AFTERNOON HEADLINES 2/3

AN 18-YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WAS ARRESTED ON CAMPUS THURSDAY MORNING FOR HIS ALLEGED ROLE IN AN ARMED ROBBERY AT 3405 MADISONVILLE ROAD ON JANUARY 16TH, WITH SHERIFF’S MAJOR BILLY GLOYD SAYING HIS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED DUE TO HIM BEING 17 AT THE TIME OF THE CRIME.
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THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY IS USING FORT CAMPBELL AS AN “INCIDENT SUPPORT BASE” IN ITS RESPONSE TO THE HISTORIC BLIZZARD AND ICE STORM WHICH CRIPPLED MUCH OF THE COUNTRY THIS WEEK AND HAS BEEN BLAMED FOR NO FEWER THAN 12 DEATHS.
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MEANWHILE, CREWS FROM PENNYRILE RURAL ELECTRIC HAVE SENT EIGHT LINEMEN AND SIX VEHICLES TO SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO HELP RESTORE POWER TO THE 4,000 CUSTOMERS THERE WHO ARE IN THE DARK.
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A HOUSE FIRE IN TRENTON THURSDAY AFTERNOON DID SEVERE DAMAGE TO A HOME AT 146 PENCHEM STREET.
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY OF HOPKINSVILLE IS AMONG THOSE PUSHING FOR A BAN OF A SYNTHETIC METHAMPETAMINE, WHICH IS OFTEN CALLED “RED DOVE”, WITH SIMILAR LEGISLATION PASSED LAST YEAR TO BAN A SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA SUBSTANCE.
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A CROWD OF STATE EMPLOYEES GATHERED IN FRANKFORT THURSDAY MORNING TO PROTEST THE GOVERNOR’S MANDATED SIX DAYS OF FURLOUGHS, SAYING INCREASED REVENUES MAKE THE UNPAID DAYS OFF NO LONGER NECESSARY.
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STATE POLICE ARRESTED 33-YEAR OLD ERIC BRYAN OF GREENVILLE WEDNESDAY AFTER HE WAS ALLEGEDLY DRIVING IMPAIRED WHEN HE CAUSED A WRECK ON KENTUCKY 189 THAT INJURED HIS 10 AND 14-YEAR OLD SONS.
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