The Hopkins County Sheriffs Office is reporting a single vehicle traffic fatality in Madisonville on Friday afternoon. 80-year-old Halbert Jones’ Toyota Corolla overturned in a ditch at 22-34 Central City Road in Madisonville. He had to be extracted using special tools. Jones succumbed to his injuries in Evansville at Deaconess Midtown Hospital.
The Madisonville City Council meets this afternoon. It begins at 4:30 at city hall at 77 North Main. When the Hopkins County Board of Education meets tomorrow afternoon, the Financial Statement of the last completed school year will be announced by Theresa Jones of Alford, Nance & Jones. The meeting begins at 5:30 at the Central Administration Office on South Seminary.
The Kentucky Association of School Administrators is concerned about the shortage of teachers. Survey results reveal that 35 percent of Kentucky’s teachers plan to leave the profession within two years. Chief Executive Officer Dr. Rhonda Caldwell says the state will continue to lose exceptional educators unless pay, working conditions, and public perception are improved.
In Frankfort, four bills have been filed to make Pre-K For All a state law. The governor has been promoting the program for months.
The Pre-K for All initiative is not a mandatory program. The parents have the final say.
A teenage motorcyclist is facing nine violations after leading the police on a high-speed chase. 18-year-old Lincoln Hargis of Madisonville is charged with speeding through a work zone and passing in a no-passing zone before attempting race away from the police. When Hargis was detained on Highway 630 in Manitou, he was found to be in possession of a T-H-C pen. He admitted he had been using marijuana.
The officer who witnessed a careless lane change on I-69 is what led to two charges against a passenger. During the traffic stop of the small Chevrolet pickup, the K-9 Arkham discovered some synthetic drugs and drug paraphernalia. Trevor Camplin was charged with trafficking in synthetic drugs and with possessing drug paraphernalia.
If you think Madisonville is attractive, wait until you see it in a couple of years. Mayor Kevin Cotton says the time is right to have a code enforcement board that will make a difference.
The City Council approved the ordinance last year. The board will do what it can to enforce property maintenance standards.
The state has some major cross drain projects this week in Webster County. The first one will block Kentucky 132 at the 19-mile point near the the chicken houses. The second job will be on Wednesday at the 22-mile point of Kentucky 132 between Jones Road and Mount Lebanon Road. There will be no marked detours.
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