NEWS HEADLINES 06/12
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CHRISTIAN, CALDWELL, TRIGG AND HOPKINS COUNTIES SATURDAY NIGHT, THOUGH IT IS NOT IMMEDIATELY KNOWN IF THE STORM CONTRIBUTED TO A FIRE AT CUNNINGHAM’S INSURANCE AGENCY ON COUNTRY CLUB LANE WHICH LEFT THAT BUILDING A TOTAL LOSS.
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MEMBERS OF THE CROFTON AND MANNINGTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO A TRAIN FIRE AT OLD MADISONVILLE ROAD AND RAILROAD JUST AFTER 7:30 LAST NIGHT, WITH THE TRAIN CREW ESCAPING UNHARMED.
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ARYANA OULLETTE, KELSEY MOORES AND ALEX TERRY WILL BE REPRESENTING HOPKINSVILLE IN THE ALL-AMERICAN SOAP BOX DERBY IN AKRON, OHIO NEXT YEAR, AFTER WINNING THEIR RESPECTIVE DIVISIONS IN THE LOCAL DERBY SATURDAY.
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A SINGLE-VEHICLE WRECK IN CALDWELL COUNTY FRIDAY AROUND NOON ON KENTUCKY 139 SENT 53-YEAR OLD GEORGE JARRETT OF PRINCETON TO DEACONESS HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE, WITH RESCUE CREWS HAVING TO CUT HIM FROM THE WRECKAGE OF HIS PICKUP TRUCK.
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AS RELAY FOR LIFE CONCLUDED ANOTHER SUCCESFUL EVENT EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY SAYS IN HIS WEEKLY COLUMN THAT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE IN TO HELP FIND A CURE FOR THE DISEASE AND TO GET THE AWARENESS OUT THAT EARLY DETECTION SAVES LIVES.
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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY BRANCH OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS WILL HOLD A FIRST OF ITS KIND FUNDRAISER LATER THIS MONTH, WITH A RED CROSS “GALA” SET FOR JUNE 28TH AT 6PM AT THE JAMES E. BRUCE CONVENTION CENTER AND TICKETS AVAILABLE BY CALLING 885-5328.
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15TH DISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE BRENT YONTS SAYS THE KENTUCKY LOTTERY HAS MANAGED TO STAY PROFITABLE AND CONTINUE ITS COMMITMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION THROUGHOUT A ROUGH ECONOMY THANKS IN PART TO GOOD MANAGEMENT.
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A SATURDAY MORNING HOUSEFIRE IN BUTLER COUNTY TOOK THE LIVES OF 39-YEAR OLD SHANNON STAMBER AND 80-YEAR OLD HOMER LEE ELDER, WITH FOUL PLAY NOT SUSPECTED AT THIS TIME, THOUGH AUTOPSIES ARE PENDING.
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THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS EXPECTING A NEARLY SEVEN-PERCENT INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THIS YEAR’S WINTER WHEAT CROP IN KENTUCKY COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, PENDING THE COOPERATION OF THE WEATHER, OF COURSE.
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AMONG THE NEW LAWS TAKING EFFECT IN KENTUCKY LAST WEEK WAS ONE WHICH TARGETS METAL THIEVES BY CREATING STRICTER MONITORING AND PENALTIES FOR THOSE CONVICTED.
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STATE TROOPERS IN THE POST 2 MADISONVILLE DISTRICT WROTE 783 SPEEDING TICKETS DURING THE MONTH OF MAY AND ISSUED 499 TO MOTORISTS NOT WEARING SEAT BELTS.
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