NEWS HEADLINES 2/9

ROAD CONDITIONS IMPROVED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING, BUT SLICK SPOTS STILL REMAIN ON SOME OF THE MAIN ROADS AND MANY OF THE LESS-TRAVELLED THOUROUGHFARES, WITH NO PUBLIC SCHOOL AGAIN TODAY IN CHRISTIAN, TODD AND TRIGG COUNITES,AND SEVERAL OTHER SYSTEMS.
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SHERIFF'S LT. WADE CONNELL INVESTIGATED TWO SINGLE VEHICLE, WEATHER-RELATED CRASHES TUESDAY MORNING, WITH VEHICLES OVERTURNING IN BOTH CASES, THOUGH 46-YEAR OLD RAMONA HAROLD OF S. VIRGINIA ST. ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY WHEN HER CAR LEFT THE PRINCETON RD. AND OVERTURNED ONCE, COMING TO REST UPRIGHT. TAKEN TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER WAS 43-YEAR OLD BILLY STOKES II OF W. SHELBY DR., ELKTON, WHOSE PICKUP TRUCK ROLLED ON ITS SIDE AFTER IT LEFT THE RUSSELLVILLE RD. NEAR ROSETOWN RD.  BOTH DRIVERS WERE WEARING THEIR SEAT BELTS....AND LT. CONNELL CITED A MADISONVILLE MOTORIST FOR TRAVELLING 83 MILES PER HOUR ON U.S. 41-NORTH TUESDAY MORNING.
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SUPPORT FOR A FEDERAL PROBE OF THE DEATHS OF 6 MEMBERS OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION(AIR ASSAULT) AT THE HANDS OF AN AFGHAN ARMY SOLDIER IS ''GAINING TRACTION'', ACCORDING TO MAINE SENATOR OLYMPIA SNOWE,WHO LOST A CONSTITUENT IN THE INCIDENT.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY TOBACCO GROWERS BRUCE CLINE, DALE SEAY, AND KENDALL CLARK WERE IN FRANKFORT MONDAY TO DISCUSS A PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE WAY ''SMOKELESS TOBACCO'' IS TAXED,WITH SEVERAL STATES MOVING TOWARD LEVYING THE TAX BASED ON PRICE, RATHER THAN WEIGHT, WHICH THE LOCAL FARMERS SAY WOULD DRIVE USERS AWAY FROM THE HIGHER-QUALITY, AMERICAN-PRODUCED PRODUCT. LOCAL IMPLICATIONS INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL EFFECT ON THE U.S. TOBACCO PLANT ON N. MAIN ST. WHICH PRODUCES BOTH ''SKOAL'' AND ''COPENHAGEN''.
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SHERIFF'S DETECTIVE JIMMY BERGHAMMER HAS MADE THREE MORE ARRESTS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF METHAPHETAMINES, WITH 24-YEAR OLD GEOFFREY EDWARDS  AND 25-YEAR OLD TIMOTHY CASE OF CLARKSVILLE, AND 28-YEAR OLD CYLE WESLEY TUTOR OF NEENAH, WS, ARRESTED AT 3845 MEMORY LN. LATE TUESDAY NIGHT, WITH TUTOR CHARGED WITH BURGLARIZING THE HOME WHERE HE PREVIOUSLY HAD PERMISSION TO STAY.
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THE $42-MILLION  SETTLEMENT LEVIED AGAINST THE THREE LAWYERS IN THE PHEN-FEN DIET DRUG CASE, WHO INCLUDED TRIGG COUNTY NATIVE SHIRLEY CUNNINGHAM JUNIOR, HAS BEEN REVERSED ON APPEAL.
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