3RD DISTRICT STATE SENATOR JOEY PENDLETON(D-HOPKINSVILLE) DOUBTS THAT A STATEWIDE SMOKING BAN WILL BE PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIS YEAR,THOUGH IT WILL BE CONSIDERED AGAIN IN THE FUTURE, WHILE 9TH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE MYRON DOSSETT(R-PEMBROKE) SAYS HE FEARS THE LANGUAGE INCLUDED IN THE MEASURE BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE.
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THE LOCAL LEGISLATORS' COMMENTS CAME DURING THE FIRST OF THIS SESSION'S LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS, HEARD SUNDAY ON LITE 98.7 IN A NEW ONE-HOUR FORMAT, THOUGH THE PROGRAMS WHICH ALSO FEATURE 8TH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY(D-HOPKINSVILLE) AND 15TH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE BRENT YONTS(D-GREENVILLE) WILL ONLY BE HEARD EVERY OTHER WEEK.
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ALSO COMMENTING ON THE PROPOSED STATEWIDE SMOKING BAN IS STATE SENATE PRESIDENT DAVID WILLIAMS, WHO MADE A CAMPAIGN STOP IN HOPKINSVILLE SATURDAY AS HE SEEKS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR, AND TOLD REPORTERS THAT KENTUCKIANS DESERVE A ''SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT'' AND SMOKING DOES NOT PROVIDE THAT.
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THE ''KELLY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING'' WENT OFF BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED, WITH A FOLLW-UP SESSION SET FEBRUARY 10TH TO CONTINUE EFFORTS TO CREATE A ''CERTIFIED EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM'' AND A ''NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH'' GROUP.
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THE ANNUAL ''PROFILES IN BLACK HISTORY'' SERIES WITH MATT SNORTON BEGINS FEBRUARY 1ST ON THE WHOP STATIONS, FEATURING STORIES OF INTEREST ABOUT LOCAL AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
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FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH WILL HOST A BOOK-SIGNING AT THE MAIN P-X AT FT. CAMPBELL WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 9:30 FOR PEOPLE WHO HOLD A MILITARY I-D CARD AND PURCHASE HIS BOOK, ''DECISION POINTS'', AT THE TRAVEL OFFICE.
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A SUNDAY NIGHT TWO VEHICLE MISHAP ON THE MADISONVILLE ROAD SENT 7-YEAR OLD EZEKIAL OLIVER OF THE DAWSON SPRINGS ROAD, CROFTON, TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER.
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MEANWHILE, A FRIDAY MORNING 3 VEHICLE ''CHAIN REACTION'' COLLISION ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD IN HOPKINSVILLE SENT 18-YEAR OLD ASHLEY REAGAN OF HOPKINSVILLE, WHO WAS OPERATING THE MIDDLE VEHICLE, TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT JUDGE JIM ADAMS REDUCED HIS ''BUCKET LIST'' OF UNFULFILLED WISHES BY ONE AT THE END OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE SEASON WHEN HE AND HIS SON JAMES ATTENDED A GREEN BAY PACKERS GAME IN HISTORIC LAMBEAU FIELD.
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ROSE IN THREE KENTUCKY COUNTIES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA AND DROPPED IN THE OTHER THREE FROM NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER, 2010, WITH THE GREATEST INCREASE IN TRIGG COUNTY, WHERE THE RATE THE LAST MONTH OF THE YEAR WAS 11.3%, AN INCREASE OF 1.9%.
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CITY POLICE ASSISTED ANOTHER AGENCY THIS WEEKEND, WITH THE ARREST OF 60-YEAR OLD RANDOLPH SCOTT OF HOPKINSVILLE, WHO WAS STOPPED ON THE NORTHWEST BY-PASS SATURDAY NIGHT AND CHARGED WITH LEAVING THE SCENE OF A WRECK AT THE OLD PALESTINE ROAD AND THE DAWSON SPRINGS ROAD. ALSO ARRESTED ON SATURDAY WAS 33-YEAR OLD CARLOS CRENSHAW OF HOPKINSVILLE, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH D-U-I AND FLEEING AND EVADING AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY WOULD NOT STOP AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO CONCEAL HIS VEHICLE IN THE AUTOMATIC CARWASH AT ''SUPER SUDS'' ON FT. CAMPBELL BOULEVARD. AND 24-YEAR OLD DEANDREA SHARBER OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS SERVED WITH AN ARREST WARRANT OBTAINED BY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY ROB SCHEIDER ALLEGING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO MINORS.
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IN OTHER NEWS FROM CITY POLICE, BURGLARS WHO ENTERED A RESIDENCE AT 152 S. VINE ST. LATE SATURDAY NIGHT RETURNED LATER AND GOT AWAY WITH OVER $2,000 WORTH OF ITEMS BELONGING TO PHILLIP CATLETT, INCLUDING 100 D-V-D MOVIES AND TWO D-V-D PLAYERS.  ALSO UNDER INVESTIGATION IS AN INTENTIONALLY SET FIRE AT 131 S. CAMPBELL, WITH TELEVISIONS, COMPUTERS, OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION DESTROYED BY FIRE AND A DISPOSABLE CIGARETTE LIGHTER RECOVERED AT THE SCENE FRIDAY NIGHT. SHATARA WHITE IS LISTED AS THE VICTIM.
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MEETINGS THIS WEEK ARE CONCENTRATED ON MONDAY  AND TUESDAY, WITH THE HOPKINSVILLE SURFACE AND STORMWATER UTILITY BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BOARD MEETING MONDAY AND HOPKINSVILLE AND OAK GROVE CITY COUNCILS MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT.
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