GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT PROPULSYS OF HOPKINSVILLE PLANS TO INVEST 9.5 MILLION DOLLARS AT ITS LOCAL FACILITY.

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KENTUCKY GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE DAVID WILLIAMS AND SECRETARY OF STATE CANDIDATE BILL JOHNSON WERE IN HOPKINSVILLE YESTERDAY MORNING TO RALLY UP SUPPORT AMONG LOCAL REPUBLICANS.

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CHRISTIAN COUNTY DISTRICT FIVE MAGISTRATE JIM FLEMMING PROPOSED THE IDEA OF CUTTING BACK COURT TO SIX MAGISTRATES DURING YESTERDAY MORNING’S MEETING OF FISCAL COURT, SAYING IT WOULD SAVE FUNDS AND COULD BE DONE AS SQUIRES RETIRE OR DECIDE NOT TO RUN AGAIN.

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ABSENTEE VOTING IS UNDERWAY IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY, WITH COUNTY CLERK MIKE KEM SAYING THOSE WHO WON’T BE IN THE COUNTY ON ELECTION DAY CAN VOTE AT THE COURTHOUSE DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS AND ON THE MORNING OF SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5^TH.

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KENTUCKY SECRETARY OF STATE ELAINE WALKER SAYS SHE ONLY EXPECTS A TURNOUT OF 25 PERCENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH’S REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE UPCOMING GENERAL ELECTION, CONSIDERING ONLY 9,500 ABSENTEE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN CAST COMPARED TO 37,000 AT THE SAME TIME FOUR YEARS AGO.

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WINTER OUTLOOK FOR KENTUCKY IS FOR HIGHER PRECIPITATION THAN NORMAL AND AN EQUAL CHANCE FOR HIGHER OR LOWER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES—THOUGH FORECASTERS SAY THE DEVIL WILL BE IN THE TEMPERATURE DETAILS WHEN ANY GIVEN STORM APPROACHES.

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 CLARKSVILLE POLICE NEED YOUR HELP IN LOCATING TYLER HODGES BROWN, WHO’S LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS 16-04 PARADISE HILL ROAD IN CLARKSVILLE, POLICE SAY HE IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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KENTUCKY STATE POLICE CHARGED 45-YEAR OLD WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER BIRDSONG OF MURRAY WITH 25 COUNTS OF 1^ST DEGREE SEX ABUSE INVOLVING A VICTIM UNDER THE AGE OF 12.

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CLARKSVILLE POLICE NEED YOUR HELP IN LOCATING A MAN WHO THEY SAY IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

ACCORDING TO POLICE 20 -YEAR OLD TYLER HODGES BROWN, WHO’S LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS 16-04 PARADISE HILL ROAD, APARTMENT B IN CLARKSVILLE, CURRENTLY HAS FOUR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WARRANTS ON FILE WHERE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS.

            POLICE SAY ON MONDAY NIGHT AROUND 9:45, BROWN AND TWO OTHER MEN APPROACHED FOUR MEN AND A WOMAN IN THE 400 BLOCK OF CIRCLE DRIVE AND ASKED FOR A SPECIFIC 18-YEAR OLD MALE AND WHEN HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF THE SUSPECTS ASKED HIM TO WALK DOWN THE HILL AND WHEN THE 18-YEAR OLD SAID NO THAT’S WHEN POLICE SAY BROWN POINTED A SILVER HANDGUN ANS STARTED FIRING ROUNDS.

            FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING, WITNESSES AT THE SCENE TOLD POLICE BROWN AND TWO OTHER MEN JUMPED INTO A WHITE PICKUP TRUCK POSSIBLY WITH AN EXTENDED CAB.
           POLICE ARE URGING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CONTACT 9-1-1 OR THE TIPSLINE AT 931-645-8477.

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A MURRAY MAN IS ACCUSED OF SEX ABUSE INVOLVING A VICTIM UNDER THE AGE OF 12 YEARS OLD.

            KENTUCKY STATE POLICE ARRESTED 45-YEAR OLD WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER BIRDSONG OF MURRAY WITH 25 COUNTS OF 1^ST DEGREE SEX ABUSE INVOLVING A VICTIM UNDER THE AGE OF 12.

            BIRDSONG IS CURRENTLY LODGED IN THE CALLOWAY COUNTY JAIL AND STATE POLICE SAY THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.

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