AFTERNOON HEADLINES 2/1

IT HASN’T HAPPENED OFTEN THIS WINTER, BUT WESTERN KENTUCKY “DODGED THE BULLET” THIS TIME REGARDING BAD WEATHER, WITH A HISTORIC WINTER STORM SKIRTING JUST TO OUR NORTH IN ILLINOIS, WITH A “WIND ADVISORY” THE ONLY BULLETIN IN EFFECT FOR THE PENNYRILE UNTIL 3PM WEDNESDAY.
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FEDERAL JUDGE CLYDE ROGER VINSON, WHO STRUCK DOWN THE “INDIVIDUAL MANDATE” PORTION OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S HEALTH CARE BILL THIS WEEK, IS A TRIGG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND VETERAN OF THE NAVY.
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ANOTHER 925 FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIERS ARE SET TO RETURN BACK TO POST THIS WEEK, INCLUDING THREE FLIGHTS THURSDAY.
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PROSECUTORS IN CLARKSVILLE ARE CONSIDERING TAKING CHARGES OF HOMICIDE TO THE GRAND JURY AGAINST 25-YEAR OLD JOSEPH PERGRAM OF FORT CAMPBELL, WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND PRESCRIPTION PILLS LAST JULY WHEN HE HIT THE VEHICLE OF AN ELKTON WOMAN HEAD ON IN CLARKSVILLE, WITH THE WOMAN DYING FROM HER INJURIES SIX MONTHS LATER ACCORDING TO THE LEAF CHRONICLE.
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STATE POLICE IN THE MADISONVILLE “POST 2” AREA ARRESTED 27 DRUNK DRIVERS LAST MONTH AND ISSUED 735 SPEEDING TICKETS.