WHILE ALMOST 200 ''RAKKASANS'' WERE RETURNING TO FORT CAMPBELL SUNDAY, ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN THE SAME DAY OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED THE DEPARTURE OF THE THIRD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, WITH TROOPS FROM FORT KNOX TAKING OVER FOR THE 3RD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM.
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ELSEWHERE, TWO BROTHERS FROM WISCONSIN, WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT UNITS WITHIN THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION(AIR ASSAULT), WERE RECENTLY DECORATED FOR ACTIONS IN COMBAT, WITH CORPORAL JOSHUA BUSCH RECEIVING THE THIRD HIGHEST MEDAL FOR BRAVERY--THE SILVER STAR--AND SERGEANT JASON BUSCH, THE ''PURPLE HEART'', FOR BEING SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
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WHILE THE WORST OF THE MASSIVE WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM SWEEPING THROUGH THE MID-WEST WILL OCCUR TO THE NORTH OF KENTUCKY, FORCING RESIDENTS THERE TO CONTEMPLATE DRASTIC MEASURES TO DEAL WITH AN ANTICIPATED FOOT OF SNOW--OR MORE--THE WORST WESTERN KENTUCKIANS ARE EXPECTED TO DEAL WITH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS IS RAIN, FOLLOWED BY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 25 MILES PER HOUR. THE LATTER CONDITIONS HAVE PROMPTED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO POST A ''WIND ADVISORY'' FROM 3 P.M. TUESDAY UNTIL 3 P.M. WEDNESDAY.
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28-YEAR OLD DAVID SHERILL OF 6820 HARMONY GROVE ROAD MAN WAS CHARGED WITH MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINES BY SHERIFF'S DETECTIVE JIMMY BERGHAMMER AFTER HE CLAIMED OWNERSHIP OF THE ELEMENTS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE ILLEGAL DRUG WHICH WERE FOUND WHEN A SEARCH WARRANT WAS SERVED AT HIS HOME MONDAY NIGHT. ALSO A STOLEN ''4-WHEELER'' BELONGING TO BETTY WELCH WAS RECOVERED FROM SHERILL'S PROPERTY.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED A TENNESSEAN ON RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY AND THEFT BY DECEPTION CHARGES MONDAY, THOUGH DETAILS ARE NOT INCLUDED ON THE ARREST CARD, WHILE SEVERAL MOTORISTS RECEIVED PAINFUL REMINDERS OF THE ''SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT''. SERVED A WARRANT OBTAINED BY A LOCAL OFFICER WAS 25-YEAR OLD JAMES MC-KINNEY OF GALLATIN, WHO WAS ALREADY LODGED IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL. MEANWHILE, 4 PEOPLE WERE TICKETED FOR SPEEDING ON EAGLE WAY BY-PASS IN FRONT OF HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, WITH TWO CLOCKED AT 55 MILES PER HOUR, ONE AT 61 AND ONE AT 65 IN THE POSTED ''45 MILE PER HOUR'' POSTED SCHOOL ZONE. IN OTHER NEWS FROM CITY POLICE, VALERIE BRONAUGH SAID SHE WAS SITTING IN THE LIVING ROOM AT 939 YOUNGLOVE ST. ABOUT 8:30 MONDAY NIGHT WHEN SOMEONE THREW A ROCK THROUGH THE ''DOUBLE GLASS'' FRONT WINDOW, CAUSING A HUNDRED DOLLARS' DAMAGE.
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ALMOST HALF THE STUDENT/ATHLETES ON AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY TEAMS WHO COMPETED LAST FALL EARNED A SPOT ON THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR'S HONOR ROLL,  

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ELSEWHERE, THE MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY BASEBALL TEAM---WHICH IS THE ONLY UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC GROUP NOT KNOWN AS ''RACERS''--POSTED A ''B-PLUS'' AVERAGE FOR THE FALL SEMESTER.
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ON THE AVERAGE, KENTUCKIANS PAID MORE FOR GROCERIES THE FINAL QUARTER OF 2010 THAN FOR THE PREVIOUS 3 MONTHS,ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY FARM BUREAU'S ''MARKET BASKET SURVEY'' OF 40 ITEMS.
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