JIM COCHRAN
If you haven’t been through a maximum security penitentiary you will have such an opportunity beginning April 1.
The Moundsville Economic Development Council has made available such a tour without leaving your home or business. The new tour is the result of the MEDC purchasing equipment necessary for virtual tours.
Those wishing to take advantage of such a tour will need a Facebook account.
Person interested can contact the MEDC at 304-845-6200 to purchase a card which will be needed in order to make contact with the tour.
Those on the “tour” will be able to ask questions from a tour guide.
Escaped inmate captured in ceiling of hospital
Inmate Jeffrey Campbell was taken to the hospital on Wednesday around 9:30 a.m.
While in the hospital he was able to lock himself inside a bathroom, then removed several ceiling tiles and climbed into the metal structure in the ceiling, deputies said.
Deputies, along with Plymouth Police and Indiana State Police responded to the hospital and located the inmate in the ceiling above the emergency department, reports said.
Campbell refused to come down voluntarily, but was apprehended using ladders, reports said.
A report will be forwarded to the Marshall County Prosecutor for review of additional charges.
The Marshall County Council approved the request of Sheriff Matt Hassel and Highway Superintendent Jason Peters to waive the 90 percent pay for a new employee.
This week Sheriff Hassel told council members a part-time turnkey/dispatcher who has worked for the department since Nov. 2019 has been moved to full time.
Peters told the council he hired Howard Holcomb who already has his class A CDL license and is well qualified to be an area leader.
The council approved their requests. They also approved the Sheriff’s request to purchase a second K9 for the department.
Matt Hassel said they had planned to extend the K9 program for the last year-and-a-half but when COVID hit it took a back seat. Hassel said the new K9 dog was trained in Knox at Jager Elite K9 by Chad Dulin and is now available for purchase. The sheriff said the Marshall County Prosecutor is willing to help support the expansion financially.