CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION DIRECTOR STEVE BOURNE SAYS THE STORMWATER UTILITY SYSTEM HAD PERFORMED WELL THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON, BUT WARNED NO SYSTEM CAN WIN THE BATTLE AGAINST MOTHER NATURE IN THE MOST EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES.

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MEANWHILE, THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REMINDING RESIDENTS TO NEVER DRIVE THROUGH STANDING WATER, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO JUDGE THE DEPTH OR SWIFTNESS OF THE CURRENT.

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A LATE AFTERNOON ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER LEFT DAMAGE TO BARNS AND TREES ON BRADSHAW ROAD MONDAY AFTER NUMEROUS TORNADO WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR TRIGG, CHRISTIAN, TODD AND MUHLENBERG COUNTIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

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A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE MONTGOMERY-STEWART COUNTY LINE EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON, WHILE TODD COUNTY FISCAL COURT MAGISTRATE BRENT SPURLIN SAID HE KNEW OF NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THERE.

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EDC DIRECTOR LEE CONRAD SAID THE "CODE RED" EARLY NOTIFICATION PHONE SYSTEM GOT POSITIVE REVIEWS FROM LOCAL INDUSTRIES, WHO HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO WARN THEIR WORKERS OF THE IMPENDING STORM WHEN THE PHONE CALL WENT OUT TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES ACROSS HOPKINSVILLE.

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ANOTHER FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER HAS BEEN LOST IN THE WAR ON TERROR, WITH POST PUBLIC AFFAIRS IDENTIFYING THE FALLEN AS 25 YR OLD SGT. JOHN PAUL CASTRO OF TEXAS, WHO DIED FROM SMALL ARMS FIRE FRIDAY.

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A WET ROAD LIKELY CONTRIBUTED TO A SINGLE-VEHICLE WRECK IN TRIGG COUNTY SUNDAY THAT INJURED 30-YEAR OLD STACIE GIBBS OF CADIZ AND 51-YEAR OLD DONNA GREGORY OF GUTHRIE IS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION AT VANDERBILT MEDICAL CENTER AFTER A VEHICLE VERSUS BICYCLE WRECK IN THAT TODD COUNTY TOWN SATURDAY NIGHT.

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THE OVERNIGHT ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE ONCE AGAIN TOOK A TOLL ON TREES AND POWERLINES AND POLES, WITH A HOUSE ON CEMETERY STREET IN TRENTON REPORTEDLY DESTROYED BY A FALLEN TREE JUST AFTER 1AM, THOUGH THERE WERE THANKFULLY NO INJURIES.

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OAK GROVE LANDMARK CHARLIE'S STEAKHOUSE BURNED AND WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS, ACCORDING TO A STORY ON THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA'S WEBSITE, WHICH SAYS THE CAUSE OF THE BLAZE A LITTLE AFTER 9 O'CLOCK STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

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THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS WILL HOST A PROGRAM FOCUSING ON POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE AUDITORIUM BUILDING AT HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.