LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The National Corvette Museum is considering keeping a sinkhole that swallowed eight Corvettes as an attraction because of the additional attendance it’s generated.
Museum spokeswoman Katie Frassinelli recently told The Courier-Journal (https://cjky.it/1grr6Gc) in an email that attendance at the museum located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, rose 56 percent in March and 48 percent last month after the 40-foot-wide-by-60-foot-deep sinkhole formed Feb. 12.
“The sinkhole is a part of not only the museum’s history but also Corvette history,” she said. “We are in the business to preserve the history of the car - which now includes a sinkhole.”
Current visitors can see the sinkhole and museum officials are considering installing a glass floor or bridge above the hole. Frassinelli said stairs that would take visitors into the hole are also being considered.
Workers exhumed the last of the eight Corvettes in March. General Motors representatives are scheduled to meet with museum officials this month to inspect each of the cars and determine which will be restored, according to the museum’s blog.
The Corvettes that are not restored will be kept as part of a permanent display about the sinkhole.
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PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Pikeville City Commission has reached an agreement to bring ziplines to Bob Amos Park.
According to the Appalachian News-Express (https://bit.ly/1grx6ia), the city has entered into a lease agreement with Robert and Joanna Nickell to construct at least eight ziplines at the park.
Construction is expected to begin by Sept. 1.
Officials say Robert Nickell has constructed zip lines around the world. Once he finishes in Pikeville, he’s scheduled to go to China to construct what’s being billed as the world’s highest zip line.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Police say a man found shot outside some apartments in Louisville has died.
According to The Courier-Journal (https://cjky.it/1sBaYJu), police discovered the man in the parking lot of the Berrytown Apartments around 7 p.m. on Saturday. He was transported to a local hospital where he died.
The man has not been identified, but officials say he appeared to be in his 20s.
The case remains under investigation.
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GLENDALE, Ind. (AP) - The body of a Louisville, Kentucky, man has been recovered from a lake at a southern Indiana fish and wildlife area.
A conservation officer says the body of 25-year-old Jacob Duncan was recovered Saturday from Dogwood Lake at Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area, about 50 miles northeast of Evansville.
Officer Mike Kellner says Duncan and another man took a 14-foot motorboat for a ride Friday night and the craft began taking on water and sank, putting the men into water 10 feet deep. The other man held onto a cooler to stay afloat but lost contact with Duncan.
Kellner says Duncan’s body was found about 30 feet away from where the boat sank. He says Duncan could not swim well.
The other man was treated for hypothermia at a hospital.
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