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A 58-year-old coal miner was killed Tuesday at the Cardinal mine in Hopkins County. The mine is owned by Warrior Coal, a subsidiary of Alliance Resource Partners.
Phillip Ramsey, of Madisonville, a shuttle car operator, began his shift at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday. The 29-year mining veteran was out of his shuttle car working on ventilation curtains when he was struck by a coal scoop at approximately 8:30 p.m. He was taken to Baptist Health Hospital in Madisonville but was pronounced dead.
“This man’s death is especially tragic as this is the second miner that we have lost within a week,” said Gov. Andy Beshear. “Please join me in expressing my deep condolences to his family, friends and community.”
All mining operations were shut down after the accident and will continue to be suspended while an investigation continues. The Kentucky Department for Natural Resources, Division of Mine Safety, sent investigators to the mine Tuesday evening.
“Our sympathy goes out to Mr. Ramsey’s family for his untimely loss,” Kentucky Energy and Environment Secretary Rebecca Goodman said. “The cabinet works daily to keep miners safe through training and inspections and when accidents like this happen, we look carefully at what happened and how it could have been prevented. We will work with the Cardinal mine to do just that.”
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Crittenden County reported 5 more COVID-19 cases today, bringing its total to 13 over the past 7 days. That is an incidence rate just above 21 and teetering near the ominous Red zone on Kentucky's statewide color-coded pandemic map. There have been 9 new cases here in the last 24 hours.
The county has had 145 diagnosed cases since the pandemic began.
Three more cases on Thursday would push Crittenden into the so-called Red zone.
The five additional cases reported this afternoon were a 28-year-old male, 39-year-old female, 76-year-old female, 74-year-old male and a 33-year-old male.
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The Crittenden County Elementary School Site-Based Council will meet in special session Thursday, Oct. 15 to interview candidates and select a principal.
The special-called meeting will begin at 4 p.m. in the school library.
The vacancy in the school's top administrative position was created after former principal Jenni Gilkey was hired as the school district's Director of Special Education. Sarah Riley is the school's assistant principal.
Reports are that a couple of motorcycles and a passenger vehicle have crashed.
The wreck is near the intersection with Ky. 1943.
Both lanes were initially blocked and traffic issues were anticipated until about 12:30pm.
UPDATE with details of the crash
A couple of Marion men were involved in a motorcycle crash in Lyon County Wednesday, one was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
According to information from the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department, Jon C. Shackleford, 62, and Billy R. Marvel, 58, were on motorcycles traveling south on U.S. 641 near the intersection of Ky. 1943 when the accident occurred.
The sheriff’s department said a pedestrian was on the side of a highway bridge crossing Skinframe Creek causing traffic in both lanes to adjust. Traffic in the southbound lane came to an abrupt stop and that’s when Shackleford’s motorcycle crashed into Marvel’s.
The accident happened at about 10:35 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 14 about 2.5 miles north of Eddyville.
The cases mark the 8th in the past week, which will move the county from Yellow to Orange on the state's color-coded COVID map. The map is updated daily and can be viewed at kycovid19.ky.gov. Oftentimes, however, the state's figures are not as current at those reported here.
These latest cases bring the county's total to 140 since the pandemic began. Those announced today are an 81-year-old female, 20-year-old male, 21-year-old female and 39-year-old male.
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Two cases of novel coronavirus were confirmed by local officials on Monday.
The latest confirmations were males age 41 and 20. Both are recovering at home.
These mark the 135th and 136th cases in the community since records began begin kept in the spring.
The event, sponsored by the Kentucky GOP and the local party, will begin at 10am at Marion Commons in front of City Hall.
Crittenden County Judge-Executive Perry Newcom will have some remarks, then those attending will march about a block north to the courthouse where they will take advantage of early-voting opportunities.
As of this weekend, 309, or 54%, of the ballots requested have been returned.
Only 28 of the 572 requested ballots have not been sent out to the voter. Those were requested Thursday and Friday and will be mailed to voters Tuesday.
It’s now too late to request an absentee ballot in Kentucky, but early voting starts Tuesday at Crittenden County courthouse.
Early voting is available 8-4 weekdays through Nov. 2 in the county clerk’s office. Additionally, the county clerk's office will be open for voting only from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and 9-1 Saturdays. Both paperless and traditional paper balloting will be offered.
Masks are suggested but not required. However, voters will be asked to social distance.
As the courthouse offers limited space with court and regular business continuing, voters may be required to wait in line outside.
While anyone is welcomed to vote early, the clerk’s office suggests anyone with a mobility issue wait to vote Election Day at the Marion Ed-Tech Center, which has no steps to traverse and is fully handicap-accessible.
There will be a 911 Committee meeting at 9 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 13 at the Crittenden County Courthouse.
A 25-year-old man has been diagnosed with COVIDA-19, which is the 134th case reported here since the pandemic began.
This is also the fifth case reported this week.
For a complete analysis of the county's COVID cases for the previous six months, see this week's full edition of The Crittenden Press.
Jenni Gilkey, who had been the school's principal for about three years, was recently hired as director of special education for the school district, leaving the principalship open.
The CCES Site-Based, Decision-Making Council will meet in special session at 4pm Tuesday, Oct. 13 at the elementary school library.
The single-vehicle accident happened about 9:19 a.m., near the 17 mile marker.
Caldwell County Deputy Coleman Dixon's accident report says Jimmy Maulding, 43, of Madisonville was operating the tractor-trailer for Brett Chappell Trucking out of Dawson Springs. Maulding was traveling southbound, approaching Skin Frame Road and as he was going around the curve the trailer came loose and dropped off the right side of the road in a ditch line, striking a mailbox and overturning onto the passenger side, coming to final rest on the roadway and ditch line.
No injuries were reported at the scene.
The Sheriff’s Department was assisted on scene by Jeff’s Towing out of Madisonville, KY, Caldwell County Fire & Rescue, Caldwell County EMS and the State Highway Department.
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The county's fourth COVID-19 case this week was reported Friday morning by local officials.
This one is a 13-year-old female who is recovering at home.
There have been 133 cases reported in Crittenden County since the pandemic began
For a comprehensive look at all of the cases diagnosed here since the spring, see this week's full edition of The Crittenden Press.
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