Government

 Judge-executive Tommy Turner assured LaRue County magistrates meeting at the courthouse in Hodgenville Feb. 26 that even if Taylor County Animal Shelter closes, LaRue Countians will still have a place to take stray animals.

“We have to come up with something, and we will come up with something,” said Turner, who told the court he had been in contact with Eddie Rogers, Taylor County judge/executive, and with other judge-executives in nearby counties.

 On Feb. 29, 2012, Betty Sims was sitting inside her home on Woebegona Way when an EF-2 tornado struck.

 Taylor County Animal Shelter has come under fire again, this time for whether it misused state grant funding to build a shelter that will soon no longer offer pets for adoption.

But James Comer, commissioner of the state Department of Agriculture, says the $150,000 grant the shelter received to build its new facility does not require that animals be up for adoption at the facility.

He said the grant does call for the animals to be treated humanely, and his office has and will continue to investigate whether that is being done.

 Land of Lincoln Planning and Zoning Permits and Rezonings

Information compiled from Land of Lincoln Planning and Zoning records

Jan. 4 - James Lemons, Miller Road, Hodgenville, storage, post

Jan. 7 - Karen Weaver, Bennett Road, Buffalo, conditional use permit

Jan. 10 - Melba Bennett, Gardner Road, Buffalo, land division – plat

Jan. 15 - Alex Dohn, Leafdale Road, Hodgenville, land division – plat