Today's News

Monday afternoon, Nicki Tarter was a woman on a mission. The Relay for Life donations from this past Friday’s 15th annual fund raising event were $460 shy of $100,000.
“I’m trying my hardest and I believe we’ll get there,” she said, adding that the 2012 target was $93,000.
As of Tuesday morning, Tarter was grinning from ear-to-ear with excitement.
“We have now reached $100,064.33!” Tarter said on Tuesday morning.
Last year’s goal was $88,000 but $101,205 was raised.

In an effort to end a squabble somewhat reminiscent of the Hatfield-McCoy feud, the East Casey County Water District Board rejected detailed information about a proposed water rate increase from the City of Liberty, choosing instead to send the matter to the Public Service Commission.
In the ECCWD Board meeting on May 8, board members were given an accordion file folder containing 16 different files containing invoices that Mayor Steve Sweeney said will justify a 15 percent rate hike the city is seeking from the ECCWD.

With just three races on next Tuesday’s May 22 primary ballot and no local races, it’s not a sure bet that many local voters will turn out to cast a vote.
Casey County Clerk Casey Davis predicted that with no local races nor local candidates in the races, voter turnout will be light.
“We’ll be lucky to get 20 percent,” he said.

Letters advising homeowners about the possible costs of a leaking or burst water line are once again hitting area residents’ mailboxes.
But local water officials want to make it clear that neither the City of Liberty nor the East Casey County Water District sent these letters.
Karen Brown, an employee at City Hall, said that several residents had come into City Hall asking about the letters.
“We tell them these letters are not from the city,” she said.