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4.23.26 · Springfield Sun

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Speaker 1: We now turn to the Springfield Sun to bring you
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the news from in and around Washington County. Your reader
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is Bob Blake. We begin with the addition dated Wednesday,
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April twenty second, twenty twenty six. As a reminder, Radio
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Wire is a reading service intended for people who are
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bligned or have other disabilities that may make it difficult
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to read the print of material. First story is County
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to receive EMS Medicare reimbursement by Jenna George Movie. Money
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moves around rapidly within the county, from new contracts to
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bids for items and services. The recent and largest plus
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for the Fiscal Court was the contract agreement with Public
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Consulting Group Bracket PCG Closed Bracket, who will be working
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alongside the county to ensure it is receiving the most
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it can on the emergency medical services runs Bracket EMS.
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Close Bracket PCG will work to reimburse the funds of
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all Medicaid build trips that the county makes. Reimbursement will
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hopefully bring back millions of millions to the department over time,
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as it is already in over thirty states with six
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hundred EMS and fire departments coming from House Bill eight,
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which falls under the Ambulance Provider Assessment Program Bracket.
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Speaker 2: APAP close Bracket PCG as a company will not be
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paid unless the County gets paid, though in their contract
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their pay rate is ten percent of the total outcome.
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Speaker 1: The Court agreed to approve this contract, which will last
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from April first, twenty twenty six the December thirty first,
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twenty twenty nine. Many bids were opened during this meeting,
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ranging from the newest ambulance addition to Washington County to
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road salt which will be needed later this year. The
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county will be receiving a twenty twenty six ambulance around
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August or November for from Auto Farm Ambulance Sales with
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a trade in of one of the county's older units
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and a bit of a ticket price. Mowing at the
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Emergency Services Building will be done by Smith's lawn Care,
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and other items for the county will need to be
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will come from different sources. A reminder of the dates
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of the court came at the end of the meeting.
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The next Fiscal Court meeting is at nine am on
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April twenty fourth, twenty twenty sixth. The day after will
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be the Green Festival on April twenty fifth, twenty six
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councilmen unhappy ordinance was ignored block caams subtitled block Cameras
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Coming to Springfield by Jane Reid Klein. City Councilman Lance
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Smith is not happy that the council that the city
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ordinances are being ignored. The issue was discussed that Springfield
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City Council meeting Tuesday, April fourteenth. Recent work to fix
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drainage and other problems on West High Street are at
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the heart of Smith's concerns. The city ordinance requires patches
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to streets be made with asphalt, not concrete. The reason
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for the ordinance was is that concrete may not be
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maybe milled when the street needs to be repaved. A
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patch on West High Street was made with concrete. City
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Administrator Jessica Hart looked into the matter for the council.
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She said she was assured by the project engineer and
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Hayden Materials that in this instance the patch would not
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affect the ability of the street to be milled in
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the future, and they recommended not removing the concrete and
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repatching with asphalt. Why do we have ordinances in the
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first place that they are going to ignore, Smith said,
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expressing his disappointment but agreeing to let the matter drop
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on this patch. Also at the meeting, Springfield Police Chief
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Sue Mud reported that she has been talking with a
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company about adding flock cameras to this in the city.
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Mud explained that all the counties surrounding Washington have cameras
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and said Washington County is a black hole. Mud said
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the company is going to place a camera at the
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roundabout on Bardstown Road for six month free trial. She
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said the costs of cameras after the trial would be
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about thirty five hundred dollars and a setup fee of
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two hundred and fifty dollars per year following the initial setup.
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She did not say whether that was per camera or
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for the total cost. She said that she would like
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to see cameras at Highway fifty five and Highway one fifty,
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the major roadways entering and exiting the city. Flot cameras
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are great assets for law enforcement and are instrumental in
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fixing a quick arrest. Following the robbery of a Springfield
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State Bank branch in Willisburg last year, but the neighboring
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counties have added cameras, Some have expressed concerns about Big
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Brother and the risk of cameras being misused in the future.
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Washington County's Used Sports requested a series of amendments to
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the contract with the city for use of the baseball
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fields that I'm at Idle Hour Park. Councilman Smith and
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John Pettis questions questioned the need for such of the amendments,
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as the stipulations require the park to provide services already
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performed by the park. They are asking the park to
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sign something already their responsibility. It almost sounds insulting, one
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council member, said. City Attorney Lizzie Coulter said she also
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has some concerns about the proposed amendments to the contract
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that was signed earlier this spring, and said that she
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would like more time to fully review the changes. The
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council tabled the matter until the next council meeting in May.
