A BLANKET OF SNOW GREETED 'BLACK FRIDAY' SHOPPERS ACROSS THE PENNYRILE, THOUGH ROAD CONDITIONS REMAINED FAIRLY STABLE, GIVEN THE ELEVATED TEMPERATURES IN ADVANCE OF THE SNOWFALL.

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SNOWFALL BEGAN AROUND 10 P.M. THURSDAY, WITH A WRECK WHICH WAS REPORTED 10 MINUTES LATER ON THE PRINCETON ROAD RESULTING IN 24-YEAR OLD ELIZABETH FINLEY OF PRINCETON BEING TRANSPORTED TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER AFTER HER S-U-V OVERTURNED ON ITS TOP AFTER SLIDING OFF THE ROAD AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.

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THE CUSTOMARY LARGE CROWD OF EARLY BARGAIN SEEKERS WAS AT THE HOPKINSVILLE WAL-MART AT THE VERY OPENING OF 'BLACK FRIDAY' SHOPPING, WITH SECURITY OFFICERS NUMBERING IN THE 'DOUBLE DIGITS' TO CONTROL THE LARGE GROUP,WITH NO INCIDENTS REPORTED.

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A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN MARSHALL COUNTY THURSDAY MORNING, WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE INVOLVED ALCOHOL, CLAIMED THE LIFE OF 51-YEAR OLD BRUCE PETTY OF HOPKINSVILLE, ACCORDING TO CHANNEL 6, PADUCAH, WHICH NOTES THAT A PASSENGER, 49-YEAR OLD DAVID TEED OF ARIZONA, WAS TAKEN TO VANDERBILT MEDICAL CENTER IN NASHVILLE AFTER BEING THROWN FROM PETTY'S PICKUP TRUCK.

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A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY IS SET IN CLARKSVILLE ON TUESDAY FOR THE FIRST-EVER OFF-POST MEDICAL CLINIC OPERATED BY THE U.S. ARMY WHICH WILL BE LOCATED IN SUITE 301, MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING ONE, 647 DUNLOP LANE.

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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED A LOCAL MAN ON MARIJUANA AND COCAINE TRAFFICKING CHARGES WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WITH 36-YEAR OLD JUDAH WARFIELD TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER A SEARCH WARRANT WAS OBTAINED FOR 1926 HENRY STREET, APARTMENT E, WHERE A QUANTITY OF THE ILLEGAL DRUGS WAS FOUND, ACCORDING TO THE ARREST CARD.

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MEANWHILE, A SUSPECT IS LISTED IN THE THEFT OF $1500 WORTH OF ITEMS FROM A CAR OWNED BY TAMMY HENDERSON WHO PARKED IT ON COLONELETTE DRIVE.

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STATE COUNCIL ON POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION PRESIDENT DR. BOB KING,WHO
RECENTLY VISITED HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WILL BE BACK IN THE PENNYRILE NEXT WEEK TO TOUR ANOTHER COLLEGE CAMPUS.

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RECENT RAINFALL HAS ALL BUT ELIMINATED THE DANGER OF FIELD FIRES, BUT THINGS WERE DIFFERENT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WHEN A TOTAL OF 55,000 ACRES WAS REPORTED BURNED THIS YEAR IN KENTUCKY BY WILDFIRES.

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AREA RESIDENTS CAN NOW STROLL ALONG THE RIVERWALK IN CLARKSVILLE AND LOOK UPON TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AS PART OF 'CHRISTMAS ON THE CUMBERLAND'.

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KENTUCKY SECRETARY OF STATE TREY GRAYSON SAYS HE WON'T SEEK ELECTIVE OFFICE NEXT YEAR, BUT HAS NOT RULED OUT A FUTURE RUN.