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AFTERNOON HEADLINES 10/27
THE FAMILY OF FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER, 25-YEAR OLD SPECIALIST JESSE SNOW OF OHIO WILL BE PRESENTED THE SILVER STAR BY ARMY OFFICIALS FRIDAY IN HONOR OF SNOW, WHO DIED IN COMBAT TO SAVE THE LIVES OF THREE OTHER SERVICE MEMBERS.
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FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT AND CURRENT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE DONOR SERVICES COORDINATOR TRACEY WILLIAMS WAS THE FEATURED SPEAKER AT THIS MORNING’S CHAMBER EYE OPENER BREAKFAST AND ENCOURAGED EVERYONE TO GIVE TO CHARITABLE CAUSES, NO MATTER HOW MUCH OR HOW LITTLE.
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INTERIM CHRISTIAN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VICE PRESIDENT CAMMIE EVANS SAYS SHE IS EXCITED ABOUT HER NEW DUTIES, BUT SHE IS OF COURSE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMUNITY VISION PLAN WHICH SHE WILL WORK WITH EVEN MORE IN HER NEW CAPACITY.
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A CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY HAD HIS PISTOL POINTED TOWARD THE WINDSHIELD OF 27-YEAR OLD JONATHAN HUNTER OF ASHLAND CITY, TENNESSEE WEDNESDAY MORNING ON KENTUCKY 115 AS HUNTER ALLEGEDLY RACED TOWARD THE DEPUTY AND VICTIM INJURED IN A WRECK CAUSED BY HUNTER MOMENTS EARLIER—WITH THE SUSPECT EVENTUALLY ARRESTED BETWEEN CLARKSVILLE AND GUTHRIE.
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FAMILY OF SLAIN FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER TO RECEIVE SILVER STAR
THE FAMILY OF A FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER WHO GAVE UP HIS LIFE TO SAVE HIS FELLOW COMRADES WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE SILVER STAR THIS FRIDAY.
           MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY 25-YEAR OLD SPECIALIST JESSE SNOW OF FAIRBORN, OHIO SACRIFICED HIMSELF TO SAVE THE LIVES OF THREE SERVICE MEMBERS IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2010.
            THE SILVER STAR WILL BE PRESENTED THIS FRIDAY TO SNOW’S FAMILY BY THE U.S. ARMY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE.
           SNOW WAS AMONG FIVE OTHER FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIERS WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION ON NOVEMBER 14TH, 2010.
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HPD OFFICERS DO WELL IN STATEWIDE FITNESS COMPETITION

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PICTURED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IN THE ATTACHED PHOTO:

ADAM ROBERTSON, ROBERT SIBAL, SHANNAN WHITE-TINSLEY, AND ROGERS STEPHENS

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            FOUR HOPKINSVILLE POLICE OFFICERS PERFORMED WELL IN A RECENT STATEWIDE FITNESS CHALLENGE.

            REPRESENTING HOPKINSVILLE IN THE FIRST ANNUAL KENTUCKY OFFICERS FITNESS CHALLENGE WERE OFFICERS ROBERT SIBAL, ADAM ROBERTSON, ROGERS STEPHENS AND SHANNAN WHITE-TINSLEY.

            THE OFFICERS TOOK PART IN 27 EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE ON A 1.1 MILE OBSTACLE COURSE FOR THE TEAM CHALLENGE AND 23 EVENTS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL OBSTACLE COURSE.

            OFFICER ROBERTSON TOOK 1ST PLACE FOR HIS CATEGORY IN THE OBSTACLE COURSE AND 3RD PLACE IN THE OVERALL INDIVIDUAL EVENT. OFFICER WHITE-TINSLEY TOOK 1ST PLACE FOR HER CATEGORY IN THE OBSTACLE COURSE AND ALL FOUR OFFICERS TOOK 3RD PLACE IN THE OVERALL TEAM EVENT.
 
TWO MEN ARRESTED FOR PEMBROKE GUN THEFT

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            TWO SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED EARLIER THIS WEEK FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING TWO GUNS FROM A PEMBROKE MAN.

            THE REPORT FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS A CITIZEN TOLD DORRIS STOKES OF 790 MASON LANE THAT SOMEONE HAD BEEN IN HIS GARAGE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

            WHEN STOKES WENT TO HIS GARAGE, TWO SHOTGUNS WITH A COMBINED VALUE OF SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS WERE MISSING.

            DEPUTIES WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE IT WAS 19-YEAR OLD MARSHALL AUSTIN OF 336 SOUTH MAIN STREET, PEMBROKE AND 20-YEAR OLD CODY AUSTIN OF 130 GLENVIEW DRIVE, HOPKINSVILLE WHO HAD TAKEN THE TWO GUNS.

            THE TWO GUNS WERE REPORTEDLY FOUND AT AUSTIN’S HOME, WITH THE PAIR ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH THEFT.

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REPORT ON WEDNESDAY MORNING CHASE TELLS STORY WHICH COULD HAVE EASILY ENDED TRAGICALLY

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            THE WEDNESDAY MORNING HIGH SPEED CHASE ACROSS CHRISTIAN COUNTY COULD HAVE ENDED DIFFERENTLY IN SO MANY WAYS, AND FEW OF THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD.

            AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, 27-YEAR OLD JONATHAN HUNTER OF ASHLAND CITY, TENNESSEE LED SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE ON A HALF-HOUR LONG PURSUIT THAT INCLUDED A WRECK WITH INJURY AND A PURSUIT GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION ON I-24.

            THE REPORT FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE MAN INJURED IN A WRECK AT I-24 AND KENTUCKY 115 WAS 45-YEAR OLD PAUL RADFORD OF CLARKSVILLE, WHO WAS NORTHBOUND ON THE ROADWAY WHEN HUNTER DROVE INTO HIS PATH.

            RADFORD WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR WHAT APPEARED TO BE MINOR INJURIES. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, HUNTER ALLEGEDLY TURNED BACK AROUND AND DROVE TOWARD POLICE AND RADFORD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AS IF HE WOULD RUN THEM OVER.

            THAT’S WHEN DEPUTY KAYCE GREEN POINTED HIS HANDGUN AT HUNTER’S WINDSHIELD AND ACTIVATED THE LASER.

            HUNTER DROVE SEVERAL MILES IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF OVER 110 MILES PER HOUR BEFORE GETTING OFF AT EXIT 4 AND BEING ARRESTED BY MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE BETWEEN CLARKSVILLE AND GUTHRIE.

            TWO PASSENGERS “HUNKERED DOWN” IN HUNTER’S VEHICLE DURING THE CHASE, THOUGH THEY WERE NOT CHARGED WITH ANY CRIMES. HUNTER IS CHARGED WITH NUMEROUS CRIMES, INCLUDING FLEEING FROM POLICE AND SEVERAL COUNTS OF WANTON ENDANGERMENT.

            THE INCIDENT BEGAN WHEN SOMEONE CALLED THE ECC REPORTING HUNTER HAD STOLEN AN ATV IN TRIGG COUNTY, WHICH WAS DAMAGED IN THE WRECK ON 115.

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