This is Boyce Tate. Today: Mostly Sunny and 92.
The state wants industrial growth for Hopkins County. The Economic Development Corporation says a 340-thousand dollar check will help prepare the land for job-creating projects. The money cannot be used for anything else. The E-D-C says this is the first phase of a 3-part project at Madisonville’s second industrial park. It’s a 72-acre rail-served site with a C-S-X Select Site Silver designation. It’s also the second site the county has advanced in the last year and a half, helping Hopkins County to stay ready for growth. With a comment, here is Governor Beshear. (Clip in audio below)
The Madisonville police say it was an expired license plate that led to a traffic stop on I-69 that led to an arrest. It was at that time that they noticed the smell of marijuana in 35-year-old Dalandre (duh-LAND) Woods’ vehicle. He also had an outdated insurance policy. A search of the vehicle produced a marijuana blunt, a loaded handgun, and two loaded magazines. It was found that Woods had been convicted of burglary.
The Madisonville City Council will meet this afternoon at 4:30. They will hear a a resolution to finance the acquisition and construction of city public projects from the proceeds of a proposed issue of tax-exempt revenue bonds. The meeting will be at City Hall.
The Madisonville mayor is now on the board of directors of the Pennyrile Area Development District. Kevin Cotton, and the others were selected at the recent board meeting in Hopkinsville. The Board oversees community and economic development across the nine-county Pennyrile region.
The M-P-D has the story of the driver who left the scene of an accident. It involved a red truck in the 400 block of Booker T. Washington Street. A witness told the police that he saw the vehicle head to the Whitshire Apartments. In no time, the police made contact with Roger Brasher. He admitted that he had been drinking. The police report states that Brasher was manifestly under the influence, and was in possession of marijuana. Central Dispatch informed the officer that Brasher had no auto insurance.
The first informational meeting at the new Hopkins County Agriculture Extension office at Mahr Park Aboretum will focus on cost share information. Of course, they’re still constructing the facility but the meeting is coming into focus. Interested persons are asked to please R-S-V-P the extention office so they can provide information about any venue changes.
The fish kill in our local lakes has people concerned. The Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources says a sudden die-off of a large number of fish may occur at any time due to variety of circumstances, including heavy rain. Partial or complete fish kills may also be caused by overabundant aquatic plants, pollutants, disease, and natural mortality. They say careful pond and watershed management can reduce the risk but cannot guarantee a pond will never experience a fish kill.
In Frankfort, the state attorney general is filing suit against a Chinese online shopping platform. Russell Coleman claims Temu is guilty of unlawful data collection, violations of customers’ privacy, and counterfeiting some of Kentucky’s most iconic brands. Coleman says Temu is notorious for all sorts of other consumer fraud, from advertising items that look nothing like the items that eventually arrive, to faking customer reviews.
From the C-Plant Federal Credit Union Newsroom, I’m Boyce Tate.
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