A single vehicle accident sent one person to the hospital. According to the Meade County Sheriff’s Department, the accident happened around 4:45 pm Friday (9/18) in the 6300 block of Midway Road known as Kentucky 1239 about 2 miles South of Payneville. A 1993 Ford Ranger, driven by 18 year-old Tanya Scott of Payneville, was traveling north and using her cellphone causing her to drop off of the shoulder of the road. Scott over corrected her steering and overturned several times and hit a fence. Scott was treated at the scene by Meade County EMS and then was airlifted to University of Louisville Hospital for her injuries. The Payneville Fire Department also assisted at the scene. … [Read more...]
Woman Injured In Accident
Arson Determined In Fatal Fire
Authorities say a deadly fire at an apartment building in the city's Old Louisville neighborhood has been ruled arson. Officials confirmed Monday that the cause of the fire on July 2 was arson. Authorities say Flo Filatreau and Theresa Shultz, who lived inside the building, were killed in the fire. Another resident, John Bullock, died days later. Officials say the deaths are now being investigated as homicides. Major Henry Ott, who has since retired from the Louisville Fire Department, said in July that the fire started in the first floor hallway area and spread upward. Along with the three deaths, four other people were injured in the blaze. Authorities are asking the public for help in their investigation, which remains ongoing. Source: AP … [Read more...]
Grimes Announces Electronic Voter Registration
Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes will make an announcement about the state's electronic voter registration system on Tuesday. A legislative panel approved a new state regulation earlier this year allowing Kentuckians to register to vote online. Kentucky already allows people living overseas, including those serving in the military, to register to vote online. The National Conference of State Legislatures says 23 states allow voters to register to vote online while another five plus the District of Columbia have not yet implemented their systems. The State Board of Elections says it will cost about $45,000 to implement the electronic voter registration system, with the money coming from the federal Help America Vote Fund. Source: AP … [Read more...]
HMH Opens New PT Services
Meade County residents now have a local facility where they can seek rehabilitative treatment for a variety of ailments. Hardin Memorial Health has opened the doors to its newest Therapy & Sports Medicine facility located within the Brandenburg Diagnostic Center. HMH Physical Therapist Kayla Stull, a Meade County native, will be the main therapist at the location and she is excited to provide therapeutic services to patients in her hometown. Stull is from Brandenburg and received her Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from Bellarmine University. Brandenburg is the fourth Therapy & Sports Medicine location. The other locations are in Elizabethtown, Radcliff and Bardstown and the new facility will be located within the HMH Brandenburg Diagnostic Center, which offers a full range of imaging services including MRI, CT scan, routine X-Ray and Ultrasound. Therapists at the new facility provide rehabilitation for a number of issues include back, neck and joint pain, Parkinson’s Disease, sports injuries, stroke, total joint replacement and neurological issues. Therapists will see patients at the Brandenburg location starting two days a week, treating a variety of ailments from post surgical orthopedic injuries to stroke or neurologic conditions to job injuries. For more information and for physical therapy appointments, residents can call (270) 706-5010. To schedule an appointment for diagnostics, please call (270) 422-1222. … [Read more...]
Clerks Issue Invalid License
Gay couples in Kentucky say altered marriage licenses issued by a county clerk are invalid and a federal judge should order her office to reissue them or put the office in receivership and have someone else do it. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis spent five days in jail for disobeying a federal court order to issue licenses to gay couples. When she returned to work last week, she altered the license forms to say they were issued under the authority of the federal court instead of her office. Monday, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union asked the judge to force Davis' office to reissue the licenses. Davis' lawyer Mat Staver noted Kentucky's governor said the state would recognize the altered licenses. He said the ACLU's motion was designed to punish Davis for her religious beliefs. … [Read more...]
Survivor Wants Justice After Hit & Run
A survivor of a hit-and-run crash that killed her best friend is back home, and now see wants justice for her friend. Joan Hardin and Tracey Stovall were out for a quick walk to the store September 6 when, police say, they were struck by a car on Alanadale Drive in Valley Station. The car fled the scene. Stovall died while Hardin survived, but suffered serious injuries. A $5,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information is urged to call police at 574-7111 or the Anonymous Tip Line at 574-LMPD. Source: WAVE … [Read more...]
