Ohio County

I had to look it up.

I was, I was thanking Bill Monroe's from, from a different spot in West Kentucky, but it's Beaver Dam, Ohio County.

um rosine

rosine that's it yeah rosine kentucky that's that's where his like old home place was where he grew up i don't know i don't know if he lived there forever but that was yeah yeah but yeah man it's been great that's awesome

They said, you know, continue to work on those areas where they are falling behind and appreciate the community's buy-in on helping the readiness there as well.

An Ohio County woman has been accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a person entrusted to her care.

The sheriff's office arrested 54-year-old Jennifer Patton of Beaver Dam on Tuesday afternoon, charged her with theft by unlawful taking.

Patton, who had access to the male victim's bank card, illegally withdrew $30,000 from her employer's account.

She told police that she used the money for gambling.

She was lodged in the Ohio County Detention Center.

Also hearing a tragedy, an Ohio County couple has been found deceased at a Rockport residence.

The coroner's office said deputies on Tuesday conducted a welfare check on Highway 62, about one mile northeast of Rockport.

But it seems like it's pushing us closer and closer.

Meet Athena Minor, Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Clinical Officer at Ohio County Health Care, a rural critical access hospital in Kentucky.

For 13 years, she's led it to become the highest revenue-producing critical access hospital in the state while tackling workforce shortages, financial uncertainty, and even robotic surgery.

Is the current rural hospital business model economically sustainable? The usual horizon is five to 10 years, but now with AI, I've reduced that horizon down to two or three years.

window of opportunity to

Okay, well, my next guest is Athena Minor.

Athena is the Chief Nursing and Chief Clinical Officer at Ohio County Healthcare in Hartford, Kentucky, a rural critical access hospital.

Athena's background is particularly relevant to our podcast because she has spoken publicly about financial uncertainty, workforce shortages, recruitment, retention, payer mix, infrastructure, organizational culture, and practical AI adoption in rural hospitals specifically.

It was Thursday night football for the Grayson County Cougar football team.

And they were facing Ohio County.

Sam, it's been so long since that game.

That was pretty much a route, right?

Yeah.

And then also, there's an Ohio County.

Yeah, I love Ohio County.

Also, like it kind of looks like you try to just draw Ohio from memory and you're like, I think it's that probably.

It looks like if Ohio is out in the sun for too long.

Whoa, what's that?

Yeah, it sort of does.

Again, it looks like Kentucky like Ohio County looks like Ohio.

And nobody responded.

So this one is made by Western Kentucky Distillery, Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky.

What? Close to Owensboro.

Okay.