This is Boyce Tate. Today: Today: Partly Sunny and 75.
The Madisonville police have a report on the traffic stop of the driver who ran through a stop sign and then went the wrong way on a one-way street. Jacob Knight said he had recently taken suboxone. Then, it was noted that he was in possession of a marijuana joint and had a bag of marijuana. Knight was then charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of an unidentified substance.
In Greenville, the Tourism Commission is improving the system for using funding requests. The commission will now accept applications for the Tourism Advancement Grant once a year. They say this will ensure funding is distributed fairly and effectively. The deadline is at midnight tonight (on April 14th). The application can be found online on the Facebook page of the Greenville Tourism Commission.
The flood is shutting down the McLean County Public Schools until further notice. Too many families are displaced. As soon as they can, they will reevaluate what’s the next step. The school district does not employ the Non-Traditional Instruction Program.
In Hopkins County, the Genealogical Society is working hard to meet the challenge. Spokesman Steven Ray says the devoted staff at 14 Court Street take a lot of pride in the work. (Clip in audio below) To follow up, you may want to check the Facebook page of the Hopkins County the Genealogical Society.
All are invited to the Hopkins County Elementary Choral Festival at the Glema Center. In addition to the elementary choirs, the county’s 6th grade choirs will perform. It all happens this evening (on Monday the 14th) at 6:30.
A Madisonville man is dead in a traffic crash but not before he used his Ford Ranger to strike a woman on Saturday afternoon who was raking leaves in her yard on West Lake Loop. The sheriff’s office reports that 61-year-old William Holmes left his West Lake Loop driveway at a high rate of speed and drove into the nearby yard, injuring 48-year-old Shannon King who was airlifted to a hospital. Holmes then drove into the backyard of another neighbor. Russell Brother and his child were able to move just before the truck hit where they were sitting. Later on I-69 in Webster County, Holmes died in a traffic collision. Law enforcement is investigating these incidents.
It’s too early to tell how the Hopkins County Humane Society will respond to the tornado damage sustained by their main building. The damage is described as extensive. Some want it repaired. Others want it replaced. Some want to move. In the meantime, the plan is to go back to work doing what they can, even though it will be scaled back. If you’d like to learn how you can adopt an animal, just visit their Facebook page.
The Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure wants to increase barriers for people who rely on the F-D-A approved medication used to treat opioid-use disorder. U-K’s Michelle Lofwall says there are numerous reasons why requiring regular counseling and drug testing of Suboxone can prevent people from being able to access the medication they need. (Clip in audio below) The C-D-Csays Kentucky is ranked among the top five states for Suboxone.
From the C-Plant Federal Credit Union Newsroom, I’m Boyce Tate.
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