Boil water advisory lifted
By Brittany Emerson
Staff Writer
After 13 days of taking special precautions to 
ensure safe drinking water for the city and much of the county, the boil water advisory has been lifted.
Now that extensive repairs to the three filters at the city water plant are complete, city workers sent samples to be tested so that state officials could declare the water within safety guidelines. The advisory was lifted at 11:21 a.m. on Tuesday, according to George Ledford at the Liberty water plant. It began on Feb. 7.
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County employees to get 4% raise
Trash franchise holders get 50¢ increase
By Donna Carman
Editor
Paychecks will soon be getting bigger for the county's employees.
The action came about Monday night following an hour-and-a-half executive session in which the Casey County Fiscal Court met behind closed doors to discuss personnel.
Meeting separately with the magistrates and Judge-Executive Ronald Wright were Christy Edmiston, director of the Central Kentucky AG/EXPO Center, and Dwight Black, county road foreman.
New Casey SCC center tops county's 'wish list'
By Donna Carman
Editor
State Rep. Jimmy Higdon met with his constituents Feb. 11 at Liberty City Hall, seeking their input on funding for local projects in the new state budget.
Taking comments and suggestions from about a dozen people, Higdon came up with a “priority” list of projects that include the areas of tourism, recreation, education and transportation.
Grand jury indicts four for cashing bad checks
By Donna Carman
Editor
Four people who allegedly cashed forged checks at two area banks, totaling more than $30,000, were indicted Feb. 8 by a Casey County grand jury.
Gregory D. Davidson, 46, 1118 Canoe Creek Road, Liberty, was indicted on three counts of first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, and three counts of being a persistent felony offender, second degree.
Salary system approved for coaches
By Brittany Emerson
Staff Writer
After months of discussion, the Casey County Board of Education has approved a coaches salary system that will be used if it decides to implement a new one.
The new system would provide those coaching middle and high school sports with additional compensation for years dedicated to a program.
While a system has been agreed upon, the salary raises have not been approved. If the board decides to implement a raise system, the approved system will be the one used when calculating salaries in the athletic departments.
