Ohio County Times

Ashby accepts new position with Perdue

Terry Ashby has been the face of Perdue’s Ohio County operation since the company announced its presence in the early 1990s. “I was here when we started pushing the dirt and building the complex,” Ashby said. Now after 13 years as the operations manager of Perdue’s Cromwell complex and captain over the county’s largest workforce, Ashby has taken a new position with the company, allowing someone else to be the face of the poultry company’s interests in the county. Ashby has accepted the job title of national accounts manager for Perdue.

OCH fighting to remain sole hospice provider in the county

Hospice of Ohio County has dodged one competitive bullet but the legal weapon still may be loaded. Administered by the Ohio County Hospital, Hospice of Ohio County was one of several respondents objecting to a proposal by Hospice and Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley, which is based out of Owensboro, to expand its services into 21 other counties, including Ohio County. The proposal was rejected earlier this year by a Franklin Circuit Court administrative law judge but the issue did not end there.

KSP arrests 76-year-old for sex abuse

The Kentucky State Police has charged a 76-year-old McHenry man on 12 counts of sexual crimes. Willis Napier of 18 Dorcas Street was arrested on a warrant after he was indicted by a grand jury on July 2. Napier is charged with one count of first-degree sodomy and 11 counts of first-degree sexual abuse. According to Det. Bryan Whittaker, the case goes back 28 years but the KSP didn’t receive the complaints until May of this year.

KSP arrests 76-year-old for sex abuse

Beaver Dam establishes Code Enforcement Board

The City of Beaver Dam is trying to ensure its residents keep the town clean. Beaver Dam has recently created a new Code Enforcement Board that will review complaints of residents who aren’t following the city’s nuisance ordinances. Beaver Dam Police Officer Dalton Maples is working with a six-member enforcement board — as well as an extra person serving as an alternate in the case of a conflict of interest — to encourage the citizens to join this community effort to beautify the city. The enforcement board, which was proposed in 2006, held its first meeting last Monday.

Teen arrested for DUI after crash

The Ohio County Sheriff’s Department charged a Hartford teen Saturday with Driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs after driving his truck into a gas meter, setting off a gas line fire. James R. Corley, 19, of Tooth Acres Lane in Hartford was arrested around 7:30 a.m. after the Chevy pickup he was driving left Belltown Road, crossed Highway 231 and then ran off the road, striking the meter and causing it to catch fire. Fire departments from Hartford, Beaver Dam, Cromwell, McHenry, Centertown and Daviess County were called to the site after a gas line ruptured. Damage was caused to the nearby residence of Tommy Heifner, according to the sheriff’s department. Thousands of gallons of water was used to extinguish the fire while fire departments worked with Atmos Energy for three hours to shut the gas off. Corley was also charged with having an open alcohol beverage in his vehicle. He was taken to the Ohio County Detention Center, where he has since posted a $200 bail.