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A Christmas Day explosion outside an AT&T building in downtown Nashville has caused major problems for emergency dispatching in Christian County and other areas.
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The Christmas Day outage has affected many areas of Kentucky and Tennessee. It followed an explosion in downtown Nashville that police called "intentional."
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Kids have their own way of judging what's real, and it's not necessarily based on the cost of the Santa suit.
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When her son's teacher revealed that Santa was sick, Jennifer Steiner Maddux had an idea. She knew someone who would fit quite well in a Santa suit.
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For Celia Blauser, random acts of kindness that she encountered at local post offices captured the spirit of the season.
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Jennie Stuart Health has received 500 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, and distribution has begun among its frontline workers.
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Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see.
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For Merry Beth Tomaszewski, it wasn't one particular gift or big moment that made Christmas special — it was an amalgamation, a collection of traditions, memories, remembrances, and years of love and security that made up a blessed childhood.
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Several local organizations provide direct aid to many of the Hopkinsville area families hardest hit by the pandemic and the economic downturn it produced.
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Your imagination is a strange thing, especially if you are a child. In the first installment of our Christmas Quartet series, Brenda Hite Lile recalls a time her daughters' imaginations ran wild during a trip to cut down a Christmas tree.
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The clerk's office is slated to reopen for business Dec. 28, but the courthouse will not be open to the public. Business is being conducted remotely.
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Magically, Santa was able to run simultaneously on three fire trucks at one time Sunday afternoon.
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