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The state senator for Hopkins County wants to compliment those who are working to promote Western Kentucky with the film industry. Robby Mills says the Senate Majority Caucus has made a concerted effort to make the film industry welcome by devising creative tax credits.
A lot of cleaning is being encouraged by the Webster County Schools to limit germs and illness. Administrators say school breaks are a great time to wash coats, hoodies, backpacks, lunchboxes, shoes, gloves, and any other items brought to school. This helps limit germs and illness at school.
Kentucky’s first medical marijuana dispensary hopes to re-open soon. The Post Dispensary in Beaver Dam shut down last month because they ran out of product. They hope to open their doors on the 15th or 16th.
Our senior senator likes how the president is handling the Venezuelan politician and former union leader who has served as the nation’s president. Mitch McConnell says Nicolás Maduro is a thug, and the hemisphere would be safer without this lackey of Iran, Russia, and China in power. McConnell says the president has broad constitutional authority and long historical precedent for the limited use of military force.
The Kentucky State Police are proud of their programs for children and families. Last year, the state police collected over 300-thousand pounds of food, provided a free summer camp for nearly 800 kids at Trooper Island Camp, took over 15-hundred children to a “Shop with a Trooper” experience, visited multiple children’s hospitals and nursing homes, and distributed Trooper Teddy-Bears.
Hopkins County’s state senator says the next time you look at your paycheck, it will be higher. Robbie Mills says that’s due to the legislature’s reduction in the personal income tax. He says he’s proud to have voted 4 times to lower the personal income tax. It used to be 6 percent. Now, it’s 3 and a half percent, and the plan is to keep reducing it.
A new Hopkins County Humane Society building is in the works. It will replace the facility lost to a spring storm in April. County Judge Executive Jack Whitfield says it hopefully will not have to house as many cats. He explains.
A Providence driver is facing 9 charges. Jessica Burge was stopped because a deputy suspected her to be intoxicated by the way she was driving. The officer recovered a quantity of methamphetamine, marijuana, and items of drug paraphernalia. Burge has 5 active Hopkins County bench warrants in relation to felony-probation violations.
A pop-up driver licensing program in Webster County is on the schedule. It will offer any service available at a Driver Licensing Regional Office. This includes the REAL ID. Appointments are required. Emergency Management says it will be on Wednesday, the 14th, in Dixon at the U-K Cooperative Extension Office at 11-18 US Highway 41-A South. You can register online at this address: drive dot k-y-dot-G-O-V.
In Muhlenberg County, it’s time to hear ideas for the Spruce Up the ‘Berg program. Funding applications close tomorrow (Wednesday). You’re always welcome to visit the Facebook page of the Felix E. Martin Junior Foundation.
From the C-Plant Federal Credit Union Newsroom, I’m Boyce Tate.
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