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The sale of Buffalo Elementary School to a Lexington company which renovates historic structures was approved Thursday at a special meeting of the LaRue County School Board.

AU Development LLC was the sole bidder and offered $60,000, the minimum price listed in the district’s request for bids. The company plans to convert the structure into an elderly housing center.

“It’s a lovely community and a beautiful school,” Holly Wiedemann of AU Development said in an interview Friday.

Upton Fire Department is in the process of constructing a new building.

A fundraiser is being planned to provide new equipment for the building and the firefighters – and to benefit the Crusade for Children.

Megan Nunn is organizing the event which begins at noon Saturday at the Upton Community Center, 377 College St. She is the wife of Upton firefighter Ray Nunn Jr.

Part of the proceeds will purchase pagers, gear and office equipment, Nunn said.

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The Hardin County School Board voted Monday to sell Sonora Elementary School and its land, after the board and the Kentucky Department of Education decided it was surplus.

The board will accept sealed bids for the land.

Sonora Elementary closed in 2006 when Creekside Elementary opened in Sonora.

LaRue County Judge-Executive Tommy Turner, at last week’s fiscal court meeting at the Hodgenville courthouse, reminded the county’s residents to expect a different look to their property tax bills this fall.

“We’re used to a yellow copy of our tax bill coming in the mail in a business envelope,” said Turner, “but this year the bill will come as a post card.”

He said the yellow card will have the sheriff’s logo in the upper left hand corner.

The bills will be distributed starting Oct. 31.