This is Boyce Tate. Today: Sunny and 49
You may be able to help law enforcement identify a thief. On social media, the state police have a photo of a man shopping in Bremen last month at the Dollar General at 49-45 Main Street. He is wearing a red and white knit cap and a black coat. The picture is on the Channel 14 Kentucky news page.
A Madisonville resident is being charged with hindering apprehension. When the officer arrived at a Thompson Avenue address with an active warrant, he saw the man he came to get standing in the room, but Donna Massey informed the officer that he wasn’t there, and slammed the door and locked it, even though she was warned about hindering apprehension. In a short time, the wanted man harmed himself with a pellet gun. Officers then cared for the man and secured the location. Massey was taken to jail.
Around the state, a number of hospitals are beginning to restrict visitors to help limit exposure to illness. This now includes Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville. Restrictions now include no visitors with symptoms of illness, and no visitors under the age of 16. The C-D-C says this is the most severe flu season in the last 25 years.
Some are predicting a serious disagreement on the budget outlook for our state. Here is Senator Karen Berg of Jefferson County.
It’s being said that tough, yet necessary conversations in Frankfort will continue among the General Assembly for weeks to come.
The city offices in Madisonville will be closed today due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. Trash routes for the week will be on a one-day delay.
The Madisonville police are reporting the arrest of a driver whose Ram 15-hundred had no driver’s-side rear view mirror. The police report also says that Brandon Allen was texting and was not wearing a seat belt. Allen admitted to those infractions, including the fact that his driver’s license was suspended. The Kentucky Automated Vehicle Information System confirmed each charge.
Legislation in Washington now will allow Western Kentucky coal counties to become eligible for grants to reclaim abandoned mine lands in order to spur economic development. Congressman James Comer says this will ensure that counties have the chance to be considered for federal funding to reclaim abandoned mine sites, as well as attract new investment, and build a stronger economic future. Hopkins County Judge Executive Jack Whitfield says for years, Western Kentucky has traditionally been unable to access Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization funding, but now that’s changing.
With the increase in heating units needed this time of year, the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning increases. That’s why the state is beginning a campaign to test public buildings. Here is
Ray Perry. He is the secretary of the Public Protection Cabinet. He says older buildings are especially prone.
From the C-Plant Federal Credit Union Newsroom, I’m Boyce Tate.
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