AFTERNOON HEADLINES 04/07

THE GROWING PROBLEM OF ONLINE BULLYING WAS ADDRESSED AT A THURSDAY NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WITH DETECTIVE BERT FINLEY SAYING POLICE ARE PATROLING SITES SUCH AS TOPIX.COM AND WILL SOON START PURSUING BULLIES WHO CROSS THE LINE OF FREE SPEECH IN THE COURT SYSTEM.
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KENTUCKY U.S. SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL SAYS DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON ARE TAKING A PASS ON RESPONSIBLE NEGOTIATIONS AS A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN LOOMS.
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TAX DAY IS APRIL 18TH THIS YEAR AND THE IRS IS REMINDING THOSE WHO FILE ONLINE TO BE SURE THEY HIT ALL OF THE RIGHT KEYS WHEN FILING RETURNS ONLINE TO AVOID ANY COSTLY ERRORS.
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JUST AS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT IS WRAPPING UP FROM MONDAY’S SEVERE WEATHER, THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS WESTERN KENTUCKY UNDER A “SLIGHT RISK” OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH SUNDAY EVENING LOOKING LIKE THE MOST POTENT SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH.
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A PARKED “STICK-SHIFT” PICKUP TRUCK LEFT IN NEUTRAL WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED ON THE ELKTON SQUARE ROLLED ACROSS THE STREET, OVER A FLOWER POT AND SIDEWALK AND INTO THE FRONT WALL OF TODD COUNTY ATTORNEY HAROLD “MAC” JOHNS’ OFFICE WEDNESDAY, WITH VERY LITTLE DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES REPORTED.
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY’S 23RD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL BE CALLED “PISGAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,” IN HONOR OF A POST WORLD WAR II SCHOOL WHICH SERVED PREDOMINANTLY BLACK STUDENTS WHICH CARRIED THE SAME NAME.
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SUMMONSED TO COURT BY THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES WEDNESDAY MORNING WAS 58-YEAR OLD WILLIAM UTLEY OF 113 EAST CHERRY STREET, PEMBROKE, WHO IS ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA.
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CRIMESTOPPERS FUGITIVE OF THE WEEK 19-YEAR OLD KEON LACY TURNED HERSELF IN AT THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL WEDNESDAY, WHILE CITY POLICE USED A TIP FROM THE PUBLIC AND FOUND AND ARRESTED 31-YEAR OLD WILLIE COLEMAN OF PEMBROKE, WHO WAS ONE OF LAST WEEK’S FUGITIVES.
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A SINGLE-VEHICLE WRECK CAUSED BY DEER ON I-24 IN CALDWELL COUNTY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING SENT 53-YEAR OLD DAVID EVANS OF EVANSVILLE TO CALDWELL COUNTY HOSPITAL, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT FROM STATE POLICE.