Anyone who stays in the middle of the road is likely to be stopped by the police. When that occurred in Earlington to Marla Hurley on Bell Crossing Road, the officer not only charged her with careless driving, but with three drug crimes. After the drug dog sniffed out meeth, Hurley and her passenger told the officer it was not theirs. Being charge with Hurley was James Williams. Both were transported to the county jail.
For the second straight year, serious crime in Kentucky is down by more than 8 percent. It’s an announcement the governor enjoyed making.
Kentucky is aggressively strengthening its D-U-I enforcement to combat drivers who are drugged or impaired. Recent legislation and expanded testing capabilities provide law enforcement with improved tools to apprehend and prosecute offenders. Governor Beshear says Senate Bill 66 is now law. He says it strengthens the state’s D-U-I enforcement by adding fentanyl and other substances to screening tests.
How opioid abatement funds are spent at the state and local levels is now available to the public. Attorney General Russell Coleman says this is possible thanks to the launch of an online dashboard. He says communities can now see how these resources are being invested to promote best practices. The dashboard takes reporting from local governments, as well as reporting from the state grant funding, and makes it accessible to the public.
This month, the Webster County Sheriff’s Office is involved in enforcement patrols. It’s all about promoting safety. There are 8 checkpoint locations established by the state police.
In Madisonville, the city council is working to get state funds to pay for the repairs needed at City Park. Burrowing muskrats have damaged both dams. This includes a sinkhole on the Lake South wall. Visitors to the park at 755 Park Avenue may notice lower than normal water levels, and the affected portions of the lake have been marked off to restrict access during construction.
The District 2 Transportation Cabinet has some good news for Madisonville in regards to the Midtown Boulevard extention. The state and the city have worked out the funding for the project. Here’s Mayor Cotton.
Cotton says it’s important because it would be a much-needed north-south corridor.
Those investing in the hemp industry have their fingers crossed. They’re hoping a federal provision will not stop them from moving ahead with their planting schedule. In Lousiville, Cornbread Hemp
says all of its products contain a legal amount of Delta-9 T-H-C. When Senator Mitch McConnell added a provision that closed the sale of unregulated intoxicating hemp-derived products, it was seen as a way shut down most of the hemp T-H-C industry. Growers are hoping Congress will act in their favor before the November deadline because it could shut the industry down.
The Kentucky African American Heritage Commission Budget Committee meets this morning. It’s open to the public. It begins at 9 AM and is available on Google Meets. To see the meeting, search Kentucky African American Heritage Commission.
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