NEWS HEADLINES 05/22
THE NEXT COMMANDER OF FORT CAMPBELL AND THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION WILL BE MAJOR GENERAL JAMES MCCONVILLE, WHO WAS THE DEPUTY COMMANDING GENERAL IN 2008 AND 2009 DURING A DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN.
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OVER 50 MOTORCYCLE RIDERS GATHERED AT THE OAK GROVE WAR MEMORIAL WALKING TRAIL SATURDAY FOR AN EVENT SPONOSORED BY THE KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION OF MORTGAGE PROFESSIONALS WHICH RESULTED IN $18,600 BEING DONATED TO THE FORT CAMPBELL FISHER HOUSE.
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CALDWELL COUNTY JAILER JOE STORMS HAS SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION TO JUDGE-EXECUTIVE BROCK THOMAS, ACCORDING TO A STORY IN THE PRINCETON TIMES-LEADER, WHICH SAYS STORMS IS BATTLING LEUKIMIA AND WANTS TO SPEND THE TIME HE HAS LEFT WITH FAMILY.
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A POLICE PURSUIT FROM MARSHALL TO MCCRACKEN COUNTY ENDED SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN 43-YEAR OLD RANDALL STRICKLAND OF PADUCAH RAN INTO THE MEDIAN AND ENDED HIS OWN LIFE WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND AFTER FIRING SEVERAL SHOTS AT POLICE.
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A HIGH-SPEED CHASE FROM MUHLENBERG TO CHRISTIAN COUNTY SATURDAY MORNING RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF 36-YEAR OLD JEROME FRANKLIN OF HOPKINSVILLE ON DUI, WANTON ENDANGERMENT AND SEVERAL TRAFFIC CHARGES.  
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A WRECK AROUND 6:10 SUNDAY MORNING AT EAGLE COVE AND THE BYPASS SENT A MALE IN HIS 30’S TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER, WITH MORE DETAILS TO BE KNOWN WHEN THE REPORT IS RELEASED.
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A SINGLE-VEHICLE WRECK IN CALLOWAY COUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT INJURED 31-YEAR OLD ISAAC MANNING OF MURRAY TO CALLOWAY COUNTY HOSPITAL.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED 47-YEAR OLD LANNY SPURGEON OF HOPKINSVILLE FRIDAY NIGHT ON HIS SECOND DUI AFTER HE WAS PULLED OVER NEAR THE JUSTICE CENTER ON HIS MOTORCYCLE.
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THE FINAL DAY OF LITTLE RIVER DAYS IN DOWNTOWN HOPKINSVILLE WILL BE “HOPKINSVILLE APPRECITION DAY,” WHICH FEATURES HALF PRICED ARM BANDS FOR CARNIVAL RIDES AFTER 3 O’CLOCK, ACCORDING TO HOPKINSVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR GARY MCINTYRE.
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THERE HAVE BEEN FAR LESS HIGHWAY DEATHS SO FAR THIS YEAR COMPARED TO 2010, THOUGH STATE POLICE SAY THAT NUMBER COULD GO UP AS THE WEATHER WARMS UP AND FOLKS TAKE TO THE STREETS ON MOTORCYCLES.
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THE CITY OF MADISONVILLE IS TEAMING UP WITH TROVER FOUNDATION TO KICK OFF THE 2011 “FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE” SERIES IN JUNE, WITH LIVE ENTERTAINMENT EACH FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA BEGINNING JUNE 10TH.
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