NEWS HEADLINES 2/17

THE LARGEST TURNOUT FOR A HOMECOMING CELEBRATION DURING THE CURRENT RE-DEPLOYMENT OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION(AIR ASSAULT) GATHERED TUESDAY NIGHT AT CAMPBELL ARMY AIRFIELD TO WELCOME HOME 342 ''SCREAMING EAGLES''.
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MEANWHILE, FORMER 101ST COMMANDER GENERAL DAVID PATREAUS PARTICIPATED IN A MEDALS AWARD CEREMONY MONDAY IN AFGHANISTAN, WHERE HE IS IN COMMAND OF ALL TROOPS, WITH A SILVER STAR PRESENTED TO A ''SCREAMING EAGLE''.
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FORMER MEMBER OF BOTH THE 1O1ST AND 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISIONS CRAIG MORTON, WHO MADE NEWS OVER THE WEEKEND AS HE RESCUED CHILDREN FROM A FIRE, IS THE HEADLINE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THIS YEAR'S ''SPRING INTO SUMMER'' CONCERT MAY 28TH IN OAK GROVE.
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LOCAL NEWSPAPER LEGEND BOB CARTER WILL BE JOINED BY MURRAY STATE GRADUATES BILL BARTLEMAN AND JACKIE HAYS BICKEL AND OTHERS WHEN THEY ARE INDUCTED INTO THE KENTUCKY JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME THIS SPRING.
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RESIDENTS OF THE PENNYRILE AND ALL ACROSS THE NATION WHO DEPEND ON FEDERAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE EACH YEAR TO HELP PAY THEIR HEATING BILLS MAY BE COLD NEXT YEAR,WITH ABOUT $2.5 BILLION IN FUNDING OMITTED FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA'S BUDGET.
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TWO HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH  THE JANUARY 17TH BREAKIN AT SARAFINA'S GROCERY, WITH 18-YEAR OLD JORDAN STROHL OF THE BUTLER ROAD TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT THE SCHOOL AND 18-YEAR OLD CHRIST PETIT ARRESTED AT HIS JAN DRIVE HOME. A JUVENILE IS ALSO IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION WITH THE JANUARY 16TH INCIDENT ON THE LAFAYETTE ROAD.  IN OTHER NEWS FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 22-YEAR OLD KELLY TILSON OF S. VIRGINIA ST. WAS CHARGED WITH D-U-I AND WANTON ENDANGERMENT EARLY WEDNESDAY, WITH THE ARREST CARD SAYING SHE WAS ''WEAVING'' ON U.S. 41-NORTH ABOUT 4:50 A.M. WITH HER 2-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER STANDING IN HER CAR SEAT, UNRESTRAINED.

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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN ARSON CASE AT 317 CRESCENT ST. WITH PERRY ALAN GREENWADE SAYING SOMEONE PRIED OPEN THE BACK DOOR WEDNESDAY AND TURNED ON THE STOVE AND OVEN AFTER FINDING A SAFE EMPTY, CAUSING DAMAGE TO AIR CONDITIONER VENTS AND THE CEILING.  ANOTHER INDECENT EXPOSURE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED, WITH A BLACK MALE IN HIS 2O'S WHO WAS IN A VEHICLE ''FLASHING''  A FEMALE WHO WAS WALKING ON E. 2ND ST. NEAR KENTUCKY AVE. WEDNESDAY.  ELSEWHERE, A HOPKINSVILLE MAN WHO IS VACATING HIS RESIDENCE AT 2909 S. VIRGINIA TOLD POLICE SOMEONE MADE OFF WITH ITEMS WIHT A COMBINED VALUE OF $1400, INCLUDING HOUSEHOLD GOODS, CLOTHING, A MICROWAVE OVEN AND A SET OF CALLOWAY GOLF CLUBS.  BURGLARIES WERE ALSO REPORTED AT 418-A LUCKY DEBONAIR, WHERE LEIGHA RUSSELL REPORTED A SONY FLAT SCREEN T-V AND OTHER ITEMS WITH A COMBINED VALUE OF $1400 MISSING AND 602 W. 7TH, WHERE A $400 T-V WAS TAKEN FROM THE OFFICES OF KENNY LEE.
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THIS WEEK'S FUGITIVES FROM CRIMESTOPPERS ARE 49-YEAR OLD SHELVIE ROBERT EDMONDS AND 44-YEAR OLD MICHAEL GEORGE MEYER.  A CASH REWARD IS AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF EITHER EDMONDS, B/M,6'/200, OR MEYER, W/M, 5'9''/220.  OFFICER PAUL RAY, WHO SAYS INFORMATION WILL BE ACCEPTED AT 887-TIPS, ALSO SAYS YOU NEED NOT GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT.
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