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2020 Rogers Scholar and Barbourville City High School student Emily Brooks and Knox County Judge-Executive Mike Mitchell stand in front of the newly renovated Bennett Park. Brooks organized phase one of a beautification project to revitalize the park for her Rogers Scholars community service project. “This project was very personal to me,” she said. “I grew up playing and riding my bike in this park, which was very close to my home. For the last several years, I have seen it deteriorate to an unsafe and unattractive level. It saddened me to drive by and see the shape it had become. I feel proud to say kids will have a safe, new area to play and families will have a clean area to picnic.” The beautification project was truly a community event – from the first-grade students at Jesse D. Lay Elementary School who helped plant seeds in flower pots to the volunteers who painted, mowed, and removed old equipment left behind in the park. Each
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In Laurel County, inmates cleaned up the trash underneath the Exit 38 bridge which was littered with trash. | Photo Contributed
In Laurel County alone, there have been nearly 50,000 pounds of trash picked up by inmates crews over the last month. | Photo Contributed
Littering has been a common problem in the Tri-County, with many community members voicing their concern, asking questions and some even working towards finding their own solutions. | Photo Contributed
Laurel County Jailer Jamie Mosley said there are crews of inmates working continuously around the county to help tackle the litter issue. Crews dedicated two weeks alone to cleaning up the trash along US 25. | Photo Contributed
Knox Fiscal Court amends ordinance dealing with volunteer fire departments, following mismanagement of Stinking Creek s department
By Jarrod Mills
Staff Writer Apr 20, 2021
1 hr ago
KNOX COUNTY - The Knox County Fiscal Court passed the second reading of an ordinance amending the countyâs fire subscription fee regulations during a special-called meeting Thursday evening. The amendments come following one Knox County fire department no longer being recognized by the state fire commission.
Changes to ordinance 20160412-02, which adds regulations to subscription fees collected by Knox County volunteer fire departments, was passed unanimously by the court.
Under the amendment, volunteer fire departments may only use subscription fees for building expenses, such as the purchase, maintenance, or expansion of a departmentâs building(s). Subscription fees may be used for the purchase or maintenance of department vehicles; reasonable insurances as r
Close Mismanagement, lack of experience led to need of state of emergency to cover Stinking Creek Fire Department area
By Jarrod Mills
Staff Writer Apr 1, 2021
4 hrs ago
KNOX COUNTY - A Knox County fire department, currently being investigated by multiple agencies that includes the Kentucky State Fire Commission, found itself as the subject of a local state of emergency signed by Knox County Judge-Executive Mike Mitchell on Tuesday.
The declaration comes after Mitchellâs office received official notification stating the Kentucky State Fire Commission no longer recognized the Stinking Creek Fire Department as being a fire department.
And while the countyâs fiscal court has no power on regulating the day-to-day operations of local volunteer fire departments - theyâre regulated by the fire commission and Kentucky state law - Mitchell said the executive order was a result of the courtâs obligation in ensuring the publi