HEADLINES 04/03
A SHOOTING INCIDENT IN MUHLENBERG COUNTY SATURDAY NIGHT SENT A MAN IDENTIFIED BY STATE POLICE ONLY AS HAROLD G. GRAY TO ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE, WHILE THE ENSUING INVESTIGATION LED TO THE ARREST OF 36-YEAR OLD JASON LEMARR OF GREENVILLE ON FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT CHARGES.
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THE RECENT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STUDY ON OVERALL HEALTH IN KENTUCKY’S 120 COUNTIES HAD TRIGG RANKED 70TH, WITH 30% SMOKING AND 31% OBESITY RATES AMONG ADULTS TWO OF THE MAJOR REASONS FOR THE POOR RANKING.
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THE AVERAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN KENTUCKY PROVIDES ONE NURSE TO EVERY 1,254 STUDENTS, ABOUT 500 STUDENTS MORE THAN THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL NURSES RECOMMENDATION.
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DETAILS ARE LACKING, BUT ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER AND ANOTHER TO LOGAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AFTER A TWO-VEHICLE WRECK AT THE INTERSECTION OF KENTUCKY 181 AND U.S. 68-80 IN TODD COUNTY SATURDAY NIGHT.
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ELSEWHERE, A WRECK IN MARSHALL COUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT INVOLVING THE SUSPECTED USE OF ALCOHOL RESULTED IN THE HOSPITALIZATION AND SUBSEQUENT ARREST OF 60-YEAR OLD JIMMY DENHAM OF BENTON, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED DUI.
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STATE POLICE IN THE “POST 2” MADISONVILLE AREA WROTE 912 SPEEDING TICKETS DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH, WITH SIX TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN THE SEVEN COUNTY JURISDICTION SO FAR THIS YEAR.
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ARMY EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE SOLDIERS AT FORT CAMPBELL TOOK PART IN LOTS OF PHYSICAL LABOR, MENTAL ANALYSIS, BUT VERY LITTLE GLORY LAST WEEK WHEN THEY COMPETED FOR THE EOD TEAM OF THE YEAR HONORS.
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APRIL 10TH THROUGH THE 16TH WILL BE SET ASIDE TO HONOR EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS ACROSS KENTUCKY THIS YEAR.