Government

LaRue County Fiscal Court voted the compensatory rate for taxes for the 2011-12 year which means the county will be taking in the same amount of revenue from taxes as it did the prior year.
“Everybody’s going through some hard economic times now and I believe we can get by on the same amount as last year, so I recommend the compensatory rate,” Tommy Turner, LaRue County judge-executive, told magistrates meeting at the courthouse in Hodgenville Aug. 9.
The court approved a raise of up to 2 percent for full-time employees for the next year.  

City workers hit a gusher when they began searching for a water leak Wednesday morning.
They were aware of what they thought was a “small leak” from a line on Lincoln Boulevard for some time, according to Hodgenville Mayor Terry Cruse, but were unable to find its source despite assistance from state agencies.

Hodgenville Fire Chief Terry Ovesen announced his retirement Monday to city council members.
He’s also stepping down as a volunteer firefighter after more than 30 years of service. His last day is Aug. 31.
“Thirty years is long enough,” he said, as he passed copies of his resignation letter to each council member.
He said he and Mayor Terry Cruse had talked about his decision prior to the meeting.

Trooper Norman Chaffins is the new media relations officer at Kentucky State Police Post 4 in Elizabethtown. Chaffins is a native of Leitchfield in Grayson County and brings 17 years of experience to the position.

He is looking forward to the change of pace but the work with KSP programs will be a continuation of programs he has been involved with for nearly two decades.

“I was doing programs in Grayson county and working the road. This job gives me the opportunity to do more programs,” Chaffins said.