Governor Andy Beshear and the Kentucky State Police are recognizing January as Human Trafficking Prevention Month. According to a statement from the Governor’s office, the nation is recognizing January as a time to educate citizens about the signs to help prevent this crime from happening. Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced that his Office of Trafficking and Abuse Prevention and Prosecution launched a new initiative to help combat human trafficking in Kentucky. The H.O.P.E Initiative will aid in mobilizing communities and landlords to identify and shut down businesses that may be enabling human trafficking. To learn more about the H.O.P.E Initiative and the signs of human trafficking, visit YourEyesSaveLives.KY.gov.
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One of the co-owners of Lee’s Famous Chicken in Radcliff has provided an update. According to Kim Dennis, Lee’s Famous Chicken will reopen today at 10:00 AM. On Monday evening the restaurant experienced an electrical fire on the exterior of the building and has been closed since that time. Dennis says the support of the community has been greatly appreciated.
A tanker truck overturned in Nelson County early this morning. According to the Bardstown Fire Department, they were dispatched to the off ramp of Highway 150 to the Bluegrass Parkway to a tanker truck that lost half of its load of distillery slop. Crews were setting up damming to help slow the product from entering local creeks. The Environmental Protection Agency has been contacted per state regulations. The road is not closed but traffic could be impacted while the cleanup continues.
State Senator Matt Deneen will be hosting a legislative town hall in Hardin County. “Representative Nancy Tate and Representative Russell Webber will join myself to just maybe have some conversations with the folks about what’s going on in Frankfort and maybe hopefully answer any questions they may have and maybe take back some good ideas when we return in February.” The legislative town hall will be at the Colvin Center in Radcliff on January 26th starting at 5pm.
The Elizabethtown Police Department has provided an update on an incident that occurred at Denny’s yesterday. A statement from EPD Public Affairs Officer Chris Denham released Thursday evening reads “At around 1:30 this afternoon we along with the Elizabethtown Fire Department and Hardin County EMS were called to Denny’s located at 2008 North Mulberry St. in reference to a report that alleged the business’s sign had fallen and landed on an occupied passenger car.
Upon arrival at the scene, Elizabethtown Fire and Hardin County EMS personnel extracted two adult females and one adult male from the vehicle. One of the female occupants was transported from the scene by Hardin County EMS to the University of Louisville Hospital in critical condition. The other adult female and the adult male were transported from the scene to Baptist Health Hardin by Hardin County EMS.
Sadly, the female who was transported to University Hospital succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased by the medical staff.” The investigation is ongoing.