REP. JOHN TILLEY

            OFFICIALS HAVE NAMED THIS YEAR’S GRAND MARSHALL FOR THE HOPKINSVILLE CHRISTMAS PARADE.

            A NEWS RELEASE FROM THE CITY OF HOPKINSVILLE SAYS STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY WILL BE THE MAN IN FRONT WHEN THE PARADE KICKS OFF DECEMBER 3^RD AT 10AM.

            THE PARADE WILL MAINTAIN ITS NORMAL ROUTE FROM GLASS AVENUE, SOUTH ON MAIN STREET AND TO FIFTEEN STREET.

            ALL FLOATS WILL BE COMPETING IN ONE GROUP, BUT WILL BE JUDGED IN THREE DIFFERENT AREAS. FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS WILL BE AWARDED TO THE FIRST PLACE WINNER, THREE HUNDRED TO SECOND PLACE AND TWO HUNDRED FOR THIRD.

            ALL ENTRIES ARE ASKED TO DONATE A NEW UNWRAPPED TOY WHEN THEY TURN IN THEIR ENTRY FORM. ALL TOYS RECEIVED WILL BE GIVEN TO THE HOPKINSVILLE JAYCEES TO USE AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL UNDERPRIVELEGED CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY.

            FLOATS WILL BE JUDGED ON DESIGN, COLOR AND ARTISTIC VALUE, REPRESENTING THE THEME AND OVERALL EFFECT. ANY GROUP, CHURCH, SCHOOL, BUSINESS OR INDIVIDUAL WANTING TO ENTER SHOULD CALL THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AT 887-4290 OR DROP BY THEIR OFFICES ON THOMAS STREET.

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            A HOME INVASION IN OAK GROVE YESTERDAY RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF A HOPKINSVILLE MAN AFTER THE WOULD BE VICTIMS FOUGHT BACK.

            A NEWS RELEASE FROM OAK GROVE POLICE SAYS THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT 137 OAK TREE DRIVE, WHERE THREE BLACK MALES REPORTEDLY KICKED IN THE DOOR AND DEMANDED MONEY FROM THE RESIDENTS.

            THE RESIDENTS STRUGGLED WITH THE PERPETRATORS AND TWO OF THE SUSPECTS FLED THE SCENE IN A SILVER SUZUKI STYLE VEHICLE. THE RESIDENTS WERE ABLE TO DETAIN ONE OF THE SUSPECTS, WHO IS IDENTIFIED AS 32-YEAR OLD JAMES FORTE OF HOPKINSVILLE.

            FORTE HAD TO BE TREATED AT JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER FOR WOUNDS SUSTAINED IN THE STRUGGLE, BEFORE BEING LODGED IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL ON FIRST DEGREE ROBBERY CHARGES.

            THE OWNER OF THE HOME, 60-YEAR OLD GEORGE HOPKINS, SUSTAINED LACERATIONS TO THE HEAD AND HAD TO BE TREATED AT JENNIE STUART, AS WELL.

            OAK GROVE POLICE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THE OTHER TWO SUSPECTS.

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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY THAT TOOK PLACE SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE AREA OF LOCUST GROVE ROAD.

            LESLIE DAY OF 7-40 LOCUST GROVE ROAD TOLD DEPUTIES THAT SOMEONE BROKE INTO HIS STORAGE SHED SOMETIME BETWEEN 5 P.M. AND 10 P.M. SUNDAY NIGHT AND STOLE HIS AIR COMPRESSOR AND PRESSURE WASHER THAT’S WORTH $700.

            DEPUTIES SAY PIECES OF THE CAR THAT WAS ALLEGEDLY USED IN THE BURGLARY WERE FOUND AT THE SCENE AND PHOTOS WERE TAKEN AND PLACED INTO EVIDENCE.

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SINKING FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL KATHLEEN CARTER SAYS RAISING AWARENESS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER IS IMPORTANT TO HER, ESPECIALLY SINCE ONE OF HER STUDENTS IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY FOR BRAIN CANCER.

            ACCORDING TO CARTER, 9-YEAR OLD A.J. FULLER IS A GREAT STUDENT AND DESPITE HIS HEALTH, REMAINS POSITIVE.

            CARTER ALSO SAYS THE 3^RD GRADER IS AN INSPIRATION TO HIS FELLOW CLASSMATES AND FACULTY AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SHE SAYS HE IS ALWAYS SMILING DESPITE HIS FRAIL HEALTH.

            FACULTY AND STUDENTS HELD A RODEO FUNDRAISER YESTERDAY IN HIS BEHALF TO HELP OUT WITH MEDICAL EXPENSES AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE CURRENTLY CALCULATING THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WAS RAISED.

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CLARKSVILLE POLICE SAY SIX THEIVES HAVE SCAMMED A FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD BUSINESS OUT OF OVER $10,000 IN CASH THROUGH THE USE OF FRAUDULENT PAYROLL CHECKS.

            THROUGH THE COURSE OF INVESTIGATION, POLICE DETERMINED THE PAYROLL CHECKS WERE WRITTEN ON AN ACCOUNT FOR NEW ADULT ASSISTED LIVING LOCATED AT 17-95 CORNELIA LANE, MEMPHIS.

            POLICE SAY 16 CHECKS WERE CASHED BY SIX INDIVIDUALS THEY IDENTIFIED AS: 29-YEAR OLD SHEMIKA PHYLLIS STEWART OF 3018 VISTA DRIVE, NASHVILLE, 24-YEAR OLD KIMBERLY A. REDMOND OF 1500 PORTER ROAD, NASHVILLE, 20-YEAR OLD KIERRA LAVETTE BROOKS OF 2400 BUENA VISTA PIKE, NASHVILLE, 35-YEAR OLD KEITH LASHAWN MORROW OF CHAPMAN DRIVE, NASHVILLE, 34-YEAR OLD BILLY RAY HENDERSON JR OF 219 PRINCE AVENUE, NASHVILLE AND 34-YEAR OLD ROCHELLE DENISE SORAGHA OF 2400 BUENA VISTA PARK, NASHVILLE.

            ACCORDING TO POLICE, WHEN THE FORT CAMPBELL BUSINESS TRIED TO DEPOSIT THE CHECKS, THE ACCOUNT CAME BACK WITH INSUFFICIENT FUNDS. 16 FELONY THEFT WARRANTS ARE ON FILE FOR THE SIX SUSPECTS.

            ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE SUSPECTS ARE URGED TO CONTACT POLICE AT 931-645-8477.

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