Lula Fackler Foushee, age 78, died Wednesday (9/24) at St. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital in Louisville. She was born April 26, 1937 in Louisville to the late James Alton and Josephine Louise Hardesty Fackler. She is survived by three children: Bobby Foushee of Brandenburg, Beth Fackler of Rhodelia and Kathy Masterson of Brandenburg; Three sisters: Norma Mills of Louisville, Anna Popham of Rhodelia and Frankie Roederer of Brandenburg; One brother: Jimmy Fackler of Webster; Eight grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11 am Saturday with burial to follow in St. George Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 until 8 pm Friday (9/25) and after 8 am Saturday at the Bruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home in Brandenburg. A prayer service will be held 4 pm. Online condolences may be expressed here. … [Read more...]
Lula Fackler Foushee
Utility Company To Idle Power Plant
The days are numbered for one unit of a coal-fired power plant in western Kentucky. Owensboro Municipal Utilities has announced it will shut down Unit 1 of the Elmer Smith Power Plant sometime between 2019 and 2021. The plant's other larger unit will continue to operate for the foreseeable future. The utility doesn't have a plan yet for replacing the power, but CEO Terrance Naulty says it will likely be natural gas or renewable energy. More than half of the coal plants operating in Kentucky in 2011 were built before 1970, and utilities are being forced to decide whether to update the plants or shut them down. Rick Fowler of the Sierra Club's local group said the organization is looking forward to the unit's retirement. Source: AP … [Read more...]
Soldiers Returning From Afghanistan
Hundreds of Fort Campbell soldiers who have been in Afghanistan advising the Afghan National Army are expected back at the post this week. Fort Campbell says approximately 250 soldiers from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division are due to return early Friday. A ceremony with family, friends and fellow soldiers is scheduled. Source: AP … [Read more...]
Trial Date Set In Child Murder Case
A trial date has been set for a man charged in connection with the death of a 2-year-old girl. A Kentucky judge set an April 19, 2016 trial date for Anthony Barbour during a hearing Monday. Authorities have charged Barbour with murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence in connection with the death of Laynee Wallace earlier this year. The girl was reported missing May 19 and police found her body in a well six days later. Police arrested Barbour the day the girl's body was found. Law enforcement believes the girl was killed May 17 or 18. Barbour's attorney, Ken Garrett, says he may look into a change of venue for the trial because of the media attention the case has received. Source: AP … [Read more...]
State’s Only Military School Being Sold
Kentucky's only military school, Forest Hill Military Academy, is in default on loans and is scheduled to be auctioned at a master commissioner's sale on October 1. A judge recently ruled against the owner, U.S. Army Cadet Corps, and ordered the property be sold to pay the lender, Farmers Deposit Bank. The bank had filed suit against Cadet Corps seeking $535,188 plus interest. Court records say the Cadet Corps had two loans totaling $1 million borrowed from the bank. An affidavit says the school has not made payments since August 2014. Headmaster Jay Whitehead says he hopes to find an investor to buy the property at the commissioner's sale. The school was founded in 1893 by Col. C.M. Best, but has recently struggled to make ends meet. Source: AP … [Read more...]
Kentucky Getting Federal Unemployment Funds
Kentucky is getting $1 million from the federal government to enhance its unemployment insurance program and reduce worker misclassification. The U.S. Labor Department announced Tuesday that more than $39 million was being awarded to 45 states and territories. The funding is to help prevent and detect improper benefit payments, improve program performance, address outdated information technology and combat employee misclassification as independent contractors. Of Kentucky's total, half is for program integrity and performance improvement and half is to identify cases of worker misclassification. The agency says worker misclassification causes losses to state unemployment insurance funds and denies workers access to benefits and protections they're entitled to receive. Source: AP … [Read more...]
Ford Expanding Truck Plant
Ford Motor Company has revealed that it intends to boost the size of its stamping facility, body shop and materials handling at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. The company has filed plans with Metro Louisville zoning officials, seeking approval to add a total of 288,715 square feet at locations on its 413-acre site in eastern Jefferson County. The company hasn't disclosed how much the planned conversion of its Super Duty models to aluminum frames will cost. The plant manufactures F-250, F350, F450 and F550 Super Duty models, as well as the Expedition and Lincoln Navigator. Officials say they want to produce lighter trucks to boost fuel economy and increase each truck's towing capacity. Source: AP … [Read more...]
Terry Lee Hoffman, Sr.
Terry Lee Hoffman, Sr., 63, died Tuesday (9/22) at the Brandenburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He is survived by… His wife: Becky Hoffman of Elizabethtown; One son: Terry Hoffman, Jr. of Elizabethtown; Funeral services will be held at 6 pm Friday (9/25) at the Hager Funeral Home in Brandenburg. Visitation will be held after 10 am Friday. Online condolences may be expressed here. … [Read more...]
Police Turn Up Heat On Drug Pushers
Police in Harrison County, Indiana is working to turn up the pressure on drug dealers. Harrison County Sheriff's deputies took park in Operation Heat Tuesday morning, targeting a couple dozen people. Chief Deputy Daran Hodges said twenty-four people were targeted in unrelated cases; seventeen were arrested for selling heroin, meth and prescription pills. Operation Heat is the latest success of a four-year effort to clean the county of drugs. Hodges said that the deputies are going to continue to pursue others on the list until they are found. Hodges said many of these investigations started because of tips called in by people who live in Harrison County. He promised to investigate all the tips the Sheriff's Department receives. Source: WAVE … [Read more...]
Accident Leads To Woman’s Arrest
An accident led to the arrest of Brandenburg woman Monday night. According to the Meade County Sheriff’s Department, the two vehicle accident happened around 5:30 pm Monday evening (9/21) at the intersection of Kentucky 144 and 1238 in Garrett. A 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse driven by 49 year-old Shanadean Garcia of Brandenburg was traveling west on Kentucky 1238 and ran the stop sign and collided with a northbound 2001 Nissan Pathfinder driven by 28 year-old Megan Owens of Vine Grove. Owens told police that she thought Garcia was going to slow down to a stop but didn’t. Garcia told the investigating officer that she thought she had the right of way. Owens was treated at the scene by Meade County EMS and was taken to Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown for her injuries. Garcia admitted to consuming two Alprazolam’s before operating the vehicle. She was not able to provide proof of insurance. She was charged with disregarding a stop sign; leaving the scene of a accident- failure to render aid or assistance; an operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol, third offense. She was driving on a suspended license from a previous DUI charge. Garcia was arrested and lodged in the Meade County Detention Center. … [Read more...]