VEONTAE LEWIS HIT A FIELD GOAL AS TIME EXPIRED IN THE SECOND OVERTIME TO LEAD CHRISTIAN COUNTY TO A 65-63 VICTORY IN THE BOYS SWEET SIXTEEN STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT RUPP ARENA IN LEXINGTON.  IT IS THE COLONELS FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP IN BASKETBALL. TENTATIVE PLANS ARE FOR A WELCOME HOME CEREMONY AT COLONEL GYM SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:00.

A CROFTON AREA WOMAN HAS SUCCUMBED TO INJURIES SUSTAINED THURSDAY MARCH 10TH, WITH NASHVILLE OFFICIALS NOTIFYING THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FRIDAY OF THE DEATH OF 25-YEAR OLD ELIZABETH SEARS OF THE NORTH OLD MADISONVILLE ROAD,WHOSE VAN LEFT THE SPARKMAN ROAD AND OVERTURNED DURING A RAINSTORM.
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MEANWHILE, KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SAY 67-YEAR OLD MARIE SMITH OF GUTHRIE HAS ALSO SUCCUMBED TO INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A WRECK ON KENTUCKY 181 ON MARCH 4TH, WITH MS. SMITH BECOMING THE SECOND TRAFFIC DEATH IN TODD COUNTY THIS YEAR.
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A  RELATIVELY NEW MILITARY-ORIENTED PROGRAM CALLED ''PROJECT PASS'' WAS UNVEILED TO THE PUBLIC AT NORTH DRIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL FRIDAY MORNING, WHERE FT. CAMPBELL COMMAND SGT. MAJOR MARK HERNDON SAID MANY OF THE JUNIOR ROTC CADETS PRESENT WILL LIKELY ONE DAY BE COMMUNITY LEADERS.
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3RD DISTRICT STATE SENATOR JOEY PENDLETON(D-HOPKINSVILLE) WAS GIVEN THE ''FRIEND OF SPORTSMEN'' AWARD FRIDAY BY THE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN.
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A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE AT THE FORT CAMPBELL WELCOME CENTER CLOSED THAT BUILDING AND GATE 4 FOR A SHORT TIME FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THOUGH IT TURNED OUT TO BE INNOCENT AND NORMAL ACTIVITY RESUMED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS.
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JEWELRY VALUED IN EXCESS OF $20,000 WHICH BELONGED TO HIS LATE WIFE IS MISSING FROM THE CLARA DRIVE APARTMENT OF ROBERT BERRY OF PEMBROKE.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE SERVED A FEDERAL ''FUGITIVE WARRANT'' ON 18-YEAR OLD GINA BLOOM OF HOPKINSVILLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WHO ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED A BURGLARY IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHICH IS NORTH AND WEST OF CHICAGO.
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ALSO ON FILE AT THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A BURGLARY REPORT FROM 716 BRADSHAW ST., WHERE A 42-INCH ''FLAT SCREEN'' TELEVISION BELONGING TO WHITLEY HASKINS WAS STOLEN.
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