Gene Webster

Proposed Library Tax Fails

November 29, 2018 by Gene Webster

A full gallery Tuesday (11/28) at Hardin County Fiscal Court prompted more than an hour of residents’ concerns and comments, as well as discussion from magistrates, the bid to create a library taxing district that could have generated about $2 million a year failed to pass a first ordinance reading. … [Read more...]

Murray State To Help Create Hub To Attract High-tech firms

November 29, 2018 by Gene Webster

Kentucky officials say Murray State University will help establish a regional hub aimed at attracting more startup high-tech businesses in western Kentucky. … [Read more...]

Exits Exams Won’t Ensure Success

November 29, 2018 by Gene Webster

An education secretary from President Barack Obama's administration says high school exit exams will not benefit Kentucky students unless the state provides more resources for public schools. … [Read more...]

Man Sentenced In Homeless Tent Fire

November 28, 2018 by Gene Webster

A Kentucky man is accused of setting fire to a tent occupied by a homeless man later found dead. … [Read more...]

Eatery Owners Didn’t Pay Overtime

November 27, 2018 by Gene Webster

The federal Department of Labor is suing the owners of two Kentucky brunch restaurants it says failed to pay workers more than $130,000 in overtime. … [Read more...]

Voters Seat New Faces During Election

November 7, 2018 by Gene Webster

Several new faces are the result of the mid term election on Tuesday (11/6). … [Read more...]

Top Senator Talks Issues Before Election

October 31, 2018 by Gene Webster

Kentucky U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke to several area business leaders and residents during visits in Meade and Breckinridge Counties on Tuesday (10/30). … [Read more...]

Accident Claims Guston Woman

September 19, 2018 by Gene Webster

Emergency crews were called the scene of a fatal two vehicle accident at the intersection of Highway 79 and Kentucky 428. According to Kentucky State Police, the accident happened around 12 Noon Tuesday when a vehicle driven by 28 year-old Tanisha Hayes of Shepherdsville, pulled out from Highway 428 onto Highway 79 into the path of a vehicle driven by 61 year-old Charlotte Beyer of Guston. Beyer was pronounced dead at the scene by the Meade County Coroner. Hayes was taken to University of Louisville Hospital for non-life threatening injuries. The accident remains under investigation by Kentucky State Police. … [Read more...]