 July is going to be hotter than ever because you get up to $50 off any smartphone at Appalachian Wireless to your agreement required. Better service, bigger savings, that's today's Appalachian Wireless, an East Kentucky network company. The newest weapon in the Jenkins Police Arsenal? A brand new Dodge Charger Pursuit, Police Cruiser. Despite a tight budget in the city, the police force got its car. Customs Mayor Todd DePriest said the new all-wheel-drive police cruiser was purchased using rural development grant funds from the USDA. It's really tight, you know, a lot of people have problems paying water bills, a lot of people have problems being able to get their taxes in and, you know, we're constantly working with people to make sure we can get that done and we need the revenue to keep the day-to-day operations going, but, you know, we understand it's hard times and, you know, police cars and fire equipment and stuff like that, they get a lot of miles on them pretty quick and to keep something dependable and that we're able to respond to and anytime we can get a newer vehicle it's always a plus, you know, we try to maintain our vehicles the best we can, but over time things wear out and for the dependability of it, it's good to have a newer vehicle. DePriest said the grant helped the city meet a need, while also freeing up money in the budget that would have paid for the car. Anytime you're fortunate enough to receive a grant to buy something that you're going to have to purchase anyway, that sort of loosens up some of the general fund to be able to make up some shortfalls in other areas or to be able to do something extra that probably couldn't do with the revenue coming in like it is right now. Good thing about the cruiser all-wheel drive, we respond to a lot of accidents on 23 here on Jenkins Mountain, so anytime we can have an additional four-wheel drive to be able to respond, we don't have to bring a cruiser back park it, find a four-wheel drive and go up on the mountain. So that's another reason that's a plus for us to have the all-wheel drive cruiser. Jenkins' new police cruiser is already in service in the city. In Jenkins, Chris Anderson, EKB News.