AFTERNOON HEADLINES 03/11
AN ALREADY LARGE U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN THAT AREA OF THE WORLD MEANS A DEPLOYMENT OF FORT CAMPBELL OR KENTUCKY NATIONAL GUARD FORCES TO JAPAN FOR HUMANITARIAN AID WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED, THOUGH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS SAID THE MILITARY WILL PLAY A ROLE IN THE RESPONSE.
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MEMBERS OF ''THE CAV'' REPORTED BACK TO FORT CAMPBELL THURSDAY NIGHT, WITH 210 ''SCREAMING EAGLES'' ON THE FLIGHT WHICH TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 7:45, AND 208 OF THEM ASSIGNED TO THE 101ST COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE.
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MEANWHILE, FORT CAMPBELL CONTINUES TO PROVIDE A PRIME ''SHOOTING SPOT'' FOR TV ''REALITY PROGRAMS, WITH ''COUNTRY MUSIC TELEVISION'' FALLING IN RIGHT BEHIND NO FEWER THAN 13 ''COMING HOME'' EPISODES.
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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY CARES 2015 APPRECIATION RECEPTION WAS HELD THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE BRUCE CENTER, WITH PLANTERS BANK AND JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER PROMINENTLY RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE VISION PLAN.
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THE TIME CHANGE IS ALSO A GOOD REMINDER TO CHECK YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR BATTERIES, WITH STATE FIRE MARSHALL WILLIAM SWOPE REMINDING KENTUCKIANS TO HAVE A FUNCTIONAL ALARM ON EACH LEVEL OF THE HOME AND IN EACH BEDROOM.
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U.S. SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL, WHO IS THE MINORITY LEADER IN THE U.S. SENATE, WANTS TO REDUCE GAS PRICES BY ENCOURAGING MORE DOMESTIC OIL PRODUCTION TO REDUCE THE NATION'S DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL.
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PLASTIKON INDUSTRIES KENTUCKY OF GRAYSON COUNTY, WHICH IS A SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY PLANT TIED TO THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, IS PLANNING TO ALMOST DOUBLE ITS WORK FORCE.
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THE CITY OF OAK GROVE WILL RECEIVE STATEWIDE RECOGNITION LATER THIS MONTH FOR PASSING AN ORDIANCE THAT BANS SMOKING FROM MOST EATING ESTABLISHMENTS IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S SECOND LARGEST CITY.
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HOPKINSVILLE NATIVE NATHAN CLINKENBEARD WHO RESIDES IN TRIGG COUNTY WAS AMONG 8 STATE TROOPERS RECOGNIZED THURSDAY FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO MAKE KENTUCKY ROADS SAFER.
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FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION SECRETARY AND FORMER TREASURER JONATHAN MILLER IS LEAVING THE BESHEAR ADMINISTRATION AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
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FORMER FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER BRENT BURKE WILL FACE A FOURTH TRIAL FOR ALLEGEDLY MURDERING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND MOTHER-IN-LAW FOUR YEARS AGO IN HARDIN COUNTY.