TWO LOCAL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS MADE SHORT WORK OF A SPREADING FIELD FIRE THIS MORNING.

            THE BLAZE WAS ON THE MARKHAM ROAD IN FAR WESTERN TODD COUNTY AND THE CALL WENT OUT SHORTLY AFTER 9 FOR THE HONEY GROVE AND FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENTS. CREWS HAD THE BLAZE PUT OUT BY ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER 10 O’CLOCK.

            THE HIGH WINDS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN FUELING FIRES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE, WITH SEVERAL CHANCES OF RAIN IN THE FORECAST TO HOPEFULLY DIMINISH THE DANGER.

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            CLARKSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A ROBBERY ON POLLARD ROAD FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

            ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, A 52-YEAR OLD FEMALE WAS RETURNING HOME JUST AFTER 11 AND NOTICED A DARK COLORED CAR BEHIND HER. WHEN SHE GOT OUT OF HER VEHICLE AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON POLLARD ROAD, SHE WAS APPROACHED BY TWO BLACK MALES SHE DIDN’T KNOW WHO BEGAN PUNCHING HER IN THE HEAD AND HOLDING HER DOWN.

            THEY REPORTEDLY KEPT ASKING HER “WHERE IS THE MONEY?” WHEN ANOTEHR WOMAN CAME TO THE DOOR OF HER RESIDENCE, THE SUSPECTS RAN FROM THE SCENE AFTER GETTING NO CASH, LEAVING THE VICTIM ON THE GROUND.

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            THE TODD COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE AND KENTUCKY COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCMENT WILL COME TOGETHER NEXT WEEK FOR A “FARMER OUTREACH” FORUM TO UPDATE LOCALS ON NEW LAWS PASSED REGARDING FARM VEHICLES.

            TODD AGRICULTURE EXTENSION AGENT CURT JUDY JOINS OFFICER CHRIS GREEN OF VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT IN HEADING THE EVENT UP AND SAYS IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR’S EVENT WITH MANY OF THE SAME TOPICS.

            THERE ARE SPECIFIC LAWS AND EXEMPTIONS FOR FARM TRUCKS IN KENTUCKY AND THOSE SOMETIMES CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, SO JUDY SAYS THE SESSION SHOULD BE VERY INFORATIVE.

            THE MEETING IS SET FOR THE EVENING OF TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22^ND AT 6:30 AT THE WESTSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST FELLOWSHIP HALL IN ELKTON.

            THE CHURCH IS LOCATED AT 715 WEST MAIN STREET, ELKTON AND QUESTIONS CAN BE DIRECTED TO JUDY AT 270-265-5659.

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            A WRECK AT THE EAST 18^TH AND BROAD STREETS INTERSECTION YESTERDAY INJURED A HOPKINSVILLE MAN.

            THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 7:15PM, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT FROM CITY POLICE, WHICH SAYS 45-YEAR OLD ANTHONY QUARLES OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN ON BROAD STREET.

            59-YEAR OLD RONNIE WILLIAMS OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS EASTBOUND ON 18^TH WHEN QUARLES DROVE INTO THE INTERSECTION AND INTO THE SIDE OF WILLIAM’S VEHICLE.

            QUARLES TOLD POLICE HE DIDN’T SEE WILLIAMS COMING, WITH WILLIAMS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER FOR ABDOMINAL PAIN.

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            A HOPKINSVILLE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY MORNING FOR ALLEGEDLY STABBING HER BOYFRIEND WITH SCISSORS MULTIPLE TIMES.

            CITY POLICE RESPONDED TO 2002 SHEILA AVENUE AROUND A QUARTER TIL FOUR AND FOUND 49-YEAR OLD CORYOR WILHITE OF HOPKINSVILLE BLEEDING FROM THE LEFT ARM, HEAD AND LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.

            ACCUSED OF INFLICTING THOSE WOUNDS WITH SCISSORS IS 35-YEAR OLD LATONYA WILLIAMS OF HOPKINSVILLE. SHE WAS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT AND PLACED IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL.

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