In Hancock County, officials broke ground Monday on a new green courthouse in downtown Hawesville.

Roll Coater Inc. , an Indianapolis-based company that specializes in coating and slitting steel and aluminum, plans to lay off 88 employees at its plant in Hawesville, Ky.

Money still is tight in the credit markets, but executives at American Municipal Power Inc.

HAWESVILLE, Ky. -- A hydroelectric plant being built along the Ohio River in western Kentucky eventually will provide power for communities in a half-dozen states.

HAWESVILLE, Ky. -- A hydroelectric plant being built along the Ohio River in western Kentucky eventually will provide power for communities in a half-dozen states.

More than 150 people attended the Aug. 5 American Municipal Power Inc. groundbreaking ceremony for the Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant near Hawesville, Ky.

HAWESVILLE, Ky. -- A hydroelectric plant being built along the Ohio River in western Kentucky will eventually provide power for communities in a half-dozen states.

The US Environmental Protection Agency says a $337,500 fine imposed on Southwire for violating air pollution laws at its Hawesville, Kentucky aluminum rod mill was one of the highest ever issued by the agency in the southeast region.

An open house to accept donations to help Staci and Brian Henderson of Hawesville, Ky., will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Fifth Third Bank in Tell City.

The city of Hawesville passed its 2009-10 fiscal year budget Tuesday night. The city projects to spend $1,518,348. More importantly, when subtracting out carry over funds from last year, the city's expenses exceed revenues by over $50,000. "So, we are going to run a deficit this year?" council member Wayne Herndon asked.

Police said Roger Burnett walked into Lewisport Laundry looking to steal some money and left with just 50 cents, giving new meaning to the phrase crime doesn't pay.

Michael and Cheryl Denney, Frankfort, Ky., wish to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Andrea Danielle Denney, Murray, Ky., to Patrick Wayne Wallace, also of Murray.

Beside a cow pasture in Hancock County, scientists are drilling through 8,000 feet of rock, hoping to learn how to lock away forever an invisible gas that threatens Earth's climate and our way of life.

HAWESVILLE, Ky. Scientists are drilling a well on a western Kentucky cow pasture as part of a project to test how to store emissions from coal-burning power plants.