KY Gov. Steve Beshear
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear visited Marion on August 19,2008. He arrived at 3:15 PM at the EdTech Center to meet with a crowd of citizens who had come for the presentation of the ceremonial check to the Crittenden County Fiscal Court with a check for $500,000. This money is ear marked for the construction of a new Pennyrile Health District health department to be located next door to the EdTech Center in Industrial Park South. He also presented the City of Marion with a check for $122,000 for construction of a sidewalk along the north side of Elm Street and replacing the bridge linking Elm Street and the school property with a four foot wide foot bridge.
