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Lawsuit Filed in 2007 Gibson County Mine Accident |
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The family of a victim of last summer's mine accident near Princeton has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company he founded.
66 year old Daniel McFadden was one of three men killed in the ventilation shaft accident at Gibson County Coal last August. He and 23 year old Jarred Ashmore of Webster County Kentucky, and 38 year old Christopher Todd Richardson of Henderson were killed when the bucket they riding down a ventilation shaft under construction tipped, causing them to fall to the bottom of the shaft.
The shaft was under construction by Frontier-Kemper Constructors, a company that McFadden helped found 30 years ago. McFadden had retired in 1995 but was visiting the site.
A report released after an investigation by the Indiana Bureau of Mines and Mine Safety said the accident was caused when nylon sling hung underneath the bucket in which the men were riding got caught in machinery. The Bureau also found fault with the company because it didn't require safety harnesses to be worn by those riding in the bucket. |
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Spring Property Tax Bills Delayed Until Summer |
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Spring property tax payments would normally have a May 10th deadline - but.....
Recent changes in property tax legislature passed by the state have caused counties to have to recalculate tax bills for everyone. And because of that - bills normally due right now - won't be in the mail until summer.
Gibson County Treasurer Jim Kolb says that his office expects to have those bills in the mail by mid-July, with a due date sometime in early August.
Kolb says that anyone who wants to pay an estimated tax right now can do so - but it's not required. Estimated payments made now will be reconciled with the statements when they're sent out in July.
Kolb also says there will be no penalties applied to property taxes until after the due date in August. |
High School Baseball:
North Posey 7, Boonville 2
Softball:
Tecumseh 2, Southridge 0
Boys Track:
Princeton wins the Big 8 meet at Mount Vernon.
Individual winners at the meet include Keenan Johnson in the 100, 200, and 400 meters, R-J Morris in Shot Put, David Thomas in the Long Jump, and the 1600 relay team of Keenan Johnson, Andy Orem, B-J Thompson, and Sean Hatfield.
Wood Memorial placed third in the Blue Chip Conference meet.
On today's sports calendar:
Princeton on the road at Boonville for high school baseball.
Gibson Southern goes to Pike Central
In girls softball: Wood Memorial on the road at North Posey, and the Gibson Southern Lady Titans also go to Pike Central
Pairings for the Girls Softball sectionals have been announced:
In the Class 3A Sectional at Evansville Memorial: Princeton plays Boonville in Game One. Gibson Southern gets the bye and will face Memorial in the second round.
In the sectional at Washington, Pike Central plays Jasper in the first round.
The Class A Sectional at Northeast Dubois sees Tecumsh against Cannelton in Game One, and Wood Memorial versus Northeast Dubois in game 2.
Sectional games begin Monday, May 24th. |
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