The Wayne County Farm Bureau has announced the award of 14 Wayne County 4-Hers who have earned a 2024 4-H Project Grant. The total of grants for this cycle are
The Wayne County Board met Thursday evening with only 8 members present. ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds requests were discussed with the following disbursements unanimously approved: Circuit Clerk $55,000, Emergency Management Agency $47,000, Frontier College $12,000, Humane Society $69,000. The board unanimously approved Engineering work for the 161 & Enterprise Road project. It is unknown when work will begin on the project. The board approved the addition of a $5.00 fee for criminal and traffic charges. The additional funds will be used to assist in Drug Court funding. Sheriff Chris Otey updated the board on Operation 96-6 conducted last week which resulted in the arrest of 12 drug suspects. He further stated that the department had 27 felony arrests in June. He praised his deputies and corrections staff for their excellent work. County Clerk Lizann Woodrow provided a summary of the recent primary election. She stated that 4,005 voters cast ballots and the process went ve