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Liberty, KY 42539
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Vehicles seized in arrest of drug suspect
By Donna Carman
Editor/General Manager
A Casey County man named in a sealed indictment handed down by a Casey County grand jury on Aug. 11 has been arrested on drug charges and his vehicles seized.
Gregory I. Grant, 52, of 2432 Ky. 1547, Liberty, was arrested by Deputies Dennis Allen and Freeman Luttrell, and Kentucky State Police Trooper Bryan Shepard, at 6:49 p.m. Friday on Whipp Avenue. He was charged with three counts of trafficking in a controlled substance, which stemmed from the indictment. Grant was also charged with possession of a controlled substance and tampering with physical evidence.
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New Casey County Hospital
expected to open next month
Administration building ready for use
By Donna Carman
Editor/General Manager
“State of the art” is the only way to describe the new Casey County Hospital, which is scheduled to open in just over a month.
Hospital board members, along with some administrators, officials and employees, were given a walk-through of the new facility Aug. 12 prior to the board’s monthly meeting.
The 40,000-square-foot, $20 million facility is scheduled to open the last week of September when patients will be moved from the current hospital, according to Administrator Rusty Tungate.
Once everything is moved to the new building, Tungate said demolition of the current hospital — originally built in 1945 — will get under way. He expects that, which is in Phase II of the project, to be completed by the end of October.
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Court sets 2008 tax rate
County, ambulance service lower rates, library increases
By Larry Rowell
Staff Writer
The Casey County Fiscal Court accepted 2008 property tax rates for the county, the Casey County Public District Library Board and the Casey County Ambulance Service on Monday night.
The court accepted the rate of 6.7 cents per $100 of assessed property value for the county tax rate, which is .2 cents lower than the 2007 rate of 6.9 cents.
The rate of 6.7 cents is expected to generate $283,641 compared to the 2007 rate of 6.9 cents which brought in $269,260.
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City hears request to close River Road
By Donna Carman
Editor/General Manager
A Liberty businessman came before the city council Wednesday night, asking that the city close a little-used road.
Todd Hoskins, who owns Miracle Car Wash on Wallace Wilkinson Boulevard, asked the council to consider closing River Road. He pointed out the road runs behind his business and from one end of the bypass to the other, even though it technically doesn’t exist in some places.
“The Casey County Bank’s parking lot actually sits on that road,” he said.
Men plead guilty to receiving stolen radiators
By Donna Carman
Editor/General Manager
Two men accused of accepting stolen radiators from two different business owners earlier this year have pleaded guilty in Casey Circuit Court.
Travis E. Jones, 34, of 995 Willow Springs Road, Liberty, and Steven R. Cain, 51, of 7506 East Ky. 70, Liberty, each pleaded guilty July 28 to two counts of receiving stolen property over $300. Both also had two counts of being a persistent felony offender dismissed against them.
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