A SECOND ARREST WAS MADE THURSDAY IN THE DECEMBER 16TH ARMED ROBBERY ON THE MADISONVILLE RD. IN WHICH A SHOT WAS FIRED, WITH 22-YEAR OLD MELVIN W. STEVENS JR. OF HOPKINSVILLE ARRESTED ON E.1ST STREET FOR ROBBERY AND WANTON ENDANGERMENT.
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IN OTHER ARRESTS OF NOTE, JOSHUA YOUNG OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY THURSDAY NIGHT ON A CHARGE OF TRAFFICKING IN A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND 23-YEAR OLD JAMES KIRBY OF HOPKINSVILLE,WHO WAS ABLE TO SLIP OUT OF HIS JACKET AND AVOID POLICE, COULDN'T EVADE CITY POLICE DOG ''SPIKE'' AND ENDED UP AT JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT OF A BITE. KIRBY WAS ARRESTED ABOUT 12:30 FRIDAY MORNING ON A SECOND OFFENSE OF DRUNKEN DRIVING, RECKLESS DRIVING, OPERATING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE,  AND FLEEING AND EVADING POLICE.
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DESPITE WHAT WERE DESCRIBED AS THE ''REPREHENSIBLE'' ACTIONS OF THE PILOTS OF COMAIR FLIGHT 5191, WHICH CLAIMED THE LIFE OF TRIGG COUNTY NATIVE FENTON DAWSON AND 48 OTHERS, THE FAMILY OF A LOUSIANA MAN WHO DIED WHEN THE PLANE CRASHED IN AUGUST, 2006, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PURSUE ''PUNITIVE DAMAGES''.
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