NEWS HEADLINES 05/04

KENTUCKY GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR WAS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY AGAIN TUESDAY, WHILE CONGRESMAN ED WHITFIELD IS URGING THE PRESIDENT TO INCLUDE KENTUCKY IN THE FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY IS DONATING HIS SALARY FROM THIS YEAR’S SPECIAL SESSION TO CHARITY, SAYING HE WANTS IT TO GO WHERE IT WILL BENEFIT THE MOST PEOPLE.
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HOPKINSVILLE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN SPECIAL SESSION THURSDAY NIGHT AT 5:30 IN THE MEMORIAL BUILDING FOR WHAT’S TERMED “DISCIPLINARY ACTION.”
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A WRECK AT 9TH AND MCLEAN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING SENT 38-YEAR OLD JERRY WITTY OF HOPKINSVILLE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER.
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CITY POLICE ARRESTED 28-YEAR OLD LINDSEY MICHELLE CLAN, 26-YEAR OLD AMANDA FAUGHN AND 33-YEAR OLD BILLY FAUGHN OF HOPKINSVILLE ON MANUFACTURING METHAMPETAMINE CHARGES TUESDAY MORNING AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP TURNED UP A CONTAINER OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA IN THE TRUNK OF A VEHICLE.
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INCOMING UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY PRESIDENT DOCTOR ELI CAPILOUTO WILL RECEIVE $624,500 ANNUALLY IN SALARY AND BENEFITS, AFTER THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED HIS HIRING THIS WEEK.