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In other matters, it was announced that splash pad at
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Idle Hour Park will open on Memorial Day weekend. Mayor
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Chris Essex announced the appointment of Chuck Poland to the
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Board of Asset Appeals. Mayor Essex also issued a proclamation
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recognizing April as Autism Awareness Month. The council approved of
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resolution recognizing the semi Quincentennial of the United States. The
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resolution was requested by the Tourism Commission to allow for
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participation in some national events happening in twenty twenty six.
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The next meeting of Springfield City Council will be Tuesday,
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May thirteenth at four thirty pm. Annual Chamber Gala honors
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community members by Jennet George. Springfield, Washington County Chamber of
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Commerce held their annual gala last Friday, where many shared
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time together before members of the community were honored. The
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gala was held at the local River of Life the
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Church on Friday, April seventeenth. Before the awards, there was
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a meal catered by the local Park View IgA Dust
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and Flower Company covered the final course with its debut
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Dessert Night. Once the courses had been served in Eton,
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the awards were then brought forward and presented. Each of
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the following awards was dedicated to its own subcategory with
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its own set of qualified nominees. Educator of the Year
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was Holly Banister. Citizen of the Year Denise Collins Manufacturing
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Leader of the Year BK Designs and Blanks in the
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BK Store. Small Business Leader of the Year, Katherine Hale,
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The Craft Box, Agricultural Leader of the Year, Justin and
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Marty Hatchett, Healthcare Professional Leader Stephanie Harmon, and Volunteer of
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the Year John Graves. Attached to this article are three
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different photos, one of them seeing some of the captions
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here of The first photo is after the award for
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Small Business Leader of the Year at the Chamber Gala
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on April seventeenth. Owner of the craft Box, Kathleen Katherine Hale,
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shares a heartwarming hug with her dad as one of
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her children watches on. A second photo shows Justin and
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Marty Hatchett reminiscing from behind the PODi and accepting the
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Agriculture of the Agriculture Leader of the Year gratefully with
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his with Marty first cousin, Marty's first cousin, Joe Paul
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Hatchett at their side. The final photo shows it's captioned
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sharing a sweet moment with her husband. Holly Banister accepts
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the decay of flowers following her Small Educator of the
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Year's speech at the Gayala last Friday. Page two obituaries
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Judy Marlene Loney Boblet seventy five, Sandra Sandy Kurt Singer,
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Ben Ham sixty seven. If you like more information on
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these obituaries, please contact Radio LII Information Public Record. District Court,
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April thirteenth, twenty twenty six, Branding Price Cornish failure to
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maintain insurance five hundred dollars fine, four hundred dollars probated,
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made restitution of one thousand dollars plus court costs. Samuel
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Dwayne tied derricks And speeding twenty two miles miles per
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hour over the limit, license not in possession, ninety dollars
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fine plus court costs. Juan Batista Gonzalez speeding fifteen miles
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an hour over the speed limit thirty dollars fine plus
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cotton court cost. Fernando Fernandez driving without a license one
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hundred dollar fine plus court costs. Kendrick Johnson failure to
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turn on headlights, license not in possession ninety five dollars
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fine plus court cost. Hannah Nicole Lewis speeding eleven miles
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per hour over the limit twenty two dollars fine plus
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course court costs. Charles Lester McFerrin failure two or improper signal,
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no or expired plates, possession of marijuana, possession, of drug paraphernalia,
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possession of open alcoholic beverage container in motor vehicle, careless
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driving two hundred and fifty dollars fine plus court costs.
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Alexis P. Murphy speeding twenty five miles an hour over
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the limit one hundred dollars fine plus court costs. Marion
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Leslie Newton DUI first offense, failure to maintain insurance two
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hundred dollars fine, license suspended for six months and thirty
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days probated for twenty four months, plus court costs. Jimmy
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Peters theft by unlawful taking ninety days probated for twenty
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four months plus court costs. Mackenzie Sapenfeld, second degree wanton
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endangerment one hundred and twenty days probated for twenty four
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months course plus court costs. Tim Raymond Settles speeding five
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miles an hour over the limit. Value to wear a
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seatbelt thirty five dollars fine plus court costs. Court g
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Sloan receiving stolen property sixty days probated for twenty four months,
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plus court costs. Christopher Tucker criminal trespassing, violation of conditions
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of release, ninety days to serve with credit of seventy
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five days for time served plus support costs. Christopher Tucker
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public intoxication disorderly conduct restrict resisting arrest ninety days to serve,
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with credit of seventy five days for time served incurrent
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with previous case, plus court costs. Circuit Court, April fifteenth,
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twenty twenty six. James Dylan Barnes, Possession of methamphetamine three
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years probation four three years DUI the minimum sentence. Driving
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on DUI suspended license five years, probated for five years.
