HOPKINSVILLE/CHRISTIAN COUNTY COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR STEVE BORN SAYS REDUCTIONS TO THE FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, AS INCLUDED IN PRESIDENT OBAMA'S BUDGET, THREATEN SEVERAL LOCAL PROJECTS SCHEDULED FOR FUNDING FROM THAT SOURCE, THOUGH MUCH WORK REMAINS BEFORE THE BUDGET MAKES IT BACK TO THE PRESIDENT'S DESK
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MEANWHILE, FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN ED WHITFIELD(R-KY) SAYS THE ''CONTINUING RESOLUTION'' TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE TIME BEING INCLUDES 100-BILLION DOLLARS IN MUCH-NEEDED CUTS ACROSS ALL FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND DEPARTMENTS, AND THAT HE VOTED FOR IT WHEN IT CAME UP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
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MEANWHILE, CONGRESSMAN WHITFIELD WILL BE IN THE DISTRICT THIS WEEK AS CONGRESS IS IN RECESS, WITH A NOON APPEARANCE WEDNESDAY BEFORE A JOINT ROTARY/KIWANIS CLUB MEETING IN PRINCETON TO BE FOLLOWED BY A 2:15 MEETING WITH COAL MINERS AT THE WARRIOR MINE IN THE MANITOU AREA OF H0PKINS COUNTY.
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UNITS FROM THE HIGHLAND AND LACY FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE AT THE SCENE OF A FIRE AT THE FORMER CITY SALVAGE ON THE GREENVILLE ROAD AROUND 3:30 MONDAY MORNING,WITH THE BLAZE UNDER CONTROL SHORTLY AFTERWARDS;WHILE HOPKINSVILLE UNITS BATTLED A BLAZE ON YOUNGLOVE STREET LATE SUNDAY NIGHT, WITH THE DISPATCH GOING OUT AT 11:20 P.M..
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AN OAK GROVE MOTORCYCLIST FACES CHARGES FROM THREE AGENCIES AFTER A CHASE WHICH COVERED TWO COUNTIES AND 40 MILES SUNDAY EVENING.  TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN TRIGG COUNTY BY CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY PHILLIP MEACHAM ABOUT 10 SUNDAY NIGHT WAS 24-YEAR OLD ADAM SILVERS, WHO INITIALLY OUTRAN HOPKINSVILLE POLICE WHEN THEY ''CLOCKED'' HIM AT 80 MILES AN HOUR ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD ABOUT 6 P.M. SUNDAY.  SILVERS WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE APPREHENSION, BUT WAS SPOTTED BY DEPUTY MEACHAM, WHO CHASED HIM TO THE DONALDSON CREEK ROAD IN TRIGG COUNTY WHERE HE WRECKED HIS MOTORCYCLE.
THE ARREST CARD SAYS SILVERS RAN INTO A WOODED AREA, BUT EXITED WHEN DEPUTY MEACHAM, WHO WAS ASSISTED BY TRIGG COUNTY DEPUTY DANE HUGHES, THREATENED TO TURN HIS K-9 LOOSE. DEPUTY MEACHAM SAID THE CHASE COVERED 40 MILES OVER TWO COUNTIES.
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15TH DISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE BRENT YONTS(D-GREENVILLE) IS BACKING LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD CREATE AN EXPERIMENTAL WAY OF STORING ''CARBON EMISSIONS'' AND BENEFIT THE COAL-PRODUCING AREA OF HIS DISTRICT.
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THE HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM BROUGHT HOME TWO FIRSTS, THREE SECONDS AND A THIRD PLACE FROM RECENT COMPETITION AT ALLEN COUNTY/SCOTTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL,WHICH WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR AN OVERALL FIFTH PLACE FINISH, ACCORDING TO COACH HEIDI WHEELER.
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A GROUP OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS FROM CHRISTIAN COUNTY RECENTLY ATTENDED AN EVENT IN BOWLING GREEN KNOWN AS ''SUPER SATURDAY'',WHERE THEY LEARNED ABOUT CAREER OPTIONS.
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FORMER KENTUCKY EDUCATION COMMISSIONER GENE WILHOIT TOLD THE CROWD AT THE RECENT REGIONAL EDUCATION SUMMIT IN HOPKINSVILLE THAT SITE-BASED COUNCILS ARE FUNDED WITH MONEY WHICH IS THE FIRST TO BE CUT FROM THE BUDGET WHEN LEAN ECONOMIC TIMES HIT.
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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT INSPECTS ABOUT 175 LOCAL EATING ESTABLISHMENTS AND, ACCORDING TO ITS WEB-SITE, THEY ARE ABOUT EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN ''SMOKING AND NON-SMOKING''.
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TRAFFIC ON U.S. 68/80 AT THE EGGNER'S FERRY BRIDGE AT AURORA WILL BE RESTRICTED TO ONE LANE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS AN INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED OF THE STRUCTURE WHICH SERVES AS THE WESTERN ENTRANCE TO THE LAND-BETWEEN-THE-LAKES FEDERAL RECREATION AREA.
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THE FOUR BRANCHES OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES MET THEIR RECRUITING AND RETENTION GOALS FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR, WHICH BEGAN OCTOBER 1ST, 2-THOUSAND 10, WITH THE ARMY REACHING 102-PERCENT OF ITS RECRUITING GOAL.
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