Treatment Center For Women A Kentucky addiction treatment center for women is expanding adding nearly 50 fulltime staff.Addiction Recovery Care officials said in a statement that their residential center in Owenton is increasing from 16 beds to nearly 100.Officials said the facility provides several services including detoxification, in-house and outpatient treatment and career opportunities…
Gas Pump Skimmers The Jackson Police Department has issued a warning for drivers at the gas pump.Officers said they retrieved a credit card skimmer at a gas station on Tuesday.It is unknown how many people were affected.You are asked to call police and to tell the gas station if you think you have been…
Pikeville Drug Trafficking A Pikeville man could face life in prison if convicted in connection with an indictment issued last week by a Pike grand jury related to a roundup of suspected drug traffickers last month.According to court documents, on Nov. 10, officers with the Pikeville Police Department attempted to serve a drug trafficking…
Task Force Recommendations A Kentucky task force on search warrants established in the wake of the fatal Breonna Taylor police shooting is recommending additional training for officers, an electronic database and tracking zip codes where search warrants are executed.Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron promised the creation of the task force last year, after his…
Somerset Company The Continental Redefining Company (CRC) held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday for a new facility in Somerset.Several company officials gathered to celebrate the new soybean crushing, biodiesel refining and blending facility. The new facility will be part of the current CRC oil refinery in Somerset.”Credit goes to everybody that’s been involved in…
Pikeville Community Kitchen With many families struggling during the winter months, Pikeville Community Kitchen hosted its annual Christmas event Monday, giving away hundreds of food bags, snack bags, toys, and more to people in need ahead of Christmas. Organizers say the event, hosted as a drive-thru or walk-up grab and go event, allowed families…
Gift Card Scams Attorney General Daniel Cameron has joined the Kentucky Retail Federation and the Kentucky Chamber to warn Kentuckians about gift card scams.The program will provide businesses with signs to post near gift card displays.“Scammers are increasingly turning to gift card scams as a way to make quick money,” said Attorney General Cameron.…
Tornado Unemployment Governor Andy Beshear said Kentuckians who became unemployed in 14 Kentucky counties due to severe storms and tornadoes on December 10th are eligible for disaster unemployment assistance.He said farmers and those who are self-employed and had work interrupted are also eligible.The deadline to apply is January 18th. Source: MG News …
New Paper Mill Officials have broken ground on a paper mill and box factory in western Kentucky that will create more than 300 jobs.State and local leaders joined Pratt Industries in Henderson last week as construction begins on the $500 million project, according to a statement from the governor’s office. It is the largest…
Perry County Man Conviction Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced the conviction of a Perry County man on embezzlement charges Monday morning.Callaway Combs, 41, had allegedly been embezzling money from a Hazard towing and auto body shop between March 2018 and January 2021.Combs was sentenced to ten years, with five years probation, and he has…