THURSDAY EVENING HEADLINES

AS HUNDREDS OF FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIERS ARE RETURNING TO POST TO GREET THEIR FAMILIES, A NEWS RELEASE FROM POST PUBLIC AFFAIRS SAYS 25-YEAR OLD CORPORAL BRANDON MICHAEL KIRTON OF COLORADO WAS KILLED WEDNESDAY BY SMALL ARMS FIRE IN AFGHANISTAN.
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THE CHRISITAN COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM APPROVED A TENTATIVE BUDGET AT ITS MEETING LAST NIGHT THAT INCLUDES A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE TO INCREASE REVENUES BY FOUR PERCENT, THOUGH IT’S TOO EARLY TO SAY HOW MUCH THAT WOULD COST THE AVERAGE PROPERTY OWNER ON HIS OR HER BILL.
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THE HOPKINSVILLE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TABLED A MOTION TO CHANGE RESTRICTIONS ON WHEN FORMER CITY EMPLOYEES CAN BEGIN WORKING FOR IT OR ITS AGENDCIES AGAIN OR DO CONTRACT WORK, DECIDING TO WAIT UNTIL THE BUDGET-MAKING PROCESS IS COMPLETE BEFORE TAKING UP THE MATTER.
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KENTUCK SUPREME COURT JUSTICE BILL CUNNINGHAM WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THURSDAY’S FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE, SAYING HE’S SEEN OFFICERS SHOW “MORAL COURAGE” ON THE STAND MANY TIMES IN ADDITION TO THEIR DAILY PHSYICAL COURAGE THAT COMES WITH THE JOB.
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FEW DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE, BUT ONE PERSON HAD TO BE CUT FROM THE WRECKAGE OF A TWO-VEHICLE WRECK ON I-24 NEAR THE STATE LINE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, WITH THAT VICTIM AIR-LIFTED TO VANDERBILT MEDICAL CENTER ACCORDING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR RANDY GRAHAM.
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