A TANKER TRUCK LOADED WITH ETHANOL OVERTURNED EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ON THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY IN HOPKINSVILLE BETWEEN US 68 AND US 41.  BOTH SOUTHBOUND LANES OF THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY ARE CLOSED.  kEITH TODD OF THE STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SAYS THE LANES MAY BE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF US 41-A ARE BLOCKED NEAR THE 10 MILE MARKER IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY BY DOWNED POWER LINES AS A RESULT OF THE SEVERE STORMS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  THIS IS IN THE JOHN RIVES ROAD AREA BETWEEN LOVERS LANE AND KY 1027 SOUTH OF HOPKINSVILLE.

THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS EARLY THIS MORNING AND LATE LAST NIGHT, WITH SEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWNED AND SOME ROOF DAMAGE TO THE LAFAYETTE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
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HOPKINSVILLE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN BUDGET AMENDMENT ORDINANCE TO PURCHASE A HARLEY DAVIDSON FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TUESDAY NIGHT, WHILE ALSO RECEIVING A POSITIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FROM BUDGET OFFICER ROBERT MARTIN.
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THE 61ST ANNUAL WHOP ROTARY RADIO AUCTION CONTINUES AT THE MEMORIAL BUILDING TONIGHT WITH THE FIRST SET OF ITEMS ON THE “BIG GAME” BOARD TO BE SOLD AND A CELEBRITY DESERT AUCTION IN THE LOBBY.
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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ARRESTED 29-YEAR OLD TERRY MORSE AND 35-YEAR OLD GARY HUNT OF HOPKINSVILLE FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING CASH FROM THREE AMISH AND MENNONITE STORES OVER THE SPAN OF ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
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FORMER HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DEAN OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS DOCTOR JANET SMITH, WHO IS AN AUSTIN PEAY GRADUATE AND IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT AT COLUMBIA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN TENNESSEE, WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT APSU’S SPRING COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES.
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APPLICATIONS FOR THE NEXT “LEADERSHIP HOPKINSVILLE” CLASS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED, WITH PACKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT HOPKINSVILLECHAMBER.COM OR AT THE COMMERCE CENTER ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD.
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TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE 24 NEAR THE FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE WILL BE SLOWED IN THE WESTBOUND LANES FOR A FEW DAYS AS CREWS REPAIR A EXPANSION JOINT ON THE OVERPASS DECK, THOUGH WORK SHOULD BE DONE BY THE EASTER WEEKEND.