CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED TWO HOPKINSVILLE MEN YESTERDAY MORNING AND CHARGED THE PAIR WITH 2^ND DEGREE FORGERY.

            ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES, 26-YEAR OLD DAMON RUTLEDGE OF 8206 GOODE ROAD UNLAWFULLY FORGED 17 CHECKS BELONGING TO HIS FATHER AND CASHED THEM TO PURCHASE MERCHANDISE IN HOPKINSVILLE.

            DEPUTIES SAY 39-YEAR OLD ROBERT JUCKETT OF 30-92 BUTLER ROAD ALSO UNLAWFULLY WROTE 15 CHECKS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN HOPKINSVILLE WITH RUTLEDGE AND HELPED HIM SELL THE MERCHANDISE TO PURCHASE DRUGS.

            BOTH MEN ARE CURRENTLY LODGED IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL ON $5000 BOND.

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A VIETNAM VETERAN IS SPEAKING OUT AND WANTS MILITARY OFFICIALS TO CHANGE THEIR POLICIES CONCERNING SUICIDE PREVENTION.

            ACCORDING TO RON ZALENSKI OF FLORIDA, RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT SUICIDES AMONG TROOPS ONLY GOES SO FAR.

            ZALENSKI AND A GROUP OF HIS FRIENDS WANT OFFICIALS TO IMPLEMENT SUICIDE PREVENTION POLICIES WHEN SOLDIERS FIRST JOIN THE MILITARY.

            FOR OVER 30-YEARS, THE VIETNAM VETERAN HAS WALKED BAREFOOT TO HONOR HIS FELLOW COMRADES WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION AND RECENTLY TRAVELED TO FORT CAMPBELL TO MEET WITH TROOPS TO STOP SUICIDES.

            IF YOU KNOW A SOLDIER WHO IS NEEDS HELP, CONTACT FORT CAMPBELL’S SUICIDE PREVENTION OFFICE AT 270-412-64-28.

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TRIGG COUNTY SHERIFF RAY BURNAM SAYS A STOLEN 4-WHEELER HAS BEEN LOCATED THANKS TO AREA RESIDENTS IN LINTON, KENTUCKY.

            ACCORDING TO SHERIFF BURNAM, THE STOLEN 4-WHEELER WAS FOUND IN TENNESSEE AND HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE OWNER IN KENTUCKY.

            FELONY CHARGES ARE CURRENTLY PENDING AGAINST THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS FOUND WITH THE STOLEN 4-WHEELER.

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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE SAY THIEVES STOLE FROM A HOPKINSVILLE CHURCH OVER THE WEEKEND.

            RADFORD WALKER TOLD POLICE YESTERDAY THAT SOMETIME BETWEEN SUNDAY AND YESTERDAY UNKNOWN PERSONS REMOVED A STEEL DRAINAGE GRATE FROM WORD OF FAITH CHURCH LOCATED AT 214 HILLTOP DRIVE AND THEN FLED THE SCENE.

            WALKER TOLD POLICE THE STEEL GRATE IS WORTH $200 AND HOPKINSVILLE POLICE SAY EXTRA WATCH WILL BE PLACED AT THE CHURCH FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, JUST IN CASE THE THIEVES DECIDE TO RETURN TO THE CHURCH.

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