DUE TO THE RECENT CHARGES AGAINST THE CHIEF AND ASSISTANT CHIEF OF THE WESTSIDE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INVOLVING THE UNLAWFUL USE OF DEPARTMENTAL FUNDS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY BEING RESTRUCTURED.

            ACCORDING TO CHRISTIAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR RANDY GRAHAM, THE RESTRUCTURING PROCESS WILL INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BYLAWS, A NEWLY CREATED BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY.

            GRAHAM SAYS SAFEGUARDS WILL BE IN PLACE TO PROVIDE FUTRUE ASSURANCE TO THE CITIZENS SERVED BY OUR DEPARTMENT.

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            A FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN WACO, TEXAS THIS WEEK HAS RETURNED A SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT AGAINST A FORMER FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER ACCUSED OF PLANNING A PLOT TO ATTACK FORT HOOD, TEXAS SOLDIERS.

            21-YEAR OLD NASER ABDO IS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED USE OF A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION, ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED MURDER OF OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES, TWO COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND TWO COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF A DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE.

            ACCORDING TO KCEN-TV, THE FEDERAL GRAND JURY RETURNED AN INITIAL INDICTMENT ON AUGUST 9^TH AGAINST ABDO FOR POSSESSION OF AN UNREGISTERED DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE, POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE AND POSSESSION OF AMMUITION BY A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.

          WHILE THOSE CHARGES STILL REMAIN IN EFFECT, PROSECUTORS REPORTEDLY PLAN TO FIRST PROCEED WITH THE CHARGES MENTIONED IN THE SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT.

         ABDO IS ACCUSED OF UNLAWFULLY ATTEMPTING TO CREATE AND DETONATE A BOMB ON JULY 27^TH TO KILL MILITARY EMPLOYEES AND KNOWINGLY POSSESSING A .40 CALIBER SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL TO CARRY OUT HIS PLOT.

          ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTS IN TEXAS, AT THE TIME OF HIS ARREST, ABDO WAS CONSIDERED ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE FROM FORT CAMPBELL AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE A HAND GUN AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO BUILD A BOMB.

         THE 21-YEAR OLD REMAINS IN FEDERAL CUSTODY.

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CHRISTIAN FISCAL COURT HEARD FROM CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT COMMISSIONER STEVE VENO AT THIS MORNING’S MEETING, WHO PRAISED CHRISTIAN COUNTY ATTORNEY MIKE FOSTER AND HIS STAFF FOR BEING THE MOST EFFICIENT CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTING COUNTY IN KENTUCKY WITH AT LEAST 4,000 CASES.
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FISCAL COURT MAGISTRATE JIM FLEMMING SAYS THE HOTEL BUSINESS IS DOING VERY WELL LATE THIS YEAR IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY, THANKS IN LARGE PART TO THE HEMLOCK SEMI-CONDUCTOR PROJECT FILLING UP CLARKSVILLE HOTELS AND RENTAL PROPERTIES.
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A FORT CAMPBELL INVESTIGATING OFFICER HAS ONCE AGAIN RECOMMENDED THAT THE DOUBLE-MURDER CASE AGAINST FORMER FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER BRENT BURKE BE HEARD BY A COURT MARTIAL AFTER FOUR FAILED CIVILIAN TRIALS.
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LACY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RECENTLY MADE THE HONORABLE MENTION LIST FOR SAFETY, ACHIEVEMENT AND A POSITIVE WORKING ENVIRONMENT AT THE SAFE SCHOOLS, SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS CONFERENCE IN LOUISVILLE—WITH BENTON MIDDLE AND ADAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS MAKING THE TOP TEN LIST.
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THE HOPKINSVILLE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS WILL BE HOSTING A FORUM ON THE LOCAL HOMELESS POPULATION AT THE SALVATION ARMY WORSHIP CENTER ON CLAY STREET TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH AT 6 P.M.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF 40 FEET OF COPPER TUBING AND A METAL GAS WATER HEATER FROM 509 W. 2ND STREET, WITH THE ITEMS VALUED AT 500 DOLLARS AND NO SUSPECTS LISTED ON THE REPORT.
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SOMEONE BROKE INTO A VEHICLE BELONGING TO GARRETT OBOYLE ON HUGH HUNTER ROAD LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, STEALING A THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF BODY ARMOR AND A KEVLAR HELMET IN ADDITION TO A DEBIT CARD.
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See current and past fugitives at the Crime Stoppers Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/WHOP-Hopkinsville-KY-987-and-953-FM-and-1230-AM/109029745797694#!/pages/Hopkinsville-Christian-County-Crime-Stoppers/204071072957832

            A TRAFFIC STOP IN MADISONVILLE EARLY THIS MORNING LED TO METH CHARGES FOR A YOUNG HOPKINS COUNTY MAN.

            STATE POLICE SAY 28-YEAR OLD JEREMIAH CHAPMAN OF MADISONVILLE WAS PULLED OVER JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON SOUTH MAIN STREET BY TROOPER JOHN MCGEHEE.

            TROOPERS DETERMINED CHAPMAN TO BE INTOXICATED AND PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST FOR DUI. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, POLICE ALLEGEDLY FOUND A GUN, METHAMPHETAMINE AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH SELLING IN CHAPMAN’S VEHICLE.

            CHAPMAN WAS LODGED IN THE HOPKINS COUNTY JAIL ON SEVERAL TRAFFIC CHARGES IN ADDITION TO TRAFFICKING IN METHAPMETAMINE AND CARRYING A CONCEALED DEADLY WEAPON.