Today's News

A former LaRue County deputy jailer pleaded guilty an amended charge of second-degree promoting contraband, both misdemeanors, Aug. 19. The charge was merged with another count of official misconduct.

Troy U. Carter, 28, of Underwood Avenue, originally was charged with first-degree promoting contraband when he allegedly smuggled a prepaid cell phone inside the jail in April.

The work of 30 teams coalesced into one final competition Friday afternoon at Pritchard Community Center, where eight teams representing the eight counties in the Lincoln Trail Area Development District presented “green” entrepreneurial proposals as part of Green Summer Forever, a six-week program created through the Green Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute (GEL-IN).

Grayson County’s The Water Boyz took home the grand prize for best proposal. The group outlined a water conservation project that received backing support from city officials in Leitchfield.

A settlement was reached leading to cancellation of a murder trial scheduled Monday for a Magnolia man charged with the murder of a Greensburg woman.

David McFarland, 45, admitted to a charge of first-degree manslaughter and accepted an 18-year prison sentence with a requirement that he serve at least 85 percent of that term behind bars. Final sentencing in LaRue Circuit Court will be conducted in October.

Magistrates approved an updated jail policy and procedure manual as LaRue County Fiscal Court met Aug. 11 at the courthouse in Hodgenville.

“A lot of these items added in the updating are common sense things, such as ‘inmates may have toilet paper upon request,’ but since that is state law, they must be included in the manual,” Judge-Executive Tommy Turner explained to the court.

Magistrate Scotty Lee voted against the update, saying he never had the opportunity to read the policy and procedure manual.