This is Boyce Tate. Today is Tuesday, it’s mostly Sunny and 34.
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The National Weather Service says much warmer conditions will arrive Thursday through Saturday with a good chance of rain this weekend.
The Madisonville police say no one was harmed when a vehicle crashed into a home on Friday morning. It’s occurred at about 8:30 at the corner of West Noel and Pride. The police say the driver said became light headed and passed out. Again, there were no injuries, including the driver.
The senator representing Hopkins County in Frankfort is excited about the way the state’s personal income tax has been lowered by 40 percent. Robbie Mills says this is keeping almost 2 billion dollars in the pockets of taxpayers, while maintaining a healthy Budget Reserve Trust Fund. He says much has been done to reduce the legacy pension debt, while at the same time, fund water & sewer systems, roads and bridges.
The governor is excited to report about Toyota’s investment in the state. With their new project, the expenditure in the Commonwealth has risen to over 11-BILLION dollars since the project began in 1986.
The Superintendent of Madisonville’s Electric Department says it’s the recipient of a liability grant check. Brad Porter says the 3-thousand dollar check from the Kentucky League of Cities Insurance Services recognizes the electric department’s diligence in keeping trees trimmed and their efforts at reducing the liability of power outages and other related electrical accidents.
In Madisonville, the new year has brought with it the new and returning members of the city council. On the city’s website, you may want to click on Government and then on City Council.
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The annual celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior be Madisonville Community College is tomorrow (Wednesday). It begins at 12:20 in Steve Beshear Building and will feature Pastor Terrence Minor of the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. The program will recognize the M-L-K Scholarship recipients.
M-C-C is getting some good news. The Bellwether College Consortium says the school’s Credential Lattice and Workforce Initiative is competing in the Instructional Programs & Services award category. The program is called: From Coal to Careers: The Lisman Workforce Complex in Western Kentucky.
A medical facility opens today in Clay. Health First Community Health Center is at 140 Veterans Memorial Avenue. Appointments and walk-ins are welcomed.
The city of Mortons Gap now offers text alerts. These alerts will include such things as water payment reminders, boil water advisories, and road work closures. Residents may also report problems that need attention, such as animals, trash, and potholes. To subscribe, go to the Mortons Gap Facebook page and scan the QR code.
Some are worried that the state’s uninsured rate could climb since Advanced Premium Tax Credits related to the Affordable Care Act will expire at the end of the year. Tomorrow (Wednesday) is the deadline to enroll. Here is Priscilla Easterling with Kentucky Voices for Health.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation says the elimination of expanded tax credits would especially impact older adults who tend to have higher health coverage costs.
From the C-Plant Federal Credit Union Newsroom, I’m Boyce Tate.
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