NEWS HEADLINES 2/18
THE BILL SPONSORED BY STATE SENATOR JOEY PENDLETON(D-HOPKINSVILLE) DEALING WITH FEDERAL VEHICLE REGULATIONS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO KENTUCKY FARMERS HAS PASSED THE UPPER CHAMBER...THE CONTROVERSIAL MEASURE WHICH WOULD REQUIRE DRUG TESTING FOR ANY ADULT KENTUCKIAN WHO RECEIVES PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WAS THE SUBJECT OF A THURSDAY HEARING IN FRANKFORT.... ALSO TO BE HEARD THIS SESSION IS  A MEASURE AIMED AT CHILDHOOD OBESITY WITH HOUSE BILL 16 REQUIRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THROUGH GRADE 5 TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF 45 MINUTES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EACH WEEK.
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IN SUPPORT OF THE CALL FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG YOUNGSTERS ARE THE RESULTS OF A STUDY SHOWING KENTUCKY ONE OF THE 6 LEAST ACTIVE STATES IN THE COUNTRY.
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ANOTHER RECENT SURVEY SHOWS KENTUCKY NEAR THE UPPER 25% OF STATES WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT'S KNOWN AS ''CONSUMER DISTRESS''.
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A NORTH CHRISTIAN COUNTY WOMAN WHO WAS GOING TO THE AID OF HER SON WHO WAS BEING ATTACKED BY A DOG THURSDAY AFTERNOON WAS ''LIFE-FLIGHTED'' TO AN EVANSVILLE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND,WITH 38-YEAR OLD LISA PARKER OF THE EMPIRE ROAD TELLING CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF PHILLIP MEACHAM THAT SHE TRIPPED AND THE GUN DISCHARGED, WOUNDING HER IN THE LEG.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE CONTINUE THEIR AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN ON OVERLY-TINTED WINDOWS, WITH 23 MORE CITATIONS ISSUED ON THURSDAY, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO NEAR 70 THIS WEEK ALONE.
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A NEWER MODEL ''BLACKHAWK'' HELICOPTER,WHICH OPERATES BETTER AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS,  MAY PREVENT A RE-OCCURRENCE OF A CHOPPER CRASH BY THE 160TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS AVIATION REGIMENT IN RECENT YEARS,WITH TWO OF THE AIRCRAFT TAKING A PLACE IN THE ''NIGHTSTALKER'S'' INVENTORY EARLIER THIS MONTH AT FT. CAMPBELL.
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THE NEW CARLISLE COUNTY COURTHOUSE WILL HOUSE ALL COUNTY FUNCTIONS, MEANING MOTORISTS CAN RENEW THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE AND THEIR LICENSE PLATES IN THE SAME BUILDING.
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