CHRISTIAN COUNTY ESCAPED WITHOUT ANY REPORTED INJURIES RELATED TO LAST NIGHT'S STORMS IN THE AREA WITH SEVERAL WEATHER RELATED WARNINGS ISSUES.  EFFORTS TO CONFIRM WHETHER A TORNADO "TOUCHED DOWN" IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY WILL BE MADE TODAY.

ABOUT 520 CUSTOMERS OF PENNYRILE ELECTRIC WERE AFFECTED WHEN THE STORM DOWNED SEVERAL UTILITY POLES ON THE PRINCETON ROAD IN THE AREA OF HAPPY HOLLOW.

OFFICIAL RAINFALL AT THE MESONET NORTH OF HOPKINSVILLE YESTERDAY WAS 3.88 INCHES.  EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT WAS RECORDED BY THE TRIGG COUNTY SITE DURING THE SAME PERIOD. 

OTHER THAN THE PRINCETON ROAD NEAR HOPKINSVILLE THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF HIGHWAYS CLOSED IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY THIS MORNING, THOUGH 14TH STREET AT THE RAILROAD WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER EARLY TODAY.

GRAVES COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE LOCATED THE BODIES OF 3 AMISH CHILDREN WHO WERE SWEPT TO THEIR DEATHS DURING LAST NIGHT'S STORM, WITH THE BODY OF THE FOURTH BEING SOUGHT.

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THE PRICE OF GASOLINE CONTINUES TO RISE DUE TO UNREST IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WITH THE AVERAGE PRICE IN KENTUCKY AT $3.26, $3.15 IN TENNESSEE AND AROUND $3.15 IN HOPKINSVILLE AND CLARKSVILLE AND OFFICIALS SAY THEY DON’T EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO GO DOWN ANYTIME SOON.
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KENTUCKY SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION COLLEGIATE MINISTRIES DIRECTOR PHIL INMAN WAS IN HOPKINSVILLE THURSDAY AND SAID THE STATEWIDE AGENCY WILL STILL PROVIDE ANY MORAL SUPPORT IT CAN TO THE HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE MINISTRY OPERATED BY THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS NOW PAYING FOR THE ENTIRE COST OF THE PROGRAM.
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STATE REPRESENATIVE JOHN TILLEY’S BILL WHICH CHANGES THE WAY DRUG OFFENDERS ARE TREATED IN THE CORRRECTIONAL SYSTEM MADE IT THROUGH A SENATE COMMITTEE WITH UNANIMOUS APPROVAL THURSDAY AND WAS EXPECTED TO EASILY PASS A FULL SENATE VOTE.
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MEANWHILE, STATE REPRESENTATIVE BRENT YONTS' PROPOSAL TO CREATE ''DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS'' FOR THE STORAGE OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS TO MAKE COAL AN EVEN MORE VIABLE FUEL HAS PASSED THE HOUSE AND SENATE BOUND.
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AND A BILL REQUIRING ABORTION CLINICS TO SHOW WOMEN AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE OF THEIR UNBORN BABY BEFORE TERMINATING THE PREGNANCY FAILED TO MAKE IT OUT OF A HOUSE COMMITTEE.