This is Boyce Tate. Today is January 16th, it’s sunny, Breezy and 42.
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The organization that encourages citizens of Hopkins County to embrace Veterans and First Responders in Honor of Sergeant William Patrick Rudd is the recipient of an unexpected gesture. The Patrick Rudd Project Facebook page recently received a message from a man who found Sergeant Rudd’s killed in action bracelet in Iraq near Mosul. He never met Rudd but felt compelled to return the bracelet to his relatives. The Patrick Rudd Project says the gesture is more than appreciated.
The retiring school superintendent in Hopkins County is giving the school board adequate time to name a replacement. Amy Smith says her last day will be June 30th. After 30 years in the district, she made the announcement this week. This is the 4th year of Smith’s term as superintendent.
One of the continuous desires of Madisonville city hall is to encourage families and businesses to move here. Mayor Kevin Cotton believes Fort Campbell is a good place to concentrate those efforts.
Expecting to find a house full of smoke and a possible fire in the attic, the Madisonville Fire Department found nothing like that. Upon arriving at 606 Seminole Drive Tuesday morning, the homeowner said the city’s Wastewater Treatment Department was smoking the sewer in the area through a manhole two houses away. The M-F-D said their sweep of the house found no heat or smoke. To prove the test was valid, the homeowner asked the wastewater worker to perform the test again to make sure that was the reason for the smoke, and the results were the same.
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The Madisonville police say the man who pulled a gun on a DoorDash delivery driver is charged with wanton endangerment. Sedrick Stewart was arrested at a residence in the 900 block of North Kentucky on Monday night. The investigating officer was able to see the 9 millimeter handgun. The police report states that the delivery driver used to date Stewart’s ex-girlfriend.
In Hopkins County, the sheriff’s office is warning residents not to fall for a new scam. The scammers are pretending to be from the all-electric tolling system in Louisville and Southern Indiana that is known as RiverLink. Their fake ad encourages the potential victim to pay a late fee. As usual, law enforcement is reminding everyone to follow the general rule of never revealing personal information on the internet. RiverLink says it does not share toll charge notifications via text message.
A new federal law is designed to close a loophole that allowed coal companies to dump their black lung payments to miners onto the taxpayer-funded Black Lung Disability Trust Fund. Brendan Muckian-Bates of the Appalachian Citizens Law Center says black lung can take years to develop, and early symptoms typically do not qualify folks for benefits.
Black lung disability payments to miners have been shrinking.
Team Kentucky is inviting all teenage drivers to participate in the Safe Teen Driving Challenge. Cash prizes go up to 2-thousand dollars. The last day to register is Friday, the 24th. The challenge is open to 16-to-19-year-olds with a permit or driver’s license and a smartphone. For complete details, enter: The Safe Teen Driving Challenge.
From the C-Plant Federal Credit Union Newsroom, I’m Boyce Tate.
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