AFTERNOON HEADLINES 03/01

AUTOPSY RESULTS ARE STILL PENDING IN THE CASE OF A WHITE FEMALE FOUND DEAD BESIDE THE CHIRISTIAN QUARRY ROAD NEAR THE TUNNEL WHICH GOES UNDER THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY AROUND 6:45 TUESDAY MORNING, THOUGH CHRISTIAN COUNTY CORONER DORRIS LAMB SAID SHE DID HAVE HEAD TRAUMA.
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ANOTHER FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER HAS BEEN KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN, WITH OFFICIALS IDENTIFYING THE VICTIM AS 21-YEAR OLD SPECIALIST BRIAN TABADA OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, WHO WAS KILLED SUNDAY BY GRENADE FIRE.
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THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY EXTENSION TO I-24 OPENED JUST AFTER NOON TUESDAY, WITH LIFELONG HOPKINSVILLE RESIDENT JAMES YOUNG THE FIRST TO TRY IT OUT AND SEVERAL TRACTOR TRAILERS SPOTTED ON THE NEW HIGHWAY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SITE BASED DECISION MAKING COUNCIL WILL MEET THURSDAY NIGHT AT 7 TO DISCUSS THE PROCESS TO APPEAL EDUCATION COMMISSIONER TERRY HOLLIDAY’S DECISION TO DISBAND THE GROUP AFTER THE RECENT LEADERSHIP AUDIT.
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