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When talk of economic development turns to infrastructure, highways and broadband internet service often dominate the conversation locally, but you canât forget about sewers.
Businesses in the Kyle Lane area north of Huntington along W.Va. Route 2 canât forget about sewers. The lack of public sewer service has been a problem in that area for nearly 20 years.
But help is on the way.
Two days ago, the federal Economic Development Administration awarded a $2.5 million grant to the Pea Ridge Public Service District to extend sanitary sewer service from the Barboursville area over to Route 2. The new line will connect local residences, the Alcon factory and a nearby industrial park to public sewer service.
The rustle of tobacco and the rush of the river were awaiting us as we ran through the fields of the farm and slipped by the Mail Pouch barn, startling the cattle in our youthful passage. The goal was always the river.
We couldnât wait to put our feet into the cool waters of the Ohio River on those hot summer days. This was my dadâs homeplace and, throughout my life, this old farm carried a special place in my heart.
It was home to my great-great-grandfather Ed Kyle, who spent two terms as the sheriff of Cabell County in the late 1800s after the Civil War. My grandfather was well liked and generous to a fault. He was a wealthy land owner who donated property for the first free school in the area and the land for Olive Baptist Church.
The December session of the Lamar County Grand Jury returned 22 true bills, including two for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and two for assault of a peace officer/judge, according to District Clerk Shawntel Golden.
Roydarrius Donquail Jones, 24, of Paris, and Erika Nichole Perry, 29, also of Paris, are charged with second degree assault with a deadly weapon. Cameron Lee Lester, 20, of Paris, and Floria Jean Tryon, 44, also of Paris, are charged with second degree assault of a peace officer/judge.
Other indictments follow:
Tracy Hunter Bratcher, assault of a family/household member with previous conviction.
Staci Lynn Brocaille, possession of a controlled substance, penalty group 1, less than 1 gram, habitual offender.