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A RECORD NUMBER OF TEAMS HAVE ENTERED THE 20TH ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY ''TRIVIA BOWL'' TO BE STAGED AT HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE STRING OF OUT-OF-TOWN WINNERS WILL CONTINUE, BASED ON THE NUMBERS, WITH ONLY 4 FROM CHRISTIAN COUNTY.
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