A call to the Madisonville police about domestic violence at a Hickory Drive residence is what led to an arrest. The complainant informed the officer that Andrew Williams has a history becoming violent when he is intoxicated. The police report states that she had no visible injuries. Before Williams was transported to the detention center, the complainant was given the Victims Rights paperwork.
The project to construct a new Hopkins County Humane Society is moving forward. Director Dustin Potenza delivered this report to the fiscal court.
Potenza says the cost of the venue will be in the vicinity of 3.5 million dollars.
The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is preparing the next generation to succeed while they pursue the opportunities of today and anticipate the evolving demands of tomorrow. President Ryan Quarles says like engines of economic opportunity, these schools are strategically positioned to help meet regional workforce needs and support long-term academic success. In the last 12 months, the KCTCS has awarded more than 24,000 credentials in such critical workforce sectors as manufacturing, health care, and transportation.
In Frankfort, the state attorney general is attempting to curb illegal robocalls. Russell Coleman and a coalition of 49 attorneys general are pushing the Federal Communications Commission to make improvements to its Robocall Mitigation Database. The attorneys-general are urging the FCC to strengthen filing obligations to deter bad actors and noncompliant providers from appearing in the database.
Sometimes, a passenger is the only person arrested during a traffic stop. On Park Avenue in Madisonville, the officer found that Kacey Finney was in possession of drug paraphernalia. She told the officer that she was on probation for seven more years. This led the officer to arrest her since he judged Finney to be a danger to herself.
The Madisonville police are reporting the arrest of a driver who was swerving on I-69. When Cheryl Horton would not allow her Cadillac DTS to be searched, the officer’s K-9 alerted the officer to synthetic marijuana in the vehicle. Horton was transported to the detention center.
A Kentucky Congressman is out with a report for the Oversight Committee that details the federal government’s failures in handling the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases. James Comer’s investigation included 19 Epstein associate interviews and depositions, subpoenas to the Department of Justice, Epstein’s Estate, and a review of Epstein’s financial records.
Comer is now calling for the DOJ to formally investigate those who facilitated Epstein’s crimes and ensure survivors receive the answers they deserve.
In the next legislative session in January, lawmakers will hear a measure that is intended to improve education, and early detection and patient care for Kentuckians living with diabetes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 27 percent of the adults in our country have undiagnosed cases of diabetes. They also say that out of an estimated 40 million Americans with diabetes, nearly 1 in 4 do not know they have it.
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