NEWS HEADLINES 2/24

ONE OF THE FINEST ATHLETES EVER BORN IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS SPENDING HIS RETIREMENT YEARS HERE, WITH MATT SNORTON, WHO WAS BORN IN CROFTON, FEATURED IN A FULL-PAGE ARTICLE IN YESTERDAY'S ''EAGLE POST'', WRITTEN BY WHOP'S ADAM MAY.
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THE DROUGHT CONTINUES FOR LOCAL TEAMS IN THE HOPKINSVILLE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION AND HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE MINORITY STUDENT UNION BLACK HISTORY TRIVIA BOWL, WITH THE GREATER MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF CLARKSVILLE THE WINNER OF LAST SATURDAY'S COMPETITION.
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MEMBERS OF ''B'' BATTERY, 4TH BATTALION, 320TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, 4TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION(AIR ASSAULT) WILL BE PRESENTED THE  2010 HENRY A. KNOX AWARD AS THE BEST ARTILLERY BATTERY IN THE ENTIRE U.S. ARMY DURING THE ANNUAL FIELD ARTILLERY CONFERENCE TO BE HELD THIS SPRING AT FT. SILL, OKLAHOMA.
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THIS WEEK'S FUGITIVES FROM CRIMESTOPPERS ARE 39-YEAR OLD CARLOS MONTEZ KILLEBREW, A B/M, 509/165, WHO IS WANTED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT, AND 24-YEAR OLD MITCHELL TRAVIS WADLINGTON, A B/M,507/155, WHO IS WANTED FOR PROBATION VIOLATION.  OFFICER PAUL RAY IS ACCEPTING ANONYMOUS INFORMATION AT 887-TIPS, AND, AS ALWAYS, YOU NEED NOT GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT.

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TENNESSEE TECH UNIVERSITY HISTORY PROFESSOR MICHAEL BIRDWELL WILL BE AT AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHERE HE WILL ELEVATE THE RATHER MUNDANE TOPIC OF FIELD CORN TO A SUBJECT WHICH HE MAINTAINS HAS AN ELEMENT OF EXCITEMENT, GIVEN ITS CONNECTION TO ILLEGAL WHISKEY KNOWN AS ''MOONSHINE''.
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CERTAIN RESULTS OF THE 2009 AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF THEN-LIVINGSTON COUNTY SHERIFF TOMMY WILLIAMS HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE FOR THEIR REVIEW.
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STATE POLICE FROM THE MAYFIELD POST HAVE ARRESTED TWO EMPLOYEES OF THE MCCRACKEN COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR PURCHASING LARGE QUANTITIES OF AUTOMOTIVE ITEMS WITH DISTRICT FUNDS AND THEN CONVERTING THEM TO THEIR PERSONAL USE.
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