NEWS HEADLINES 05/09
STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS FROM ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH WILL HEAD TO FRANKFORT LATER THIS MONTH FOR INFORMATION ON HOW THE 2010 CENSUS MAY EFFECT STATE LEGISLATOR AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, WITH REPRESENTATIVE MYRON DOSSETT SAYING EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT IT COULD ALTER HIS BOUNDARIES SOME.
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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DONATED $2,500 TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VISION PLAN LAST MONTH, WITH CAMMIE EVANS OF THE CHAMBER OUTLINING HOW THE VISION PLAN HAS AND WILL BENEFIT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE.
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MEANWHILE, HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENT DOCTOR JIM SELBEE TOLD THE BOARD ABOUT TWO CAMPS COMING UP IN JULY FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN ONE DAY GOING TO COLLEGE.
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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION IS ACCEPTING DONATIONS OF ITEMS SUCH AS TOOTHPASTE, TOOTH BRUSHES, SOAP, AND SUNSCREEN FOR THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA WHO WERE RECENTLY AFFECTED BY TORNADOES AND OTHER SEVERE WEATHER.
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY SAYS THERE ARE NO FEWER THAN 8,000 KENTUCKIANS WHO HAVE THREE OR MORE DUI CONVICTIONS, WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON HE SUPPORTS SOME TYPE OF IGNITION INTERLOCK SYSTEMS FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS, WHO WOULD IN THEORY NOT BE ABLE TO START THEIR VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED WITH THE DEVICE.
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FORMER KENTUCKY SECRETARY OF STATE TREY GRAYSON SAYS HE HASN’T RULED OUT COMING BACK TO THE COMMONWEALTH ONE DAY TO RUN FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE AGAIN.
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STATE POLICE FROM THE MAYFIELD POST RESPONDED TO 830 CALLS FOR SERVICE DURING APRIL AND WROTE 668 SPEEDING TICKETS AND 286 SEATBELT CITATIONS.
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