NEWS HEADLINES 2/7

ANOTHER WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THIS AREA BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH, WITH HOPES THAT THE OUTCOME FOR THE ONE IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 P.M. MONDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO SATURDAY WHEN ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW DID NOT MATERIALIZE, WITH ONLY FLURRIES TO DEAL WITH.
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A LARGER THAN NORMAL POPULATION OF STARLINGS AND GRACKELS HAS TAKEN UP RESIDENCE IN HOPKINSVILLE AND THE CITY'S CONTRACTED EXTERMINATOR IS WORKING TO DISPERSE THEM,AS NOTED BY MAYOR DAN KEMP AT LAST WEEK'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE BRENT YONTS(D-GREENVILLE) SAYS HE HAS AN ALTERNATE PLAN TO REQUIRING A PRESCRIPTION TO BUY COMMON ALLEGY MEDICATION, SUCH AS ''CLARITIN-D''.
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KENTUCKY STATE SENATE PRESIDENT DAVID WILLIAMS SAYS A NEW TAX CODE IS A PRIORITY AND HE WILL WORK TOWARD CREATING A ''BLUE RIBBON'' COMMISSION DURING THE CURRENT SHORT SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE TO RE-WRITE THE LAW TO MAKE IT MORE BUSINESS-FRIENDLY.
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MEANWHILE, KENTUCKY HOUSE SPEAKER GREG STUMBO SAYS HE WILL WORK WITH SENATOR WILLIAMS TO END THE SESSION EARLIER THAN SCHEDULED, IF POSSIBLE.
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AS STATE LAWMAKERS CONSIDER A BILL WHICH WOULD BAN SMOKING IN ALL PUBLIC PLACES, WORD COMES THAT TOBACCO PRODUCTION IN KENTUCKY WAS DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY LAST YEAR.
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ON THE SUBJECT OF BANNING SMOKING, LOCAL JUDGES HAVE BANNED SMOKING ON ALL CHRISTIAN COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER PROPERTY, ACCORDING TO SHERIFF'S CAPTAIN TIM COOKSEY, WHO HEADS THE BAILIFF PROGRAM, AND SAYS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, SMOKERS MUST CROSS W. 7TH OR W. 9TH ST. BEFORE LIGHTING UP.
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46-YEAR OLD DARRICK D. HARRIS OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER SUNDAY AFTER SUSTAINING CUTS TO HIS HEAD AND NECK WHEN HIT WITH A BEER BOTTLE WIELDED BY AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT WHO HARRIS ARGUED WITH ON MOAYON ST. SHORTLY BEFORE 2 SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE CHARGED 18-YEAR OLD TIFFANY WETENKAMP OF HOPKINSVILLE WITH HINDERING THE  APPREHENSION OF DEVON MATLOCK AT THE TRAVEL INN SUNDAY EVENING, WITH MS. WETENKAMP TELLING POLICE SHE LIED BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT MATLOCK TO GO TO JAIL, WITH TWO ACTIVE WARRANTS ON FILE FOR MATLOCK'S ARREST.
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CLARKSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A FATAL SHOOTING AT THE FLAZ-ORZ CLUB ON U.S. 41-A, WITH ONE PERSON DEAD AND THREE WOUNDED AROUND 4 SUNDAY MORNING.
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24-YEAR OLD ANTHONY D. CATLETT OF HOPKINSVILLE AND 44-YEAR OLD WILLIAM R. SHULTZ OF OWENSBORO WERE TAKEN TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER FOLLOWING A ''CHAIN REACTION'' COLLISION ON THE ''OFF RAMP'' FROM THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY TO FT. CAMPBELL BLVD. SUNDAY NIGHT.
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30-YEAR OLD MAMIE GREENSKY OF HOPKINSVILLE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A FEBRUARY 9TH COURT DATE TO FACE CHARGES OF ''THEFT OF SERVICES'' HAVING TO DO WITH SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE HOPKINSVILLE ELECTRIC SYSTEM.
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A PLANNED ''REC0RD-SETTING'' PARACHUTE DROP OF SUPPLIES PREPARED FOR DELIVERY BY MEMBERS OF THE 101ST SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE IN AFGHANISTAN DIDN'T GO OFF AS PLANNED;HOWEVER, ''FORWARD OPERATING BASE WAZA KWAH'' WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ITS OPERATIONS LATE LAST MONTH WITH SUPPLIES RECEIVED FROM THE AIR.
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THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF FEBRUARY BRINGS WITH IT MEETINGS OF CHRISTIAN FISCAL COURT, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARDS OF BOTH OAK GROVE AND HOPKINSVILLE, AND THREE SCHOOL SITE-BASED COUNCILS.
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AND CANDIDATE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, ALISON LUNDERGAN GRIMES, WILL SPEAK TO THE DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CLUB TONIGHT AT 6 AT THE HOLIDAY INN.
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HANSON RESIDENT JOSH PRUITT, WHO ACTED AS THE POPULAR ''BIG RED''  MASCOT FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOR TWO YEARS, NOW FINDS HIMSELF ENROLLED IN THE U-K COLLEGE OF PHARMACY TAKING CLASSES WITH THE CURRENT ''KENTUCKY WILDCAT'' MASCOT, ROSS TURNER OF RUSSELL, KENTUCKY.
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WHILE MANY PEOPLE MAY THINK THAT AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF NEWS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MAKES THE AIRWAVES, IT'S A MERE FRACTION OF THE CITATIONS, ARREST CARDS, REPORTS, SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS, AND OTHER PAPERWORK THE MEDIA SORTS THROUGH TO DECIDE WHAT WILL BE HEARD, PRINTED, OR VIEWED.
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