Adair Co.'s Relay for Life is coming up June 17th at the LWC Holloway Health & Wellness Center and several Relay for Life fundraisers are being held including the annual Relay for Life Yard Sale & Quarter Auction next Saturday, March 5th. Contact Adair Co. Relay Chairperson Peggy Lawson at 270-634-2882 for more info.
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Adair Co.'s Relay for Life is coming up June 17th at the LWC Holloway Health & Wellness Center and several Relay for Life fundraisers are being held including the annual Relay for Life Yard Sale & Quarter Auction next Saturday, March 5th. Contact Adair Co. Relay Chairperson Peggy Lawson at 270-634-2882 for more info.
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On Friday, February 26, 2016, at approximately 3:00 p.m. a two vehicle, head-on collision occurred on U.S. 127, 9 miles south of Jamestown injuring four persons.
Chief Deputy Nick Bertram’s investigation determined a 2005 Ford Mustang operated by Scottie Peterson, 28, of Jamestown, was northbound on U.S. 127 and crossed the center of the roadway, into the path of a southbound 2011 Hyundai car operated by Makenzie Back, 19, of Russell Springs, resulting in the vehicles colliding head-on. Peterson was airlifted from the scene to the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington. Back and two passengers, her father Chris and sister Megan, were all transported by Russell County EMS to the Russell County Hospital for treatment with Chris Back later being airlifted to the U.K. Medical Center for further treatment. The investigation into the cause of the collision is continuing Received sad word this morning of the passing of Johnny Janes. Obit will be posted as soon as arrangements have been made.
Tonight at 6 p.m. the championship game of the 20th District will take place at Taylor County High School.
The Championship game will feature the Taylor County Cardinals and the Marion County Knights. Last night in the final of the Girls 20th District Championship the Lady Indians of Adair County took the floor to defend their 2014-2015 title against the Lady Knights of Marion County.
The final score was Adair County 50 Marion County 41. We would like to say Congratulations to the Lady Indians on a Great Season and Good luck at Regionals. Adair Co. Lady Indians will take on John Hardin on Sunday at 5pm CT at Hart Co in the Girls 5th Region T-ment. Catch all the action on AM 1270 and on-line at www.1270wain.com with John Shelley & Scott Bennett bringing you all the play by play. In the first game on Sunday at 3pm the Green Co. Lady Dragons will play Bardstown. The winners of these games will play on March 4th at 5pm. Former Monroe County Sheriff Roger Barlow could be in serious trouble as the state audit shows multiple violations of state law.
State Auditor Mike Harmon has released the 2014 audit of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office when Barlow was Sheriff. State law requires the auditor to annually audit the tax account and the fee account used to operate the office. As part of the process, the auditor must comment on non-compliance with laws, regulations, contracts and grants. The auditor must also comment on material weaknesses involving the internal control over financial operations and reporting. The audit report gave Barlow a chance to answer each violation, and when answers were given, they were included in the report. Auditors say that Barlow should have implemented controls over equipment obtained under a state grant program. Documentation indicated between August 2011 and July 2012, the former Sheriff received several vehicles including six High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs), pick-up trucks, utility vehicles, sedans, motorcycles, generators, along with other items through a grant program. The inventory lists when Barlow left office did not match what the new Sheriff found when he took over. The missing items were found in a residence. In April of last year, Auditors met with Barlow to discuss the missing inventory. He did admit to selling his wife a 2006 Jeep Liberty, given to the Sheriff’s Office through a grant program, for $1. Other vehicles and equipment obtained through grant programs were given to various other organizations. The Auditor’s Office says they will turn this information over to the Kentucky State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation. Barlow said that he had a deputy in charge of the grant programs and inventory. In regard to the Jeep Liberty, Barlow says he paid $400 to have it delivered and when it arrived, it would not run, had a busted windshield and did not have a battery. After repairing the vehicle, Barlow says he was told by the county judge that no more vehicles would be licensed or insured in the county’s name. Barlow says he licensed and insured it himself. Barlow says he was under the impression he could do whatever he wanted to do with the Jeep after two years.. The audit found that Barlow did not make the required daily deposits. The audit report did not specify whether any payments were received on those non-deposit days, or how much money was left at the office. Barlow did not respond to this violation. According to the audit, Barlow did not pay the department’s invoices within the required 30 day time period, which resulted in $23 worth of finance charges. The report says that these fees are not allowable expenses and they recommended he personally pay back the money. Auditors feel that having good internal controls could have prevented the delay in payment. Barlow’s says that the invoices weren’t paid within 30 days, because there wasn’t enough money in the bank to cover them. The Sheriff’s Office had to wait until the money was there before they could make payment. Auditor’s noted that the former Sheriff’s office lacked adequate segregation of duties over receipts and disbursements. The bookkeeper was on leave for much of the audit period and the audit points to lack of available personnel as one reason for the violation, but says that Barlow should have provided oversight. As a result of this lack of oversight, bank reconciliations were not prepared for some months, receipts and disbursements were not accurately recorded, and inaccurate financial statements were prepared. Barlow gave no response. When it comes to the department’s payroll, Auditors found that timesheets were not maintained, employees did not receive overtime pay, some deputies were improperly paid and in several cases incorrect information was sent to the IRS. They also found that Barlow had used his personal bank account to pay for what he considered contract labor, but those individuals were actually county employees. Barlow says the money wasn’t in the Sheriff’s Office account to cover the payroll. He says that he, along with a dispatcher, at times would hold their checks for up to two weeks, ensuring the other payroll checks cleared the bank. Barlow says that from 2011-2014 he spent over $47,000 of his own money to ensure that when citizens called for help it was there and he never asked to be reimbursed. The exact status of the KSP and FBI investigation is not known and whether criminal charges will be filed is yet to be seen. You can find the full report on the State Auditor’s website. Story courtesy of wcluradio.com PUBLIC NOTICE
Election School Training The Adair County Board of Elections will meet on Friday, March 11, 2016 at 5p.m. CST in the basement of the Adair County Annex Building, 424 Public Square, Columbia for the purpose of Election School Training for the Special Election (Wet-Dry). (WHAS 11)--The suspect in a fatal shooting inside an Elizabethtown fast food restaurant has been identified by law enforcement Friday. Authorities said 27-year-old Joshua Lee Ratliff shot a co-worker nine times, ultimately killing them, inside the Kentucky Fried Chicken-Taco Bell located at 105 Buffalo Creek Dr. Police said after the shooting, Ratliff led them on a pursuit over stretch of I-65 South. He is currently being held in the Hardin Co. Detention center on $500,000 bond and faces multiple charges including murder, wanton endangerment of a police officer and several other pursuit-related crimes. Story courtesy of www.WHAS.com The recent Family Science Night was a great success at Adair County Elementary School. The event,held February 25th, featured a variety of hands-on science activities for all grade levels including engineering projects, student displays and experiments. Students had the opportunity to build their own hovercraft and robots. They learned about chemical reactions and enjoyed a "Myth Buster" room where they were able to stick a skewer through a balloon and walk on eggs.
To promote parent involvement in science education, parents were encouraged to work with their children to develop an experiment or display some type of science related activity at Science Night. There were several great family projects displayed. This event was sponsored by the ACES Science Department, ACES Curriculum Specialist, Title I, Family Resource, Camp SAFARI, 4-H and LWC education students. Tonight is the Championship Game of the 20th District Girl's Basketball. Tonights game starts at 6 p.m. at the Taylor County High School in Taylor County.
The Adair County Lady Indians will be defending their 2014-2015 20th District Title against the Marion County Lady Knights. Listen to WAIN 93.5 for full coverage if you can't make it out to the game. |
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