AFTERNOON HEADLINES 04/01

EMERGENCY MANAGERS, LAW ENFORCMENT, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND “CERT TEAMS” FROM ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY WILL PARTICIPATE IN A FEDERALLY ORGANIZED EARTQUAKE PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE LATER THIS MONTH, WITH PERSONNEL FROM CHRISTIAN COUNTY CERT TEAMS AND THE PENNYRILE CITIZENS CORPS COUNCIL TO ATTEND THE EVENT AT KENTUCKY DAM VILLAGE.
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AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, TVA WILL SOON REQUIRE ELECTRICITY PROVIDERS TO CHARGE FOR POWER PARTIALLY BASED ON TIME OF USUAGE AND PENNYRILE RURAL ELECTRIC IS ALREADY TAKING STEPS IN THAT DIRECTION, THOUGH INITIAL CHANGES WILL BE VERY MINIMAL.
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19-YEAR OLD CAMPION HAWKINS OF 1006 AMANDA DRIVE WAS GIVEN PROBATION IN CHRISTIAN CIRCUIT COURT THIS WEEK AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF RAPING A 16-YEAR OLD GIRL AFTER PROVIDING HER WITH ALCOHOL ON MAY 23RD OF LAST YEAR.
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MEANWHILE, THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTED 23-YEAR OLD CHRISTINE AND 24-YEAR OLD DAVID BENEDICT OF 1803 WOODMILL STREET ON CHARGES OF CRIMINAL ABUSE FOR ALLEGEDLY FORCING THEIR TWO CHILDREN TO LIVE IN A HOME LADEN WITH GARBAGE AND MAKING THEIR YOUNGEST SLEEP IN A CRIB INFESTED WITH MAGGOTS.
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RECEIVING A “TRUE BILL” FOR RAPE WAS JAMES CHILDRESS OF 4356 CASKEY LANE, WHO ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED TWO GIRLS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 3 AND 7 BETWEEN 1999 AND 2003.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED 21-YEAR OLD DETRIK LAMONT SHARBER OF THE CITY THURSDAY ON OUTSTANDING WARRANTS, WITH RESISTING ARREST TACKED ON AFTER HE DAMAGED THE INSIDE OF A POLICE CRUISER BY KICKING IT.
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A THURSDAY WRECK IN HOPKINS COUNTY SENT 44-YEAR OLD JASON BROWN OF MADISONVILLE TO ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL BY AIR-EVAC HELLICOPTER.
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THE KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE HELPED INVESTIGATORS FIND AND ARREST 42-YEAR OLD JAMES TODD HILL OF GILBERTSVILLE IN MARSHALL COUINTY, WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY IN POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.