This is Boyce Tate. Today: Mostly Sunny and 66.
The Madisonville Lions Club honors its man and woman of the year this evening with a dinner at Mahr Park Arboretum. Last month, Chuck Shockley and Cheri McNary were announced as this year’s recipients. The awards date back to 1945.
A 40-foot shipping container transformed into a fully functional medical clinic will be shipped to Liberia in September. It’s the work of a number of Madisonville North students and it’s just been seen by the state Education Commissioner Dr. Robbie Fletcher. Like everyone, he was impressed with the Habitat for Humanity project the school began last year. The participating students are in the school’s Geometry in Construction and F-F-A programs. It’s being reported that the students will begin another one pretty soon.
When a pedestrian is almost struck, it’s only naturaly for law enforcement to check out the situation. When that occurred in Webster County a few evenings ago at 1-32 East and Countryside Drive , the Sheriff’s Office spoke with as James Allen. It wasn’t long before they discovered that Allen was in posession of a quantity of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
Kentucky’s prison system, like many others across the country, lacks universal air conditioning, leaving many inmates and staff sweltering in extreme heat. During a recent webinar, panelists shared stories and urged action before summer’s heat arrives. Here is Joseph Clark. (Clip in audio below)
According to a report from the Prison Policy Initiative, several Kentucky correctional facilities operate without proper cooling, exposing individuals to potentially fatal conditions.
In Hopkins County, the board of education is tentatively planning to move to their new facility in about a year. That’s at 21-35 North Main. The architectural firm will be Sherman Carter Barnhart. The contracting firm for the project is Garmong Construction. Until the move, the Central Office will continue to be at 320 South Seminary Street.
The police say they never know what to expect during a traffic stop. The driver of a vehicle that was stopped on North Franklin at 2 AM yesterday (Monday) morning did not have auto insurance, but when the drug dog Loki arrived, he sniffed a suspicious small blue pill known as Clonazepam (kluh-NAZ-uh-pan) that belonged to a passenger. Ashlynn White was also in possession of a rolled up amount of U-S currency. Inside the bills was a substance connected with meth.
In Hopkins County, the fiscal court is providing some support to a new group. Lions Quest has been developed by Lions Club International. Spokesperson Faith Shelton says the Pre-K to 12 program integrates social and emotional learning, character education, and drug and bullying prevention. (Clip in audio below)
Shelton told the fiscal court that Lions Quest, even in its early going, has turned some lives around.
A community-based, nonprofit care provider for those facing serious illnesses is seeking new volunteers to serve in Hopkins and Muhlenberg counties. Hosparus Health Western Kentucky says volunteers are needed in a number of capacities. The free, in-person training for new volunteers is this morning from 9 until noon at 200 Clinic Drive.
From the C-Plant Federal Credit Union Newsroom, I’m Boyce Tate.
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