AFTERNOON HEADLINES 06/01

THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SAYS FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER 19-YEAR OLD PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ANTHONY M. NUNN OF TEXAS WAS KILLED BY AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE IN AFGHANISTAN MONDAY AND LEAVES BEHIND BOTH PARENTS, A BROTHER AND SISTER.
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INTERESTATE 24 EASTBOUND WAS CLOSED FOR MOST OF THE DAY YESTERDAY AFTER A THREE-VEHICLE WRECK INVOLVING A TRACTOR-TRAILER HAULING CUCUMBERS, WITH THREE PEOPLE TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO GATEWAY MEDICAL CENTER IN CLARKSVILLE AND ONE BY AIR-EVAC HELLICOPTER TO VANDERBILT MEDICAL CENTER IN NASHVILLE.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM SUPERINTENDENT BRADY LINK SAYS THE DROPOUT RATE AMONG LOCAL PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAS FALLEN SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST FIVE OR SO YEARS AND FELL BY OVER HALF OF A PERCENTAGE POINT BETWEEN THE 2009 AND 2010 SCHOOL YEARS.
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HOPKINSVILLE MAYOR DAN KEMP AND THOSE WORKING AT CITY HALL ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF LONGTIME TAX CLERK AND REVENUE AND LICENSE SPECIALIST CYNTHIA LAWSON, WHO PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS WEEK.
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