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Switzer

            A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER WAS ARRESTED AGAIN YESTERDAY AFTER BEING FOUND ALLEGEDLY LIVING SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN HIS ADDRESS LISTED ON THE REGISTRY.

            THE ARREST CARD FROM HOPKINSVILLE POLICE SAYS OFFICERS FOUND 63-YEAR OLD GUSTAVE GEORGE SWITZER LIVING AT THE FAIRVIEW INN ON NORTH MAIN STREET.

            SWITIZER’S ADDRESS ON THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY IS LISTED AS DAWSON SPRINGS. HE WAS PLACED ON THE REGISTRY DUE TO A RAPE CONVICTION IN ILLINOIS, WITH THE VICTIM 24-YEARS OLD AT THE TIME.

            SWITZER WAS LODGED IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL.

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            A HOPKINSVILLE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER A WRECK THIS MORNING IN TRIGG COUNTY.

            THE REPORT FROM STATE POLICE SAYS 33-YEAR OLD SASHA STONE OF FORT CAMPBELL WAS TURNING OFF I-24 ONTO U.S. 68-80 AROUND 8AM AND DIDN’T SEE THE ONCOMING VEHICLE OF 49-YEAR OLD GRANVILLE GRIMES OF HOPKINSVILLE.

            MS. STONE REPORTEDLY TURNED INTO GRIMES’ PATH AND GRIMES DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO STOP. GRIMES’ VEHICLE STRUCK THE FRONT OF THE STONE VEHICLE, WITH GRIMES TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO TRIGG COUNTY HOSPITAL.

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HUNTER

            A HIGH SPEED CHASE ACROSS CHRISTIAN COUNTY LED TO AN ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES AND NUMEROUS CHARGES AGAINST AN ASHLAND CITY, TENNESSEE MAN.

            CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S CAPTAIN CHRIS MILLER SAYS DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE AREA OF THE COUNTRY BOY STORE AROUND 3AM IN REFERENCE TO A STOLEN 4-WHEELER.

            THE ATV HAD REPORTEDLY BEEN STOLEN FROM TRIGG COUNTY AND A MOTORIST WAS FOLLOWING THE SUSPECT. POLICE LOCATED THE VEHICLE ON I-24 NEAR THE 87 MILE-MARKER AND BEGAN THE CHASE.

            SOON AFTER, 27-YEAR OLD JONATHAN HUNTER OF 1253 CARNEY WINTERS ROAD, ASHLAND CITY EXITED AND RAN A STOP SIGN AT EXIT 89, CAUSING A WRECK WITH INJURIES THAT OAK GROVE POLICE WORKED.

            HUNTER CONTINUED ON BEFORE GETTING BACK ON THE INTERSTATE AND DRIVING EASTBOUND IN THE WESTBOUND LANES.

            POLICE FINALLY STOPPED HUNTER IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND CHARGED HIM WITH FLEEING FROM POLICE, LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT AND TWO COUNTS OF WANTON ENDANGERMENT.

            CAPTAIN MILLER SAYS SEVERAL MORE CHARGES WILL BE ADDED.

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KATIE JO WALKER

CATHERINE RILEY

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            TWO LOCAL GIRLS WERE RECNETLY HONORED FOR THEIR AGRICULTURE EXPERTISE.

            RECOGNIZED AS THE TOP OVERALL GOAT EXHIBITOR, TOP LAMB SHOWMAN THE CHAMPION MARKET LAMB EXHIBITOR IN THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S DIVISION OF SHOW AND FAIR PROMOTION WAS CATHERINE RILEY OF HOPKINSVILLE.

            HONORED AS THE JUNIOR STAR EXHIBITOR OF THE 2011 SHOW SEASON WAS KATIE JO WALKER OF GRACEY.

            THE GIRLS RECEIVED THEIR AWARDS SATURDAY IN FRANKFORT.

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            A CADIZ WOMAN WHO REPORTEDLY ASKED TO ACCOMPANY HER FRIENDS TO JAIL WAS GRANTED HER REQUEST YESTERAY.

            THE REPORT FROM CADIZ POLICE SAYS 19-YEAR OLD HALEY HOOKS WAS A PASSENGER IN A VEHICLE WHERE THE DRIVER WAS ARRESTED BY THE TRIGG COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ON THOMAS STREET AROUND 2AM.

            HOOKS REPORTEDLY BECAMED ANGRY AND TOLD OFFICERS SHE WANTED TO GO TO JAIL WITH HER FRIENDS.

            THE REPORT SAYS AFTER POLICE COMPLIED WITH HER REQUEST, SHE CAUSED A DISTURBANCE AT THE TRIGG COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER. HOOKS WAS CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

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