Local News
News Headlines for: 7/30/10
THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTED 18-YEAR OLD CAMPION HAWKINS OF 1006 AMANDA DRIVE ON ONE COUNT OF RAPE FRIDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY PROVIDING A TEEN GIRL WITH ALCOHOL IN JUNE AND THEN FORCING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE ON HER AFTER SHE WENT TO LAY DOWN FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE ALCOHOL.
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THE KENTUCKY PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION HAS ALLOWED KENTUCKY UTLITIES TO RAISE IT RATES, MEANING CUSTOMERS IN NORTH CHRISTIAN AND HOPKINS COUNTY WILL NOTICE A $7 INCREASE ON AN AVERAGE ELECTRIC BILL.
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FIRST RESPONDERS FROM ACROSS HOPKINSVILLE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY WILL CONVERGE ON HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SUNDAY AND MONDAY FOR TRAINING, WITH A NEWS CONFERENCE SET FOR 11:00 MONDAY MORNING TO EXPLAIN MORE.
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KENTUCKY STATE POLICE FROM POST 1 FOUND SEVERAL MARIJUANA PLANTS ON A TRIGG COUNTY FARM THIS WEEK, WITH THE LANDOWNER, DENNIS MICKEY BRASHERS OF THE CERULEAN-HOPKINSVILLE ROAD, ALLEGEDLY FLEEING THE SCENE BEFORE HE COULD BE CAUGHT BY TROOPERS.
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THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SAYS CORN HARVESTS SHOULD BE UP FROM LAST YEAR, WHILE MANY OTHER CROPS ARE SLIGHTLY DOWN.
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News Headlines for: 7/30/10
16 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $4,000 FOR THEIR EFFORTS DURING THE SECOND A-T-AND-T 'WORK-STUDY-SHADOW' PROGRAM, WITH TWO MORE STUDENTS TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM NEXT WEEK, AS NOTED DURING YESTERDAY'S GRADUATION CEREMONY AT CHALLENGE HOUSE #1 ON CENTRAL AVE..
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A DAYTON, OHIO MAN, WHO HAS MULTIPLE LOCAL ADDRESSES BUT WAS BEING HELD IN CLARKSVILLE, IS NOW IN CUSTODY IN HOPKINSVILLE ON MULTIPLE OFFENSES,WITH 24-YEAR OLD NATHAN WORD CHARGED WITH THE RAPE OF A 15-YEAR OLD GIRL, SODOMY, AND UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT OF A MINOR, IN ADDITION TO OTHER OFFENSES.
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MEANWHILE, 19-YEAR OLD SIERRA CHAMBERS OF CHARLIE COURT WAS ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR AFTER SHE WAS STOPPED THURSDAY NIGHT FOR ALLOWING 4 CHILDREN TO STAND UP IN THE BACK SEAT OF HER CAR, ACCORDING TO THE ARREST CARD.
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AND 28-YEAR OLD DOUGLAS FREELS OF NELSON DRIVE WAS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY STRUCK THE TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OF HIS GIRLFRIEND.
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IN NEWS FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CAPTAIN MIKE JOHNSON TOOK REPORTS OF THE THEFT OF A $5,000 JOHN DEERE RIDING LAWN MOWER FROM THE KAREN SHIELDS' FARM ON MC-KINNEY ROAD AND $5,000 WORTH OF INTERIOR FURNISHINGS FROM A HOME ON THE ROSETOWN ROAD, PEMBROKE.
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A SOLDIER FROM FT. HOOD, TX, IS MOVING TO PROTECT THE GENERAL PUBLIC FROM POTENTIAL SCAM ARTISTS POSING AS G.I.'S WHILE ALSO PROTECTING THE IMAGE AND REPUTATION OF THE MILITARY.
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TRAVELLERS IN CLARKSVILLE ARE ABLE TO GET FROM 'POINT A' TO 'POINT B', ACCORDING TO A TRANSPORTATION EXPERT, BUT IT'S FREQUENTLY BY AN INDIRECT ROUTE, WITH PLANS IN THE WORKS TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE OBSTRUCTIONS.
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ON ANOTHER TRANSPORTATION NOTE, THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE IS SPENDING ANOTHER $1,450,000 TO BUILD A BRIDGE ON ITS 'RAILS TO TRAILS' PROJECT, WHICH WILL EXTEND THE WALKING-BIKING-HIKING TRAIL BY OVER A MILE.
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News Headlines for: 7/29/10
A “WORKSHOP ON STREAMWATER QUALITY IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY” WAS HELD AT HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE THURSDAY, WHERE BARRY TONNING OF TETRA-TECH SPOKE ON A NUMBER OF GENERAL NATIONAL WATER POLLUTION CONCERNS, INCLUDING THE USE OF FERTILIZER CHEMICALS THAT FIND THEIR WAY INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS.
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MEANWHILE, WORK CONTINUES ON THE $500,000 REHABILITATION PROJECT AT THE LAKE BLYTHE LAKE AND DAM ON THE NORTH FORK OF LITTLE RIVER.
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CONGRESSMAN ED WHITFIELD OF HOPKINSVILLE VOICED CONCERN WITH THE “TOXIC CHEMICALS SAFETY ACT OF 2010” IN A COMMITTEE MEETING THURSDAY, SAYING IT WOULD POSSIBLY CAUSE MORE JOB LOSS OR PREVENT JOB GROWTH IN AN ALREADY SAGGING ECONOMY.
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25-YEAR OLD TRUMAINE MANCHOUCK, WHO IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING CHRISTIPHINE “JERRY” WALTER THREE YEARS AGO IN OAK GROVE, WILL STAND TRIAL FOR A SECOND TIME JANUARY 3RD, ACCORDING TO THE 'KENTUCKY NEW ERA', WHICH SAYS THE COURT DATE WAS SET IN CHRISTIAN CIRCUIT COURT WEDNESDAY.
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News Headlines for: 7/29/10
HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT IN WHICH A MAN ACCOSTED A DENZIL DRIVE WOMAN EARLY WEDNESDAY, MADE VULGAR COMMENTS AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO LIFT HER SKIRT BEFORE FLEEING ON FOOT.
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THIS WEEK'S FUGITIVES FROM CRIMESTOPPERS ARE 27-YEAR OLD DONALD DEVON HARRIS, A BLACK MALE, 6'/180, WHO IS NAMED IN MULTIPLE WARRANTS; AND 47-YEAR OLD ROY MICHAEL MERRITT, A BLACK MALE, 5'11'/180, WHO IS WANTED FOR PROBATION VIOLATION. OFFICER PAUL RAY SAYS CRIMESTOPPERS WILL PAY A CASH REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF EITHER MAN. AS ALWAYS, YOU NEED NOT GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT. THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 887-TIPS.
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THE HOPKINSVILLE OPTIMIST CLUB IS BEING JOINED BY THE JEFFERS BEND STEERING COMMITTEE AND PENNYRILE R-C-AND-D COUNCIL IN HOSTING THIS YEAR'S 'RESPECT FOR LAW' PROGRAM, WHICH IS SET FOR EARLY NEXT MONTH AT THE BOTANICAL GARDENS OFF NORTH MAIN STREET.
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AN ORGANIZATION WITH A NAME CLOSELY AKIN TO AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY IN CLARKSVILLE HAS BEEN FINED BY THE STATE OF TENNESSEE FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO VETERANS AS CLAIMED.
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YET ANOTHER DISASTER HAS RESULTED IN FARMERS IN CHRISTIAN AND TODD COUNTIES BEING DECLARED ELIGIBLE FOR EMERGENCY LOANS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
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