Louisville Man Dies In Nelson County Crash
A Louisville man is dead after a single-vehicle accident on KY 48 in Nelson County Sunday morning. Nelson County police responded to an injury accident on KY 48 in the 8500 block just before 9:30 Sunday.Officials say 65 year-old Roger Clayton Hood was driving east when his 1999 Corvette went off the right shoulder of the roadway. Hood over corrected the vehicle, causing it to go into a skid and strike an embankment. The car went into a spin before it came to a final rest in the ditch line. The Nelson County Coroner pronounced Hood dead at the scene. Source: WAVE … [Read more...]
Officials Investigate Man Found Dead In Road
Authorities are investigating the death of a man who was found lying in a roadway in Madison County, Kentucky. Berea police were called to the intersection of Prospect Street and Forest Street around 11:56 p.m. Friday night where 71-year-old Billy Croucher was discovered unresponsive. Investigators believe he may have been hit by a car, but said no other vehicles were present at the time he was found. The Madison County Coroner's office pronounced Croucher dead at the scene. … [Read more...]
Algal Bloom Contaminates Water Ways
The Kentucky Division of Water and the Kentucky Department for Public Health are re-issuing a harmful algal bloom recreational advisory for the Ohio River and tributaries, extending the advisory downstream from the West Virginia state line to the Cannelton Locks and Dam located at Cannelton, in Hancock County, Kentucky. The Kentucky Division of Water and Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission personnel observed favorable water conditions for harmful algal bloom development and made visual confirmation of harmful algal blooms in the McAlpine pool at Louisville, Carrollton and Madison, Indiana. In addition, the Kentucky Division of Water staff observed harmful algal blooms in the Cannelton pool at West Point. Preliminary analysis indicates that microcystin toxins are occurring in these pools above advisory thresholds, which warrants the advisory to be extended downstream. The Kentucky Division of Water and the Kentucky Department for Public Health are also issuing a harmful algal bloom recreational advisory for Lake Reba in Madison County, Kentucky. On September 15, the Kentucky Division of Water personnel observed favorable water conditions for harmful algal bloom development and observed a significant amount of harmful algal bloom in Lake Reba. Kentucky Division of Water personnel collected samples and laboratory analysis indicates microcystin toxins are occurring in Lake Reba and are above advisory thresholds. … [Read more...]
ADP Expansion Bringing New Jobs
ADP LLC, a worldwide payroll services provider, plans to grow its operations in Jeffersontown. ADP, a provider of retirement and benefit administration services, will renovate its 160,000-square-foot facility on Bluegrass Parkway. The company will create 35 new jobs and invest nearly $26 million into the project. This expansion is another example of Kentucky’s favorable business climate that encourages existing businesses to expand and grow. In the past five years, more than 80 percent of announced new investment and 70 percent of new jobs have come through existing business expansions. Currently ADP operates multiple facilities in Jefferson County and wants to consolidate those operations to better support its clients. The company considered multiple real estate scenarios, including construction of a custom building outside Kentucky, but ultimately chose to recommit to Louisville. Construction will begin immediately at its facility at 11405 Bluegrass Parkway and is expected to be completed in a year. ADP significantly grew its Kentucky operations through the acquisition of SHPS Inc. in 2012. The purchase expanded ADP’s overall footprint in the Commonwealth to nearly 950 employees. The company also has operations in Covington and Lexington. ADP is a subsidiary of Automatic Data Processing Inc. Since its founding in 1949, the company has emerged as a comprehensive global provider of cloud-based human capital management solutions that unite human resources, payroll, tax and benefits administration and other services. The New Jersey-based company generates nearly $11 billion in annual revenue and serves more than 630,000 clients worldwide. To encourage the investment and job growth in Jefferson County, the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority preliminarily approved the company for tax incentives up to $700,000 through the Kentucky Business Investment program. The performance-based incentive allows a company to keep a portion of its investment over the term of the agreement through corporate income tax credits and wage assessments by meeting job and investment targets. Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority also approved the company for tax incentives up to $160,000 through the Kentucky Enterprise Initiative Act. The program allows approved companies to recoup Kentucky sales and use tax on construction costs, building fixtures, equipment used in research and development and electronic processing equipment. In addition, ADP is eligible to receive resources from the Kentucky Skills Network. Through the Kentucky Skills Network, companies are eligible to receive no-cost recruitment and job placement services, reduced cost customized training and job training incentives. Last year, the Kentucky Skills Network trained more than 84,000 employees from more than 4,100 Kentucky companies. … [Read more...]