Madisonville Community College is naming this year’s recipients of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Awards. The awards remain one of the most significant national honors in two-year college education. The winners were assistant professor of communications, Kellie Arnold, and the associate dean of business affairs, Kelli Johnson.
Scams are taking the hard-earned dollars of too many Americans. Governor Beshear is taking to the fight to a new level.
Despite ongoing state and federal challenges, the national hemp market holds significant untapped job creation potential. Whitney Economics also says that the hemp-derived market has grown between 32 percent and 79 percent in the last three years. The new data estimates the hemp industry represents up to as many as 475-thousand jobs among businesses, manufacturers, and farmers.
A former Kentucky governor has to pay a fine or serve time in jail. A Jefferson Family Court judge has sentenced Matt Bevin after finding him in contempt of court for failing to disclose financial information in an ongoing legal dispute with his estranged son. The legal battle stems from a motion to intervene filed by 19-year-old Jonah Bevin in his parents’ divorce case.
Some local traffic delays are underway. The Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency project is a natural-gas electric generating facility. The groundbreaking was last April. They say large equipment transports are slowing traffic. The affected route is from the Paducah and Louisville Railway north on Highway 70, left on Pleasant View Road, right on Bean Cemetery Road, and left to the project site on A-C Slaton Road.
In Hopkins County, four aviators are being recognized with pretigious awards from the Federal Aviation Administration. Bob Hartin, David Lowe, Dave Marks, and Jimmy Riddle have spent countless hours at the Anton airport, and are worthy recipients of these awards that reflect a lifetime of dedication, professionalism, and contributions to aviation.
In Hopkins County, the chamber of commerce will be holding a small business roundtable at city hall tomorrow (Friday) morning at 9. Small business owners are invited to come and share their ideas. A light breakfast will be served.
Two students in Dawson Springs are distinguishing themselves at Madisonville Community College. The Program Coordinator of Advanced Integrated Technology says Jacob Embry and Colton Clark are programming a six-axis articulating robot that is exactly what is used in industry. Professor Mike Deal says when Embry and Clark complete the project, the robot will automatically pick up parts, relocate them to another location on the work surface, release the part, and return for another part in a different location. Deal says this is very similar to an operation they may encounter in an industrial process.
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