Area News
Owensboro Investors buy Lazar building
By Dave Taylor Some of the closely guarded secrets behind the experimental carbon baking technologies at Lazar Anode Technologies now lie in a pile of rubble behind the building, which is getting a new public persona and promising to be anything it needs to be to nurture a new tenant to success. Owensboro Warehouse Leasing,…
Read MoreNugent says landfill permit change won’t mean more trucks
By Dave Taylor After Gary Nugent, Jr. heard that discussion of his landfill permit modification at last week’s Hancock County Fiscal Court meeting hinged partially on the idea that the county is struggling to maintain the road he uses to haul materials, he decided he wanted to get out ahead of misconceptions before they spread.…
Read MoreOwensboro man indicted for child sexual abuse
By Dave Taylor An Owensboro man has been indicted on multiple counts of sexual abuse against a victim younger than 12 years of age. Gregory Lee Powers, 45, of Sturgeon Avenue in Owensboro, was indicted by a Hancock County grand jury on June 23, 2020 and was arrested last week. According to the indictment, between…
Read MoreFree local COVID-19 tests
By Ralph Dickerson The Green River District Health Department is offering free COVID-19 tests at area health departments in the region, including the Hancock County Health Department located at 175 Harrison Street in Hawesville. The department offers the tests on Wednesdays in Hancock County, with the next available test date on July 29 from 9:30…
Read MoreCounty gets $187k CARES Grant, scores big on contract renewal
By Dave Taylor The county got a little good financial news to temper some of the recent bad news when the state announced that the Hancock County Fiscal Court had been awarded a grant totaling $186,677 to reimburse expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds come from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security…
Read MoreVirus halts Century Aluminum potline rebuild; company wants tariffs on Canada
By Dave Taylor Last Monday the U.S. federal government posted the full findings of its Section 232 study to the Federal Register, an online repository of government documents, and the posting is a reminder of the importance of aluminum to not only the country, but to Hancock County, with Century Aluminum at the center of…
Read MoreSchools still planning masks, ‘rigid’ transportation rules
By Dave Taylor As the start of the upcoming school year looms on August 26, the school district’s New Normal Task Force is currently meeting to determine how it will look when students return to in-person classes, but some things are already known. “We are looking at right now an in-person option, every day, every…
Read MoreTre’Viones Restaurant Closing
By Ralph Dickerson Starting roughly two weeks ago the owner of Tre’Viones Restaurant in Hawesville, George Banks, began to move items from the Hawesville location and take them to the store he opened in Owensboro. With him moving equipment and other things from the Hawesville location, a question arose over whether he planned to permanently…
Read MoreWater, sewer rate increases for Hawesville
By Dave Taylor Residents of Hawesville will soon see another rate increase on both water and sewer to make up for anticipated revenue from a local industry that didn’t materialize. “Gentlemen, it is time that we come to the realization that we’re in trouble a little bit, because we need to raise our water and…
Read MoreCourt mulls over CDD landfill change
By Dave Taylor Hancock County magistrates balked at a plan for a local landfill to expand the area from which it can receive construction debris, but tabled the idea until it can examine the county solid waste ordinance. Todd Thompson, representing L.R. Chapman, attended the meeting to ask for a modification to an existing landfill…
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