A spot check of a Madisonville vehicle on Main Street is what ended up leading to the arrest of the driver. It was found that Scottie Utley did not have a driver’s license or auto insurance.
The Hopkins County Health Department will be hosting a free event that aims to bring together community members and healthcare professionals to advance evidence-based strategies that reduce substance-related risks. The sponsors are Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville, Owensboro Health and M-C-C Workforce Solutions. The West Kentucky Regional Harm Reduction Summit will be at the Health Department on Tuesday, March 17th from 9 until 3:30.
Madisonville is now involved in a national organization that promotes the places where people shop, dine, work, play, and gather. The acrostic I-C-S-C standds for Innovating Commerce Serving Communities. After visiting New York City and Austin-Texas, Deputy City Administrator Brad Long has a position with the national group.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet wants to change our driver’s licenses. To improve safety and understanding between drivers and officers, the volunteer change would add a communication disorder or disability to alert law enforcement officers to possible communication challenges. It’s believed House Bill 519 would more quickly identify medical emergencies or communication barriers during roadside encounters.
An Indiana woman is admitting that she is guilty of seven felony charges in Hopkins County. 56-year-old Sylvia Townsend-Marlow of Corydon admits that she stole nearly 71-thousand dollars from Kentucky’s Medicaid program by submitting fake timesheets to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Now, Townsend-Marlow is on 5-years probation and has to pay it all back.
The state is working to provide safe medical cannabis to those eligible to use it. Governor Beshear is hoping the legislature will expand the conditions to qualify for the medical treatment.
Kentucky is once again setting an all-time record for products shipped globally. The governor says the demand for Kentucky-made products has never been higher. Kentucky’s export growth furthers what has been the best six-year period for economic growth in state history. In 2023, Kentucky recorded over 2 million jobs filled for the first time ever, and has stayed above that number ever since.
The Kentucky House has passed a measure to opt the state into a first-of-its-kind federal program that will start next year. In the federal tax-credit scholarship program, Kentuckians could receive a federal tax credit of up to 17-hundred dollars for donations to organizations that grant scholarships. Students in public and private schools who meet certain family-income qualifications could receive these funds.
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