AFTERNOON HEADLINES 4/20
THE CITY OF OAK GROVE TOOK THE HARDEST HIT IN WEDNESDAY MORNING’S SEVERE WEATHER, WITH CITY TOURISM COMMISSION DIRECTOR TRACY CUNNINGHAM SAYING OVER 30 TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED IN THE CITY PARK INCLUDING ONE THAT DAMAGED A PAVILION.
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THE WHOP ROTARY RADIO AUCTION CONTINUES THURSDAY NIGHT WITH MORE BIDDING AND MORE GREAT FOOD, INCLUDING SMOKED CHICKEN WHICH TAKES THE PLACE OF THE TRADITIONAL “RIB NIGHT,” ACCORDING TO AUCTION CHAIR KERMIT ROWE.
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A WRECK INVOLVING A TANKER TRUCK ON THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING CAUSED MAJOR TRAFFIC PROBLEMS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER 7,700 GALLONS OF ETHANOL SPILLED ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND 36-YEAR OLD JOHN A. LORD OF INDIANA WAS CHARGED WITH IMPROPER REGISTRATION.
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A REAR END COLLISSION ON NORTH MAIN STREET TUESDAY SENT 63-YEAR OLD AUGUSTA WEAVER AND 41-YEAR OLD MICHAEL BRACKEN OF HOPKINSVILLE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER, WHILE THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE REFUSED TRANSPORT.
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