HOPKINS CO., KY (WFIE)- A new emergency communication system in Hopkins County will be affecting every first responder.

MADISONVILLE, KY (WFIE) - A $60,000 grant was recently approved for use by the Rosenwald-Smith Multicultural center in Madisonville.

The center, which opened over 80 years ago, was originally an African American high school with a rich basketball history.  Officials say the grant will be used to re-furbish the old gym floor and provide insulation for the building.

" And so it's being utilized now as much as it can be, but we figure with the renovations continuing then it will enhance it more as it goes along," says Hopkins County Judge Executive Donald Carroll.

HOPKINS COUNTY, KY (WFIE) - Judge James Brantley will decide June 24th on whether to reduce the $500,000 cash bond for Brandon Marks, the 18-year-old charged with murder, first degree assault, and operating a motor vehicle under the influence.  Marks was in court today.  All of the charges against Marks stem from an accident on KY 254 earlier this year in Madisonville.