19-YEAR OLD ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SELLING DRUGS

            A HOPKINSVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES LAST NIGHT.

            HOPKINSVILLE POLICE WERE CALLED TO 207 SOUTH KENTUCKY AVENUE AROUND 8:30 FOR A REPORT OF LOUD MUSIC, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, WHICH SAYS 19-YEAR OLD JOHN READ ATKINS OF HOPKINSVILLE GAVE OFFICERS CONSENT TO SEARCH THE RESIDENCE.

            POLICE SAY THEY FOUND SEVERAL SMAL BAGGIES OF MARIJUANA, CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY IT IS NORMALLY SOLD. POLICE SAY THERE WAS ALSO A LARGE QUANTITY OF ALCOHOL AND PARAPHERNALLIA IN THE HOME.          

            ATKINS WAS CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA AND POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL BY A MINOR.

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11/15/2011/AM

ESCAPED INMATE FOUND AND ARRESTED

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            THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL INMATE WHO WALKED AWAY FROM A WORK RELEASE JOBSITE AT THE SALVATION ARMY FRIDAY WAS FOUND AGAIN YESTERDAY ALLEGEDLY COMMITTING MORE CRIMES IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. 

            THE REPORT FROM CITY POLICE SAYS THOMAS HOFFMAN CALLED POLICE AROUND 3:30 SAYING 22-YEAR OLD DEVAN MONTRELL MATLOCK HAD STOLEN HIS PLAYSTATION 3 FROM HIS HOME.

            MATLOCK WAS REPORTEDLY RUNNING FROM 505 BRADEN STREET WHEN POLICE FOUND HIM AND EVENTUALLY ARRESTED HIM AT EAST 1ST STREET AT THE RAILROAD.

            OFFICERS SAY MATLOCK STILL HAD THE PLAYSTATION IN HIS POSSESSION. HE WAS CHARGED WITH ESCAPE AND RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY AND LODGED BACK INTO THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL.

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11/15/2011/AM

HOPKINSVILLE COUPLE ARRESTED FOR TRAFFICKING MARIJUANA

            A HOPKINSVILLE COUPLE IS CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING MARIJUANA AND OTHER DRUG RELATED OFFENSES.

            HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARRESTED ON SUNDAY 35-YEAR OLD GREG FIVECOAT AND 33-YEAR OLD CAROLYN ANN MURPHY BOTH OF 17-31 EAST 7TH STREET.

            ACCORDING TO POLICE, OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE RESIDENCE TO LOOK FOR A PERSON WITH A WARRANT WHO WAS LOCATED AT THE RESIDENCE WHEN OFFICERS COULD SMELL MARIJUANA COMING FROM THE HOME.

            OFFICERS SEARCHED THE RESIDENCE AND FOUND A DIGITAL SCALE AND A LARGE BAG OF MARIJUANA.

            IN ADDITION TO THE TRAFFICKING CHARGE, THE COUPLE IS ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND WERE BOOKED INTO THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL.

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NEWS HEADLINES 11/15

SOMEONE BROKE INTO A HOME AT 323 WAYNE DRIVE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, GETTING AWAY WITH OVER THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF GOLD JEWELRY.
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CLARKSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A VIOLENT ROBBERY ON POLLARD ROAD LATE SUNDAY NIGHT, WHEN A 52-YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS PUNCHED IN THE HEAD BY TWO BLACK MALES WHO DEMANDED CASH, THOUGH THEY NEVER GOT ANY BEFORE RUNNING AWAY.
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A WRECK ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD SUNDAY NIGHT INJURED NO ONE, BUT SENT 44-YEAR OLD KELLY GRAY OF CLARKSVILLE TO THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL FOR ALLEGEDLY DRIVING DRUNK AND REAR-ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE.
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A JURY TRIAL IS SCHEDULED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY THIS WEEK FOR 38-YEAR OLD FRANK HUBER SUMER, WHO IS ACCUSED OF GOING  ON A ROBBERY SPREE AGAINST CLARKSVILLE SENIOR CITIZENS—WHILE 23-YEAR OLD JESSE MARABLE WILLIAMS, JR. WILL FACE TRIAL ON RAPE AND KIDNAPPING CHARGES THIS WEEK ACCORDING TO THE LEAF CHRONICLE.
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AFTERNOON HEADLINES 11/14

56-YEAR OLD DARREL TIDWELL OF OAK GROVE IS ACCUSED OF FATALLY SHOOTING HIS 86-YEAR OLD FATHER, KENNETH TIDWELL AT HIS CARTER ROAD RESIDENCE IN OAK GROVE LAST NIGHT AND HE APPEARED IN CHRISTIAN DISTRICT COURT TODAY AND ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA DURING HIS ARRAIGNMENT.
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THERE WILL BE A MEETING BETWEEN OFFICIALS WITH KENTUCKY COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT AND LOCAL FARMERS AT THE WESTSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST FELLOWSHIP HALL ON WEST MAIN STREET IN ELKTON NOVEMBER 22ND AT 6:30, WITH AG EXTENSION AGENT CURT RUBY SAYING THE FOCUS WILL BE ON NEW LAWS REGARDING FARM TRUCKS ON KENTUCKY ROADWAYS.
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THE FAIRVIEW AND HONEY GROVE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS WORKED TOGETHER THIS MORNING TO PUT OUT A LARGE FIELD FIRE ON THE MARKHAM ROAD IN WESTERN TODD COUNTY.
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THERE WAS A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RIBBON CUTTING THIS MORNING AT THE NEWLY RENNOVATED MCDONALDS ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD, WHERE FRANCHISE OWNER JOE MCNENANEY SAID HE AND HIS STAFF ARE EXCITED FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS.
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 “OPERATION BABY SHOWER” WAS HELD ON FORT CAMPBELL SATURDAY AND ORGANIZER LEANN MORRISSEY SAYS THE EVENTS HELD AT MILITARY BASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO GENEROUS DONATIONS FROM COMPANIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO SERVE.
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POST OFFICIALS WILL BE HOSTING A RIBBON CUTTING THIS WEEK TO OPEN THE FINAL PHASE OF THE FORT CAMPBELL WARRIOR TRANSITION BATTALION COPMLEX, WITH THE EVENT SET FOR TUESDAY MORNING AT 10.
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