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Sunday is traditionally a quiet day for Chuck Pryor s Houston funeral home, but on this Sunday in February, almost a year after the global pandemic reached Texas, the phone was still ringing.
Pryor took the call: COVID-19 had taken yet another American life one of more than 500,000 lost to the pandemic so far and another grieving family required the services of the exhausted funeral director and his staff.
2 Feb 2021. Houston, United States. Reuters/Callaghan O Hare Chuck Pryor wheels the casket of Dwight Morgan, 52, who died from complications from COVID-19, to the plot where he will be buried at Earthman Resthaven Cemetery.
Hardin County residents awoke Monday morning to a fresh blanket of snow on the ground as a second winter weather system in a week made its way through the area.
According to the National Weather Service in Louisville, most of the area saw less than two inches of snow and sleet Sunday night into Monday. Reports indicate Radcliff received around 5.9 inches.
A winter storm warning is in effect until 1 p.m. today.
In an emergency weather update Monday provided by Gov. Andy Beshear, he advised state residents should limit travel as much as possible during this weather event.
âWe are expecting two storms to hit the commonwealth this week. The first is here and the roads are already dangerous in places,â he said in the Monday morning video.
2021 Rising Stars: Matthew Zessin
Market Manager, Automotive, M. Holland Co.
Matthew Zessin has always been interested in plastics, specifically automotive. He was raised in the suburbs of Detroit, the Motor City.
Zessin graduated from Marquette University with a Bachelor of Business Administration, having majored in supply chain management and marketing. His first plastics job was working for Polymer Z, an automotive plastic distribution company that was acquired by resin distributor M. Holland Co. in 2015. I started in a supply chain role looking to maximize inventory positions while working closely with our customer base, he said. From there, I moved to external sales as we looked to grow the business with both new and existing customers.
A new engineer is joining the Hardin County Government team.
Hardin Fiscal Court on Tuesday approved the hiring of Charles âCharlieâ A. Allen, P.E. as the countyâs next engineer. Current County Engineer Vicki Meredith will retire early next year.
âWe are appreciative of Vickiâs years of dedicated service to Hardin County,â Judge-Executive Harry Berry said in a news release. âShe was our first county engineer and worked tirelessly to develop the technical and programmatic infrastructure required to comply with federal and state regulations. Her work has been an asset to the citizens of Hardin County and with distinction recognized at nearly every level of government.â