Today is September 23rd and it’s showers and 80
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Many are excited to know that law enforcement training will be a lot closer to home. The governor says when it opens in February, the new academy for law enforcement in Madisonville will improve recruitment opportunities. Madisonville Mayor Kevin Cotton says the 50-million dollar multipurpose training facility will produce significant economic growth. Hopkins County Judge/Executive Jack Whitfield believes it will save tax dollars that would otherwise be spent on travel.
Traffic stops often expose a number of crimes. When James Bishop was stopped on Highway 813 on Thursday morning, the officer noted that he immediately smelled marijuana in the Ford Escape. Bishop was found to have a suspended Indiana drivers license. There was also a warrant for Bishop’s arrest in Henderson County. Marijuana was also located in the vehicle, as was, a stolen and loaded 22-caliber handgun.
Some residents will be glad to hear that FEMA will be holding a few more public events to assist applicants. Homeowners and renters will be meeting FEMA reps with one-on-one assistance. PADD residents have FEMA opportunities in Dawson Springs at the Dunn Missionary Baptist Church on Friday and Saturday, October 4th and 5th. Muhlenberg County residents will have FEMA opportunities on Friday and Saturday, October 11th and 12 in Central City at the Training Center at 61 Career Way.
A Kentucky Center for Economic Policy report indicates that federal investments are spurring job growth in construction. Spokesman Jason Bailey says a tight labor market is contributing to increased union activity. The state is also seeing big job gains in health care and the clean-energy sector.
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Tax time is here. The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office says the tax bills will look different. Be carefull not throw them away thinking they are junk mail. The bills will be mailed out at the end of the week and will be payable beginning October 1st. The tax bill for Mortons Gap residents will not be delivered to their Post Office box if your bill has your street address on it rather than the P.O. box number. As in the past, residents can pay several ways. They can pay in person at the sheriff’s office, mail it in, drop it in our drop box outside on the north side of our office, pay by telephone by calling the number printed on the bill, or pay online using their checking account information. There is a one-dollar and 50-cent fee to write a check and a 2 and a half percent fee to use a credit card.
The Webster County man who pled guilty to 1st degree manslaughter two years ago is going to prison for 16 years. In August of 2022, 49-year-old William Virgin admitted to dispatchers that he strangled his girlfriend. 31-year-old Heather Davidson was from Evansville.
Since 1964, a network of Community Action Agencies has been serving low-income Kentuckians. The Economic Opportunity Act has offered a number of services. Rick Baker is with Community Action Kentucky. Baker says these efforts have helped to employ more than 2-thousand.
From the C-Plant Federal Credit Union Newsroom, I’m Boyce Tate.
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