Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Kentucky Labor Leader Dies

{Georgetown, Kentucky}...Kentucky labor leader 52 year old Charles Wells died in a house fire at his home in Georgetown Tuesday evening. Kentucky State Police say the fire began in one room after an electric space heater was placed too close to combustible materials. KSP say the preliminary cause of death was smoke inhalation. Governor Steve Beshear appointed Wells in 2008 as special assistant in the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet as a liaison between the state and labor groups representing its employees.