HOPKINSVILLE POLICE CHIEF GUY HOWIE IS ADVISING RESIDENTS TO BE SURE ALL OF THEIR PHONE NUMBERS ARE SIGNED UP FOR THE “REVERSE 911” EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM BY GOING TO CNE.CODEREDWEB.COM.
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A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY FOR ALL OF WESTEN KENTUCKY AS SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 20 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR, WHILE GUSTS COULD GET AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45.
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CHRISITAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUTE RICK SHANKLIN, WHO HAS SERVED AS WARNING METEOROLOGIST AT THE PADUCAH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, HAS RECEIVED AN AT LEAST TEMPORARY MAJOR PROMOTION TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR METEORLOGICAL SERVICES FOR THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES IN KANSAS CITY.
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A REAR-END COLLISSION ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD SATURDAY MORNING SENT 52-YEAR OLD IDELLA KING OF CLARKSVILLE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER.
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A WRECK ON CLAY STREET JUST AFTER 3:00 SATURDAY AFTERNOON INJURED 25-YEAR OLD MELISSA DAVIDSON OF HOPKINSVILLE ENOUGH TO REQUIRE A HOSPITAL VISIT.
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FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN ED WHITFIELD OF HOPKINSVILLE SAYS HE IS OVERALL PLEASED WITH THE STOP-GAP LEGISLATION AGREED TO IN WASHINGTON LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THAT AVERTED A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
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CALDWELL COUNTY IS AMONG THE HEALTHIEST IN THE PENNYRILE REGION, ACCORDING TO THE RECENT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STUDY, WHICH RANKED CALDWELL 48TH OUT OF 120 OVERALL IN KENTUCKY, DESPITE 35% OF ITS ADULTS ADMITTING TO BEING SMOKERS.
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THE TODD COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM BECAME THE LATEST IN KENTUCKY TO RECEIVE A HYBRID BUS LAST YEAR, USING ITS SHARE OF A 13 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT TO PAY THE APROIXIMATELY $75,000 DIFFERENCE FROM THE COST OF A NORMAL BUS.
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KENTUCKY IS THE 20TH MOST PEACEFUL STATE IN THE COUNTRY, SAYS THE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMICS AND PEACE, WHICH PLACED TENNESSEE AT 49TH PLACE DUE TO CRIME RATES, INCARCERATION RATES AND OTHER FACTORS.
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STATE POLICE IN THE POST 1 AREA RESPONDED TO 769 CALLS FOR SERVICE AND INVESTIGATED 60 WRECKS, ACCORDING TO THE MONTLY ACTIVITY REPORT, WHICH SAYS 716 SPEEDING TICKETS WERE WRITTEN IN THE JURISIDICTION WHICH INCLUDES TRIGG COUNTY.
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OFFICIALS CONNNECTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH SAY THEY SHOULD HAVE A SUCCESSOR TO DOCTOR LEE TODD CHOSEN WITHIN A MONTH.