NEWS HEADLINES
THE LOCAL WEATHER HAS ''STABLIZED'' FOR THE TIME BEING, WITH THE ''ACCU-WEATHER'' FORECASTERS PREDICTING AT LEAST A 3-DAY ''RUN'' OF SUNNY AND WARM CONDITIONS, AND WHILE THE WORST OF KENTUCKY'S WEATHER BY-PASSED THE PENNYRILE YESTERDAY, FOUR TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS WERE RECORDED IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AREA.
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AS NOTED AT THE OUTSET OF THIS YEAR'S ''SHORT SESSION'' OF THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY, EXPECTATIONS WERE LOW, AND STATE SENATOR TIM SHAUGHNESSY OF LOUISVILLE SAYS HE THINKS THEY'LL BE MET, WITH ONLY 6 OF 662 BILLS FILED PASSING BOTH HOUSES OF THE LEGISLATURE.
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MEANWHILE, THE COMMISSION CREATED BY THE LAW PASSED LAST YEAR WITH THE BACKING OF 3RD DISTRICT STATE SENATOR JOEY PENDLETON(D-HOPKINSVILLE) AND DEALING WITH ANIMAL WELFARE IS WRESTLING WITH THE REGULATIONS TO BACK THE STATUTE.
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ELSEWHERE, 15TH DISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE BRENT YONTS(D-GREENVILLE) MADE THE NEWS LAST WEEK AS HE RECEIVED A BASKET OF KENTUCKY FARM PRODUCTS IN RECOGNITION OF ''FOOD CHECKOUT DAY'',WHICH REPRESENTS THE DAY THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WORKER HAS EARNED ENOUGH TO PAY FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR'S FOOD.
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WEAPONS WERE THE TARGETS OF THIEVES LISTED ON REPORTS FILED MONDAY WITH HOPKINSVILLE POLICE, THOUGH NEITHER JOHN JAMES, WHOSE $2300 KNIFE COLLECTION IS MISSING FROM RED BUD DRIVE, OR PATRICK FORST, A FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER WHO HAD TWO GUNS WORTH A COMBINED $600 TAKEN FROM A STORAGE SPACE WHILE HE WAS DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN, COULD SAY EXACTLY WHEN THE ITEMS WERE TAKEN.
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