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Failure to maintain insurance twelve months, probated for twenty four months.
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Possession of drug paraphernalia twelve months, probated for twenty four months.
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Giving false identity identifying information of officer ninety days, probated
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for six years. No exploration, no or expired plates, twenty
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five dollar fine, no or expired registration receipt twenty five
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dollar fine, unapproved or no eyeware twenty five dollars fine
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plus court costs. Barnes to surrender to Marion County Detention
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Center to serve remainder of DUI sentencing forty three days.
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Natasha Kho possession of methamphetamine one year probation probated for
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five years plus court costs. Cody Compton five counts of
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second degree wanton endangerment one hundred and twenty days plus
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court costs. Bradley Couch two counts of first degree want
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an endangerment of a police officer four years, probated for
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four years, probated for four to five years. Five counts
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of first degree want endangerment four years, probated for five years.
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Fourth degree assault domestic violence twelve months, probated for twenty
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four months. Possession of drug paraphernalia twelve months, probated for
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twenty four months. Possession of marijuana forty five days of
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probated for six months plus court costs. Roger L. Cox's
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first degree fleeing or evading police two years, third degree
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burglary two years, first degree want a engagement of a
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police officer two years, driving on a suspended or revoked
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license ninety days to all run concurrent but consecutive to
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the case in Taylor County. Fines and cost waived. Christopher
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Andrew Daniel's murder twenty two years, two counts of tampering
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with physical evidence five years for each run and currently
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consecutive to other charges. Possession of methamfetamy three years to
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run concurrent to all charges for a total of thirty years.
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Jennifer French possession of methamphetamine two years pre trial diverted
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for two years. Possession of drug perphernelia twelve months, probated
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for twenty four years plus court costs. James Green convicted
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felon a possession of a handgun five years. Failure to
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comply with sex offender registry five years to run concurrently,
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court costs waived. Bailey Joe Howard track picking in a
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controlled substance within one thousand feet of a school one
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year pre trial divert for one year. Unlawful transaction of
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a minor one year pre trial diverted for one year.
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Possession of marijuana forty five days probated for six months
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plus court costs. Writ Richard Perne Lloyd possession of controlled
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substance one year pre trial diverted plus one hundred and
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eighty five dollars core cost. Maliachi Ponce Mendoza, first degree
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want an endangerment four years pre trial diverted. Driving on
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a DUI suspended license thirty days, probated for six months
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plus one hundred and eighty five dollars in court costs.
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Michael Thomas, fourth degree assaulved twelve months, probated for twenty
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four months. Second degree want and endangerment twelve months, probated
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for twenty four months. DUI twelve months, cobated for twenty
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four months. Possession of open alcohol container in a motor
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vehicle twenty five dollars. Find all terrain vehicle violations twenty
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five dollars plus court costs. Sweden receives state grant land
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purchase Frankfurt. Earlier this month, Governor Andy Bursheer announced Springfield,
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Washington County Economic Development Authority for Sweden will receive funding
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for acquisition of property, infrastructure, road extension and enhancement of
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twenty eight acres that will join the thirty two acres
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currently owned by the SWEDA. The project was approved for
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five hundred and ninety seven thousand, one hundred and twenty
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five dollars in state support. The governor announced sixteen projects
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supporting future job growth and an in investment across eighteen
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counties that were approved for twelve point four million dollars
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in state funding. Continued Kentucky continues to lead in investing,
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insight and building development initiatives, laying the groundwork for continued
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economic momentum and future job opportunities that governrivershare. Our speak
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to market efforts are one of the many business friendly
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environments that separate the Commonwealth home its competitors and while
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and why businesses continue to choose this great state to locate, expand,
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and invest. Congratulations to these eighteen communities on their approvals
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and excited to see what the future investment, economic growth,
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and jobs will secure. The Kentucky Project Development Initiative CAMEPDI
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provides funding for local communities to boost investment, in sight
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and building upgrades to support future well paying jobs and
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economic growth across the counter law. This month's approvals include
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projects that will receive funding through the KPDI program of
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twenty twenty four, as well as projects that will benefit
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from recaptured funds tied to the kpd program of twenty
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twenty two. Currently, thirty five million dollars is available for
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projects entering the due diligence stage in the latest round
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of kpd I. The projects have been reviewed by a
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third party, independent site selection consultant which evaluated, scored and
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submitted the project recommendations to the Cabinet for Economic Development.
