AFTERNOON HEADLINES 04/06
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF HOPKINSVILLE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS HIRED 12-YEAR EMPLOYEE VICKIE SMILEY AS ITS NEXT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WITH MS. SMILEY REPLACING THE RETIRED ROY AMERSON WHO STEPPED DOWN IN DECEMBER.
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REPUBLICAN GUBENATORIAL CANDIDATE BARBARA “BOBBIE” HOLSCLAW WAS IN HOPKINSVILLE LAST WEEK FOR THE TEA PARTY POLITICAL FORUM AND DESCRIBED HERSELF AS A “REAGAN REPUBLICAN” WITH A RECORD OF CONSERVATISM.
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VANDERBILT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL SPOKESMAN BETH BROERING SAYS NO CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 16 SHOULD EVER OPERATE A RIDING MOWER AND SAYS THE HOSPITAL TREATS TERRIBLE INJURIES OF HANDS AND FEET EACH YEAR ASSOCIATED WITH LAWN MOWERS.
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OFFICIALS ON POST SAY NEITHER THE SUSPECT OR VICTIM IN THE RECENT CHOKING DEATH IN OAK GROVE WERE SOLDIERS, CONTRARY TO SEVERAL MEDIA REPORTS, INCLUDING ON WHOP.
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AN INCREASE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BUSY AREAS OF THE CITY COMBINED WITH THE OPENING OF THE PARKWAY EXTENSION HAVE LIKELY PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN REDUCING THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN HOPKINSVILLE BY 55 FROM 2010 THROUGH THREE MONTHS THIS YEAR.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED 27-YEAR OLD SHIRLENE PIPER OF THE CITY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ALLEGEDLY DRIVING DRUNK, DISREGARDING A STOP LIGHT, KICKING POLICE AND DRIVING WITH A SMALL CHILD IN HER LAP.
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IN OTHER NEWS FROM HPD, A 1995 CAMARO VALUED AT $5,000 WAS REPORTED STOLEN TUESDAY MORNING BY HOWARD STOKES, WHO SAID THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FROM 106 HIGGINS STREET SOMETIME BETWEEN 9PM MONDAY AND 6:30 TUESDAY MORNING.
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FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER SPECIALIST DANIEL FOSTER WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS SILVER STAR AWARD SATURDAY IN ANNAHEIM BEFORE THE ANGELS-BLUE JAYS GAME.
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NOT ONLY IS THE COST OF GAS GOING UP DRAMATICALLY, THE KENTUCKY FARM BUREAU HAS NOTED A DISTINCT INCREASE IN THE COST OF GROCERIES IN RECENT MONTHS.
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THIS WEEK’S CRIMESTOPPERS “FUGITIVES OF THE WEEK” ARE 23-YEAR OLD ERNEST LEE POE, WHO’S WANTED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT, AND 19-YEAR OLD KEON BROOKE LACY, WHO’S SOUGHT ON SEVERAL OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.
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THREE PEOPLE DIED ON KENTUCKY ROADWAYS LAST WEEK, AND THERE HAVE BEEN 141 TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN THE COMMONWEALTH SINCE JANUARY 1ST.
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