Kentucky
Spottsville Bridge Implosion Is Awesome & We Have Video-WATCH
It was the tip of an period in a single a part of Kentucky as locals say goodbye to this 92-year-old bridge. We have got a video of the implosion and it is unimaginable.
HISTORY OF THE SPOTTSVILLE BRIDGE
The SpotTsville Bridge is situated on US Hwy 60 west heading into Henderson. It runs over the Inexperienced River and was in-built 1930. For so long as I can bear in mind the bridge was by no means a favourite of anybody. It was all the time tremendous sketchy and scary to drive or trip over. It was a bit too slim and seemed prefer it might collapse at any given second.
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I’ve all the time had a worry of bridges and it began with this one particularly. I would maintain my breath once I drove over it or I might simply go the opposite method round even when it meant it took longer.
Through the years there have been experiences of the bridge not being in nice form. Many experiences state that the bridge situation was a little bit of a curler coaster.
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SAYING GOODBYE
The bridge was demolished in 4 totally different phases. The final section was completed final week and our pal, Scott Ebelhar, acquired nice footage of the ultimate implosion. This is one last take a look at the bridge earlier than it is gone and washed away within the Inexperienced River.
And this is the blast!
The brand new bridge truly opened a couple of months in the past in August and price the State of Kentucky round $24 million {dollars} to assemble. The lanes are giant and the bridge is wider. Thank goodness for all of us that need to drive over it.
CLAY COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT)— Since the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals throughout the country have faced a large number of position vacancies.
However, according to a 2023 report by the Kentucky Hospital Association, hospitals are seeing that number lower.
CEO of the association Nancy Galvagni said hospitals are focusing on ways to get the younger generation to fill the vacant positions.
“Our members are looking at how can they design benefits that are going to be more attractive to a younger workforce,” she said.
While the number of vacancies is decreasing, Galvagni said the number of vacancies is still too high and there is more work that needs to be done.
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Kalen DeBoer started the first game week with good news on the injury update front.
DeBoer was asked to provide an injury update Monday on starters Jaeden Roberts and Jam Miller, and he seemed optimistic about both. DeBoer said Roberts and Miller are expected to practice and “be ready to go” for Saturday against Western Kentucky.
Meanwhile, on backup linebacker Jeremiah Alexander also dealing with an injury, DeBoer said “would not probably expect him” for Saturday.
Miller has been banged up during some of the latest preseason practices, and Roberts sustained an injury during the second scrimmage.
Miller is expected to start at running back this season, and Roberts is expected to return to his starting spot at right guard again this season.
Alabama is set to face Western Kentucky on Saturday (6 p.m., ESPN) at Bryant-Denny Stadium to kick off a new era of football with Nick Saban no longer the coach for the first time since 2006.
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ROBERTSON COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) – The sheriff of Kentucky’s smallest county is facing a DUI charge for the second time.
Robertson County Sheriff Terry Gray was arrested Sunday evening after police got a call about someone driving a tractor off of the road.
When police arrived, Gray was back on the road. They then initiated a traffic stop and arrested him.
Gray was off duty.
Gray’s previous DUI arrest was in December 2023, when Kentucky State Police say he was driving drunk in his quad car near a school.
His next court date for that charge is September 18.
Gray is currently in the Bourbon County Detention Center.
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