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Details of Serious Accident Released

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Details of a two vehicle accident that injured two Brandenburg men were released after an investigation into the wreck finalized. According to the Meade County Sheriff’s Department, the accident happened on Wednesday (9/30) around 11:30 am in the 2400 block of Brandenburg Road. A 1994 Ford F150 driven by 75 year-old Bobby Ross of Brandenburg was traveling north on Brandenburg Road when entered the center turning lane and turned in front of a southbound 1999 Chrysler LHS driven by 37 year-old Rickey Adle of Brandenburg. Ross was treated at the scene by Meade County EMS and then airlifted to University of Louisville Hospital by Air Methods. Adle and his passenger, 19 year-old Larry Adle of Brandenburg were taken to Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown by Meade County EMS. The Meade County Fire Department and Brandenburg Police assisted the Meade County Sheriff’s Department at the scene. … [Read more...]

Health Insurer To Quit Exchange

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A Kentucky nonprofit that has been one of the largest insurance providers on the state's health exchange has given notice that it won't offer plans for the 2016 enrollment period. State health officials said Friday that current policyholders with the Kentucky Health Cooperative will continue being covered through their existing policies, most of which expire December 31, 2015. The company currently serves about 51,000 members. Kentucky Health Cooperative's interim CEO, Glenn Jennings, says the nonprofit "came up short" of where it needed to be. It had received federal loans to help it stay afloat. Jennings says the decision to stop offering plans resulted from the company not receiving federal funding on which it had relied. State officials say seven companies will offer plans in the 2016 enrollment period, up from five in 2015. Source: AP … [Read more...]

Panel Sorts Water Testing Policies

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A commission monitoring pollution in the Ohio River says testing for mercury released into the water will be determined on a state-by-state basis, instead of a comprehensive plan. The multistate Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission decided Thursday that states along the waterway will decide where and how companies do testing to gauge discharged mercury. The commission says that won't increase levels of the neurotoxin in the river, but some environmental advocates disagree. Mercury has been pumped into the water for years from steel factories, power plants and other sources and can make fish unsafe to eat. The amounts of mercury released are subject to regulatory limits based on tests by the companies, which sometimes do their testing in areas where pollution can be diluted. Source: AP … [Read more...]

Monique Barbara Granicki

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Monique Barbara Granicki, 60, of Radcliff, died Wednesday (10/7) at her residence. Survivors include: Two sons, Marc Granicki of El Paso, Texas, and Maurice Harris of Radcliff; Her mother: Liesle; Two sisters, Marianne, and Shannette; Four grandchildren; Cremation was chosen by the family. Online condolences maybe expressed here. … [Read more...]