A Saturday night fire destroyed the Dundee Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) along with all the equipment, a pumper truck and a brush truck. Around 7 p.m., Saturday night, Ohio County 911 Dispatch received a call from a passerby who saw smoke coming from the Dundee VFD. By the time the members of the Dundee VFD reached the building, it was fully engulfed in flames with their equipment still inside. The Dundee ...
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During the June 10 meeting of the Beaver Dam City Commission, the commission approved the first reading of a traffic violations ordinance. The ordinance would not just cover traffic violations for the city, but will also cover violations at the Beaver Dam Family Park. Mayor Paul Sandefur explained one of the major reasons for the traffic violations ordinance was the continuation of people parking in the gra ...
Read more ›Submitted by Scott Wegenast, AARP AARP volunteers and staff from Kentucky and every other state in the nation visited Capitol Hill Wednesday to express opposition to the President’s proposed Social Security benefit cut known as Chained CPI and to support responsible solutions to strengthen Medicare for Kentuckians. In meetings with Senator Mitch McConnell and Senator Rand Paul, Representative(s) Andy Barr ( ...
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During the June 11 Ohio County Fiscal Court meeting, the fiscal court approved the installation of a fire hydrant and accepted bids for construction, materials, fuel, etc. for the coming 2013/2014 Fiscal Year. — Second District Magistrate Jason Bullock, who was absent from the meeting, had asked the court to approve the installation of a fire hydrant for Stanley and Liberty Roads. The fire hydrant would cos ...
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During the May 28 meeting of the Ohio County Fiscal Court, Second District Magistrate Jason Bullock told those in attendance he was not comfortable with naming a date for the opening. He said things were going well at the golf course, but the greens needed a little more work. The grass on the greens is Bermuda grass. Bermuda grass needs warm and humid temperatures to grow. Bullock said Barry Griffin, a cons ...
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