Government

LaRue County is again in the 5th State Senate District and 19th House District after Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd ruled Feb. 7 that House Bill 1, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Steve Beshear, is unconstitutional. State Senate and House districts created by House Bill 1 will be thrown out and the district boundaries will go back to where they were before the bill was signed.

Sen. Carroll Gibson of Leitchfield and Rep. Michael Meredith of Brownsville once again represent LaRue County.

 County water customers will see an increase in their rates. 

 State Sen. David Givens of Greensburg was photographed with Agriculture Commissioner James. R. Comer at the annual Kentucky Proud Legislative Breakfast Feb. 2 in Frankfort. Givens represents LaRue, Adair, Barren, Edmonson, Green, Metcalfe and Monroe Counties.

Prescription drug abuse has become so prevalent in parts of Kentucky, people are buying Mason jars of clean urine at flea markets and under the table at tobacco stores so they can pass drug tests.

Kentuckians are pulling out their own teeth so they can go to the dentist to get a three-day prescription for hydrocodone, the most popular painkiller.

When they make arrests, law enforcement officers are finding stacks of food stamps that have been traded for pills.