From the News Edge: The Trigg County Sheriff's Department and the Trigg County Coroner are investigating a drowning that claimed the life of a male victim Saturday evening in the area of Malcolms Point Road...........................................................................................................From the Sports Edge: BOYS 2ND REGION BASEBALL TOURNAMENT MONDAY - 11am Christian Co. vs Union Co......2pm Caldwell Co. vs Crittenden Co......5pm Trigg Co. vs Madisonville......8pm Henderson Co. vs Hopkinsville...................................................................................................From the Sports Edge: GIRLS 2ND REGION BASEBALL TOURNAMENT MONDAY - 11am Christian Co. vs Union Co......1pm Livingston Central vs Hopkins Central......3pm Madisonville vs UHA.......5pm Henderson Co. vs Lyon Co........................................................................................................WISHING EVERYONE A SAFE AND HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND......................................................................................................Congratulations to the Class of 2013 at Hopkinsville High School and Christian County High School.

Col. R.J. Lillibridge, Commander, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), speaks with local media from the Fort Campbell, Ky., area during a live teleconference at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Nov. 17, 2012. Topics discussed during teleconference focused on the Rakkasans’ first 45 days of their deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army Photo Illustration by Sgt. 1st Class Abram Pinnington, TF 3/101)

Posted: Monday, 19 November 2012 12:50AM

Commander Reports Rakkasans Off To Good Start

It has been just over a month and a half since the 3rd Brigade Combat Team took over in the villages in Regional Command East, and Commander, Colonel R.J. Lillibridge says they are doing well. Colonel Lillibridge told the News Edge, via teleconference, that taking over in September from the 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division out of Alaska went seamlessly.

He adds the Afghan soldiers and police know international forces will be pulling out in the coming years and they are stepping up to learn how to defend their country.

Rakkasan Commander says his soldiers have to stay sharp at all times.

The Rakkasans are partnering with Afghan National Army soldiers, Afghan Police and Afghan Border Patrol units in the Paktika province of Afghanistan, which lies along the Pakistan border. Tune in Wednesday to find out more from Colonel Lillibridge about the holiday plans of the Rakkasans.

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