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The Cabinet will be consider each project and complete the
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final stage of due diligence for the recommendation of funding
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approval by the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority in the
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coming months. To date, fifty one companies have located on
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pilot PDI and AKPDI funded sites, totaling over five point
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seven billion in capital investment in creating more than seventy
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four hundred jobs. The initiative is in collaboration between the
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Cabinet for Economic Development and the Kentucky Association for Economic
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Development KAED. In it provides state support for potential upgrades
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to sites and buildings across the Commonwealth to ensure Kentucky
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remains in prime location for growing companies across industry sectors.
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Gerry Bradshaw, President and CEO of k e k a ED,
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highlighted the important role k p d I plays in
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the state's economic success. K p d I is designed
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to give Kentucky and competitive and competitive edge it needs
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to win major economic development projects on the national stage.
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These investments empowered local developers to stand out and play
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a critical role in the long term Growth and Strategy.
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KPDI is already delivering transformative results in our economy and
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I am excited to see what its continued impact will
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be in these eighteen communities across the Commonwealth. Site and
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building development projects are first evaluated by an independent consultant
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based upon all facets of the perspective company, from work
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force availability, access to all infrastructure, and detailed information on
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costs associated with the development. Preparing for power outages and
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seasonal storms by Cabrina Buckman. Severe weather can cause outages
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with little warning. Preparing for storm season can reduce the
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stress and help keep your household safe. Research shows that
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performing planning ahead improves safety and helps protect health when
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electricity is lost. Power outages can affect lighting, heating, cooling,
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food safety, and medical needs. They may also disrupt communication
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and transportation. Taking time now to prepare can help the
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family respond quickly and stay comfortable during its emergency. Make
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a plan. Create a family emergency plan before storms arrive.
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Decide on how you will contact one another and where
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you will meet if you are separated. Practice your plan
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so that everyone knows what can do. Prepare an emergency
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kit which supplies that for at least two weeks. Include
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water and nonperishable food, medicines and medical supplies, flashlights, extra batteries,
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first aid supplies, blankets and warm clothing, phone charters and
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backup power banks, hygiene items, and basic household supplies. Plan
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ahead if someone in your home relies on refrigerative medicines
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or power dependent medical devices. Talk to a healthcare provider
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about backup auctions and emergency plans. Sign up for a
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local weather alerts. Keep a battery powered or hand crank
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radio on hand to receive updates if the power or
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sell service is down. Safe life and safe lighting and heating.
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Use flashlights or battery lanterns for light. Avoid candles because
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they can't have a risk of fire. Never use gas stoves, ovens,
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or grills indoors for heating or cooking. Generators and grills
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at least carbon dioxide, a dangerous gas that cannot be
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seen or smelled. Generators must be used outdoors and placed
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far from windows, indoors, and stall smoke detectors and carbon
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monoxide detectors on every level of your home. Check batteries
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regularly and replace them as needed. Food and medicine and
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medication safety keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much
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as possible. A full freezer may stay cold for up
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to forty eight hours. Throw away perishable foods that have
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been above degree fahrenheit for more than two hours. When
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in doubt, throw it out. If the power is out
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for more than one day, talk with your doctor or
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pharmacist about medical storage and safety. Preparation builds confidence and safety.
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Power outages can be stressful, but planning ahead helps families
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feel more confident and more prepared. Having supplies ready and
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knowing what you can do to prevent injuries, protect health
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and reduce anxiety brings during storms. Preparedness helps households stay
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safe and recover more quickly after a severe war with
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severe weather. This concludes excerpts from the most recent editions
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of The Springfield Sun. The reader has been Bob blood
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On behalf of everyone here at RADIOI thank you for listening,
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Keep on listening and have a good day.