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TWO FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE DEAD, INCLUDING 93-YEAR OLD ROBERT ''POP'' COOK OF KENWOOD DRIVE, WHO HELPED ORGANIZE SEVERAL RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE 1970'S AND 50-YEAR OLD BRUCE CAREY OF CROFTON, WHO WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL DISPATCHERS AT THE COMBINED EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED 31-YEAR OLD JAMES MICHAEL KING AT 2807 S. VIRGINIA ST. FRIDAY EVENING FOR ALLEGEDLY CLAIMING THAT HIS MOTHER HIT HIM AND THEN DENYING THEM ACCESS TO HIS HOME WHEN THEY ARRIVED, WHILE ALSO CALLING STATE POLICE TO CLAIM THAT HE WAS BEING HARRASSED BY HOPKINSVILLE POLICE.
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A SUSPECT IS LISTED IN THE THEFT OF OVER $1,000 WORTH OF HAY FROM A CAVANAH LN. LOCATION, WITH PATRICIA CAVANAH OF 2551 CAVANAH TELLING SHERIFF'S OFFICE DEPUTY PAM GLOVER THAT THE PERSON TOOK 50 ROLLS OF HAY VALUED AT $25 EACH AND SOLD THEM WITHOUT HER PERMISSION.
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ALMOST HALF OF THE TOP 10 COUNTIES IN THE STATE WITH THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ARE IN THE WESTERN HALF, INCLUDING HOPKINS AND CALDWELL IN THE PENNYRILE AND CALLOWAY AND CARLISLE IN THE JACKSON PURCHASE.
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE MIKE CHERRY(D-PRINCETON), WHO CHAIRS THE HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, SAYS A STUDY OF THE PROPOSED 401K-LIKE STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM MAKES HIM LESS INCLINED TO SUPPORT A CHANGE IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM.
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TWO LANDOWNERS IN THE PENNYRILE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, WITH DR. IVUS CROUCH OF LIVINGSTON COUNTY HONORED AS ''LANDOWNER OF THE YEAR'' FOR HIS INTENSE MANAGEMENT OF 1600 ACRES TO BENEFIT QUAIL, WHILE HE ALSO HOSTS A TURKEY HUNT FOR MILITARY ''WOUNDED WARRIORS'', ALLOWS YOUTH HUNTERS ACCESS TO HIS PROPERTY AND OPENS HIS LAND TO VISITORS FOR FIELD DAYS. ALSO RECOGNIZED WAS JAMES PARKER OF HOPKINS COUNTY, WHO IS THE GREEN RIVER REGION LANDOWNER OF THE YEAR FOR ENROLLING HIS ENTIRE 75 ACRE CROP BASE IN THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL WILDLIFE, BUT PARTICULARLY QUAIL.
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