This is Boyce Tate. Today: Showers and 84.
A section of interstate highway in Madisonville is being improved. By the end of the week, the work should be done. The work is primarily between exits 114 and 116. In the interest of safety, the speed limit has been reduced to 55.
Webster County needs school bus drivers. They suggest that interested persons should take advantage of the Test Drive a Bus event. It will be at thei high school parking lot on Saturday, the 14th, from 9 until 1.
The Hopkins County School district is working to provide free admission to all regular season athletic games. The district says it believes every student should have the opportunity to experience the energy and pride of school sports. Those interested in sponsorship information should contact the school district.
Kentucky’s latest drug overdose fatality figures shows a drop in deaths. A Louisville-based nonprofit says her organization provides prevention services to adolescents as well as group and individual therapy for adults who are typically required to be in therapy in order to see their children. Here is Latosha Perry. (Clip in audio below)
The spring is the time of year when Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville offers free athletic physicals to the student athletes. This year, they did 664 of them. They say they could not have done it without the volunteers.
Sometimes, the smell of a skunk is misidentified as natural gas. It happened a few days go in Madisonville. Using their instruments at 1-38 Oldham Lane, the fire crew could not detect any gas, but they did report the smell of a skunk from some road kill near the residence.
Baptist Health Deaconess is beginning an interventional pain management clinic. The fiscal court has voted to purchase a 34-thousand dollar device known as a radiofrequency ablation. The device uses heat produced from radio waves to target diseased tissue and helps treat opiod patients. Here is County Judge Executive Jack Whitfield. (Clip in audio below)
In Webster County, the sheriff’s office will begin registering street legal, special purpose vehicles on the 27th. The use of these vehicles is contingent on local jurisdictions. They say if a vehicle does not meet all the requirements as stated in the Kentucky Revised Statutes, it will not pass the inspection.
Details are now available about the Dawson Springs man who failed in his attempt to escape from the law. It began when the state police attemted to stop 30-year-old Johnney McKinney for a registration violation on Kentucky 800 in Crofton. His attempt to avoid being arrested ended when his vehicle hit a tree in Hopkins County. McKinney is facing 10 charges. They include speeding, no insurance, and possession of marijuana.
Heavy smoke is not always from a dangerous fire. After the M-F-D fire crew arrived at 4-22 East Center Street, they noticed the smoke but did not consider it an emergency requiring their presence. It was from a large commercial food smoker across the street that was fully compliant with cooking regulations.
From the C-Plant Federal Credit Union Newsroom, I’m Boyce Tate.
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