Tourism Commission looks at upcoming events

by MATT HUGHES

J-E News Editor

Nearly three years after it’s conception, the Providence Tourism Commission continues to struggle against misinformation and a plain misunderstanding of it’s actual purpose and abilities. Last week the commission invited the public to attend it’s bimonthly meeting, moving the location to the Providence Municipal Golf and Recreation Center in order to accommodate more guests. Less than a handful of guests attended.

Providence to seek power elsewhere

by MATT HUGHES

J-E News Editor

The city of Providence, along with 9 of the 12 entities from around the Commonwealth that make up “KY Municipal Group”, filed paperwork on Monday stating that they would be seeking to terminate their contracts with Kentucky Utilities (KU) and would then seek to purchase power on the open market.

Clay council votes to replace troublesome gas line crossing

by MATT HUGHES

J-E News Editor

Clay City Council met in a special called meeting last Tuesday night to approve a project to replace a portion of gas line that crosses Caney Creek near the town of Wheatcroft.

Wrongful death case begins against Jail

by MATT HUGHES

J-E News Editor

Attorney’s have begun taking depositions in the case of Schutte v. Webster County, Kentucky et al, a law suit filed in July by Carol Schutte, the mother of a 28-year-old inmate that died while in the custody of the Webster County Jail in 2012. 

Family pet slain while children play

by MATT HUGHES

J-E News Editor

The Webster County Sheriff’s Department is currently looking for leads in the shooting death of a family’s German Shepherd last Thursday afternoon.

According to Dr. Whitney Wright, owner of Molly’s Mutts Animal Rescue, she and her husband arrived home on Thursday at around 5:15 p.m. to find their family pet, a black German Shepherd named Drake, dying from a gunshot wound to the lungs.

“Our children should not be 

afraid to play in their back yard.” - Whitney Wright