Owensboro Community and Technical College
Getting to know you; Gabe VanCappellen, Project Lead the Way teacher at HCMS
Gabe VanCappellen, Project Lead the Way Teacher at Hancock County Middle School, was born in upstate South Carolina. Johnny Bridges & the late Barbara Bridges, his uncle and aunt, had been living in Hancock County for years and his family decided to move to Hawesville in 1994. He started seventh grade at HCMS and graduated…
Read MoreGetting to know you: Ami Hunt
Ami Hunt was born and raised in Lewisport. She is the daughter of Keith and the late Donna Westerfield. “We were very family-oriented and involved with the community,” she said. “I guess that’s why I’ve never left. My heart’s in Lewisport.” Growing up, Ami said her community felt like a “big family”. “We always…
Read MoreWorkforce report alarming; local recruiting challenging
The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has released an alarming report – “20 Years In The Making: Kentucky’s Workforce Crisis” – which outlines the decline of the workforce participation rate among the state’s working age men and women from 2000 to 2020. Kentucky’s workforce participation rate in 2000 was 63.5 percent, declining to 56.3 percent in…
Read MoreOCTC Addressing CDL Driver Shortage
OWENSBORO, KY (08/25/2021) Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) will launch a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Academy in October 2021 to help address the driver shortage in our region. Offered through OCTC’s Workforce Solutions division, this regional CDL driving academy is possible through a public partnership with the Owensboro Riverport Authority (ORA) and will offer…
Read MoreCourt to change Hancock’s medical billing services
Hancock County Fiscal Court recently entered into discussions with A&B Ambulance Medical Billing Services for the company to oversee the county’s ambulance billing services. As payment for its services, the company receives 12-percent of the amount collected from customers each month. The company remits all of the money collected to fiscal court, sends the court…
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