This is Boyce Tate. Today is January 6th, it’s wind, light snow or freezing rain and 29.
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Our winter storm has brought with it snow, freezing rain, ice and arctic temperatures. It’s all being caused by an area of cold air from the Arctic known as a polar vortex. Power outages are possible. Roads are treacherous. Emergency management officials are working to open warming centers. The state’s price gouging laws are intended to prevent overpriced goods and services. Violators should be reported to the Office of the Attorney General. It would be smart to stay off the roads until conditions improve. If you must travel, prepare for an emergency with food, water, and blankets.
The first baby of the new year in Madisonville is a Texan. The parents of Jacob Paul Galicia are in the area for work. Jacob was born at Baptist Health Deaconess on January 1st 1:19 in the morning. Our best to Cindy Galicia and Gavin Stevenson.
Contact with two Madisonville residents sleeping in the parking lot at Grapevine Lake after hours is resulting in two drug arrests. 64-year-old Danny Daniels and 46-year-old Joy Stallins of Madisonville were arrested late Wednesday night after being found in possession of a T-H-C vape pen, a meth pipe, and a syringe loaded with methamphetamine. Stallins also had an arrest warrant.
The person who was disturbing the residents at the Salvation Army in Madisonville during the midnight hour on Friday morning is being charged with trespassing. For acting crazy and being aggressive, Jordan Edwards was asked to leave, but refused to do so until the police arrived. Edwards was transported to the detention center.
Smoke and tobacco shops are reconfiguring in order to deal with a new law that is aimed at reducing teen vaping.. House Bill 11 only allows for Food and Drug Administration approved products to be sold. This is forcing e-cigarette customers to look elsewhere. Kentucky ranks 7th nationally with almost 22 percent of high school students using vaping products.
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Our winter storm has brought with it snow, freezing rain, ice and arctic temperatures. Power outages are possible. Roads are treacherous. Emergency management officials are working to open warming centers. The state’s price gouging laws are intended to prevent overpriced goods and services. Violators should be reported to the Office of the Attorney General. It would be smart to stay off the roads until conditions improve. If you must travel, prepare for an emergency with food, water, and blankets. Most all meteorologists say this weather system is something we haven’t seen in quite a while. In Hopkins County, customers without power peaked yesterday at 15-hundred. It’s now about half of that. Road crews will be out today to treat and improve road conditions.
The Hopkins County Clerk’s Office wants you to know about a possible delay. Those involved with December renewals should expect longer wait times due to an issue that is causing the office to contact the Property Valuation Administrator on each transaction.
A smoke scare is not as bad as a fire. On Thursday, the Madisonville Fire Department arrived at mile marker 113 of I-69 to find no signs of fire. The rear end seal had busted, and all of the oil had leaked out. That caused the rear end to overheat and smoke. A tow truck pulled the vehicle away.
One Kentucky county is expecting to receive a federal rebate under the Inflation Reduction Act to offset 40-percent of the solar battery backup system’s cost. Here is Andy McDonald with Apogee Climate and Energy Transitions.
According to the Clean Energy Group, most home solar systems are installed without batteries.
Want to see a good slide show? It documents much of what occurred this past year in the city of Madisonville. Check out their Facebook page.
From the C-Plant Federal Credit Union Newsroom, I’m Boyce Tate.
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