AFTERNOON HEADLINES 02/02

CHRISTIAN COUNTY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION DIRECTOR BOB MELTON SAYS THE CAMPUS MINISTRY AT HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WILL GO ON, DESPITE THE CUT IN FUNDING BY THE STATEWIDE BAPTIST CONVENTION, AS THE PROJECT HEADED BY CHUCK POE IS TOO IMPORTANT TO CLOSE.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED 21-YEAR OLD SHALISHA SETTLES OF THE CITY AND CHARGED HER WITH FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING 40-YEAR OLD ANTONIO BURRUS AT THE LAUREL COVE APARTMENTS ON MAY 22ND OF LAST YEAR.
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FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH COULD NOT MAKE IT TO FORT CAMPBELL WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR HIS SCHEDULED BOOK-SIGNING DUE TO THE HISTORIC WINTER STORM WHICH CRIPPLED MUCH OF THE COUNTRY, WITH THE EVENT RESCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 16TH AT 9:30AM.
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STATE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER JEFF HOOVER OF JAMESTOWN SAYS GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR’S STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH SPEECH WAS RECEIVED WELL BY HE AND MANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR ITS UPBEAT MESSAGE.
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CITY POLICE WORKED 81 WRECKS IN JANUARY, WHICH WAS THE LOWEST SUCH NUMBER IN AT LEAST 13 MONTHS.