NEWS BRIEFS 3/28

MEMBERS OF THE TRIGG COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ARE NOW MEMBERS OF THE HOPKINSVILLE CHRISTIAN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE  AND VICE VERSA AFTER A CEREMONY LAST THURSDAY IN WHICH THE TWO BODIES MERGED FOR A COMMON PURPOSE OF GROWTH, ACCORDING TO LOCAL CHAMBER PRESIDENT CARTER HENDRICKS.
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THOUGH YOU HAVE TO BE A CUSTOMER OF THE HOPKINSVILLE ELECTRIC SYSTEM'S INTERNET PACKAGE TO ACCESS THE NEW ''MOBILE NET'' WIRELESS NETWORK ACROSS THE CITY, THERE ARE ALREADY FREE ''HOT SPOTS'' AT SEVERAL CITY PARKS AND AT ''FOUNDERS SQUARE'' AT 9TH AND MAIN STREETS IN HOPKINSVILLE.
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IF YOU LIVE IN THE CASKY-PEMBROKE-OAK GROVE AREAS AND WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND LAST WEEK'S T-V-A OPEN HOUSE REGARDING THE NEW ELECTRIC LINE ''RIGHT OF WAY'', YOU MAY STILL ASK QUESTIONS BY CALLING ALLEN MILLER OF TVA AT 1-800-362-4355.
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FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN ED WHITFIELD OF HOPKINSVILLE SAYS HE FAVORS A TWO-YEAR BUDGET FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH MIGHT CUT DOWN ON ''CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS'' ON WHICH THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
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A RIBBON CUTTING IS SCHEDULED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT FORT CAMPBELL FOR A NEW ''VIRTUAL TRAINING FACILITY'', WHICH WILL ALLOW SOLDIERS TO TRAIN FOR ''REAL WORLD EXPERIENCES'' USING EQUIPMENT SIMILAR TO A VIDEO GAME.
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A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY SUNDAY NIGHT IN HOPKINS COUNTY SENT THE DRIVER TO THE THE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN MADISONVILLE FOR TREATMENT OF INJURIES, WITH 20-YEAR OLD LAASIA D. GRAY OF HANSON ''OVERCORRECTING'' AFTER LEAVING THE LIMITED-ACCESSED HIGHWAY AND OVERTURNING AFTER SHE LOST CONTROL OF HER CAR.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY AT D-T'S BAR ON EAST 9TH STREET WHICH OCCURRED SATURDAY NIGHT, WITH 5 LITERS OF LIQUORS, TWO ''NIGHT STICKS'' AND A SET OF HANDCUFFS TAKEN.
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FORMER CADIZ ATTORNEY SHIRLEY CUNNINGHAM JUNIOR, WHO IS NOW SERVING 20 YEARS' PRISON TIME IN CONNECITON WITH THE ''FEN-PHEN'' DIET DRUG CASE,  WILL HAVE HIS HOME AND 160 ACRES IN THE GEORGETOWN AREA SOLD LATE NEXT MONTH AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF KEEPING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHICH SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE VICTIMS, WITH THE GEORGETOWN ARIZONA PROPERTY VALUED IN EXCESS OF $3,000,000.
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