NEWS HEADLINES 2/8
GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR WILL BE IN COMMERCE PARK IN HOPKINSVILLE TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW INDUSTRY, ACCORDING TO LOCAL SOURCES.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS REMAIN MUCH AS THEY WERE MONDAY NIGHT, WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING IN THE 20'S AND RE-FREEZING MOISTURE PRODUCED BY SALT AGAIN CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
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10 ACCIDENT REPORTS MADE THE MEDIA BASKET AT THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WITH ONE INVOLVING A HIT-AND-RUN, ONE INVOLVING A VEHICLE CAROMING OFF A TREE BACK INTO THE STREET AND INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE, ONE WHERE THE IMPACT WAS SO GREAT IT SEPARATED A FRONT WHEEL FROM THE AXLE OF A VEHICLE AND ONE IN WHICH THE VEHICLE LEFT THE STREET AND HIT A CHAIN LINK FENCE OFF EVERGREEN PARK DRIVE.
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THERE'S LITTLE RELIEF IN SIGHT, WITH THE ''ACCU-WEATHER'' FORECAST CALLING FOR TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN IN THE 20'S MONDAY AND DROP INTO THE TEENS OVERNIGHT, WITH ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY, ALONG WITH A HIGH IN THE MID-20'S.
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THE THIRD ROBERT COOK TO DIE IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS IS PROBABLY THE ONE MOST FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO ON THE RADIO, WITH 77-YEAR OLD ROBERT E. ''BOBBY'' COOK THE LONG-TIME CHRISTIAN COUNTY POLICE CHIEF, WHO FREQUENTLY WAS QUOTED ON THE NEWS CONCERNING JUVENILE CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.
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IT WAS AN EXTRA-SUPER ''SUPER SUNDAY'' FOR 189 ''RAKKASANS' WHO RETURNED TO CAMPBELL ARMY AIRFIELD FROM AFGHANISTAN IN TIME FOR THE BIG GAME, THOUGH SOME RETURNEES, NO DOUBT, HAD OTHER PLANS THAN WATCHING A FOOTBALL GAME WHICH PUSHED THE FIVE HOUR MARK.
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MEANWHILE, EVEN THOUGH THE MILITARY HAS CERTAIN LAWS APPLYING TO THEM CONCERNING DEBT REPAYMENT WHEN THEY ARE ACTIVATED OR DEPLOYED, THE NUMBER OF SOLDIER FAMILIES FACING FORECLOSURE IS ON THE RISE.
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THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF FORUMS ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO COMBAT VOTER APATHY AND STIMULATE A GREATER VOTER TURNOUT WILL BE STAGED BY THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF HOPKINSVLLE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY FEBRUARY 22ND AT THE JUSTICE CENTER AND WILL FOCUS ON FISCAL COURT.
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