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IN MINUTES: Edmonton City Council
EDMONTON — ACTION: Council members approved minutes of their Sept. 8 meeting; approved on second reading an ordinance setting the 2008 property tax rate at 7.6 cents per $100 assessed value; set Halloween trick-or-treating hours from 4 - 7 p.m.; agreed to incorporate a new “Red Flag” identity theft prevention program; voted 4-1 to prohibit groups from holding fundraising road blocks. (Councilwoman Teresa Welsh voted against the measure and Councilman Wayne Wilson was absent from the meeting.); approved on second reading an ordinance amending the city’s 2007-08 budget by $12,500, which was a donation from Sumitomo Wintec and will be used for economic development; and adopted a resolution regarding the transfer from nonhazardous duty retirement to hazardous duty retirement benefits for newly hired police officers.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: A public hearing regarding the city’s comprehensive plan is set for 6 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Metcalfe County Cooperative Extension office. The first leaf pickup will be made by the city on the morning of Halloween and then regularly on Mondays in November.
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Spring cleaning begins
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Man arrested for police chase
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New jail bond rates lower than expected
Bonds for the new Barren County Corrections Center were sold Thursday at a lower rate than expected, according to Judge-Executive Davie Greer.
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GFD responds to industry blaze
The Glasgow Fire Department was called to a fire at Ply-Tech Corporation shortly after noon Wednesday.
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Man killed in collision
A Summer Shade man was killed Wednesday in a two-vehicle crash on Veterans Outer Loop near Tractor Supply Co.
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Walden case moved to Wayne County
The trial of a Tompkinsville man accused in the murder of two people was moved Wednesday to Wayne County on a request by his lawyers.
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Who needs a fishing license — and why they are required
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Food drive to help United Way
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Alleged child sex abusers arraigned in Hart County
A Hart County babysitter, several of her family members and two other men were arraigned Tuesday in Hart Circuit Court on additional charges in connection with a sex abuse case.
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Money requested for more ballfields
A push was made at Tuesday’s Barren County Fiscal Court regular meeting to come up with the funding to build two other fields at Jackie Browning Park for the good of the county.
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