The Madisonville police have a special assignment today. They are one of the law enforcement agencies helping the Central City Police as they attend the funeral of one of their own. The MPD will help provide patrol coverage and handle calls for a few hours during the service for Officer Jason Phillips, who passed away last week. Also assisting the Central City police will be the Muhlenberg County Sheriff’s Department.
The Muhlenberg County Sheriff’s Department is reporting that they have received a number of scam phone calls. The residents say the callers claim to be in law enforcement, and they claim they have outstanding federal warrants which can be resolved by sending payment through machines at gas stations or through Venmo or PayPal. To sound realistic, they are using the names of actual deputies. The sheriff’s office reminds you that this is not the way they do business. If you receive a call like this, hang up. The Providence police also say they are being notified of these kinds of scam calls.
The Pennyrile Area Development District is glad for the work of the Abandoned Mine-Land Economic Revitalization program. They say Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville, MCC, and Muhlenberg County Fiscal Court received 6.6 million through the program. The investments will strengthen emergency healthcare, expand workforce training, and prepare more Western Kentuckians for careers in manufacturing and welding. PADD also wants to thank Congressman James Comer and Senator Mitch McConnell for their efforts at expanding this important funding opportunity for Western Kentucky’s coal communities.
In high school sports, only one team can win a state championship. Winning the state boys 2-A golf championship is Madisonville North. Congratulations.
A drive-by shooting in the middle of the night Monday morning is what sent the police to West Noel Avenue. The police say Gracie Caraway fired a single bullet at a house that was occupied. She faces four charges. They include wanton endangerment and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Lance Johnson was the driver. Caraway and Johnson were jailed.
The state senator representing Hopkins, Union, Webster, and Henderson counties is expressing his appreciation for the way Attorney General Russell Coleman is standing up for LIFE by enforcing our state abortion laws. Robbie Mills says Coleman has announced that has he has filed a civil lawsuit against the New York-based activist organization Mayday Health for breaking Kentucky law by advertising illegal mail-order abortion pills. Mayday Health has advertised these drugs at gas stations, and with a banner attached to an airplane over the Kentucky State Fair.
In Hopkins County, law enforcement is working with federal agencies to reduce crime. Madisonville Police Sergeant Austin Young says local law enforcement has interdiction units to fight drug trafficking on the interstate.
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