Being able to walk is something most people take for granted and for those individuals who suffered the loss of a limb, life is a bit more challenging.

William Bray, who owns and operates Xtreme Prosthetics and Orthotics, hopes to make life for amputees a little easier with his help and expertise.

Officials with the Christian County Chamber of Commerce and various business leaders gathered this morning and hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate Bray bringing his business to Hopkinsville, who set up shop at 1910 South Virginia Street.

Following the ribbon cutting ceremony, Bray spoke about the kinds of services his business provides.

Bray says his company’s motto is comfort and motion and explains how he created the catch phrase.

Christian County Public School officials are once again hosting another Parent University session and area parents are always encouraged to attend.

Here’s Communications and Community Education Director, Heather Aubin with more information about the upcoming seminar.

Preliminary statistics released by Kentucky State Police today indicate that six people died in five separate wrecks on state roadways from Monday, October 8^th through Sunday.

State Police reported a double fatality motor vehicle crash occurred in McCracken, Montgomery, Shelby and Woodford Counties.

There were no fatalities in Christian, Todd, and Trigg Counties during the same time period.

State Police say through Sunday, preliminary statistics indicate the 556 people have lost their lives on Kentucky roadways, which is 19 fewer than what was reported for this time period last year.
                                                           **

This month’s Hopkinsville Police Crime Statistics meeting is tomorrow at the police station.

Public Information Officer Paul Ray says the meeting will be at 4:30 in the conference room.

Officer Ray says the public is invited to attend and voice any questions or concerns.

The Police Department is located on West First Street across from the Unemployment Office and post office.

                                                **

10/17/2012/am

The incumbent and challenger running for the Christian County School Board in District 2 recently debated at the League of Women Voters Political Forum and hit on a number of important issues.

A topic that comes up quite often is student discipline and how to best combat behavior problems. Challenger Teresa Moss says discipline starts in the home, but that the school district is doing a good job of implementing its current policies already in place.

Incumbent Betsy Glover said she never had many discipline issues when she was teaching and believes mutual respect between faculty and students goes a long way.

Ms. Moss said she supports school choice as long as parents provide the transportation, while Ms. Glover said she would have to look hard at the issue because chose could result in the over-crowding of a particular building.

                                                            **

10/17/2012/am