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KENTUCKY UTILITIES, WHICH SERVES NORTHERN AREAS OF CHRISTIAN COUNT, IS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE THE PRICES FOR ELECTRICITY TO HELP OFFSET THE COST OF GOVERNMENT MANDATED CHANGES TO THE WAY THEY PRODUCE POWER.
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A WRECK ON PRINCETON ROAD TUESDAY MORNING SENT 17-YEAR OLD SETH GAMBLE OF CERULEAN TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER, WHILE A SINGLE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON COX MILL ROAD MONDAY AFTERNOON INJURED 19-YEAR OLD ALEXANDRIA SIMPSON OF PIERCE LANE.
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THE VEHICLE USED IN A HIGH-SPEED CHASE FROM MUHLENBERG TO CHRISTIAN COUNTY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WAS REPORTED STOLEN FROM THE PARKING LOT OF JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER SOMETIME FRIDAY BY 64-YEAR OLD ROBERT POWELL OF PEMBROKE.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARE MAKING GOOD ON THEIR PROMISE TO STEP UP SEAT BELT ENFORCEMENT DURING THE “CLICK IT OR TICKET” CAMPAIGN, AS NO FEWER THAN 15 SEAT BELT CITATIONS WERE ISSUED IN THE WEST 7TH STREET AREA OF HOPKINSVILLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
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WELL KNOWN HOPKINSVILLE REAL ESTATE BROKER AND FORMER UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY FOOTBALL PLAYER BEN SMITHSON HAS PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 83, WITH FUNERAL SERVICES SET FOR SATURDAY AT LAMB FUNERAL HOME.
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