Slaughters News

Recent crashes that injured or endangered Kentucky Transportation Cabinet workers and contractors - and killed one motorist - point to the need for extreme caution when approaching highway work zones.

The Kentucky State Police investigated a single-vehicle injury collision that occurred on the Pennyrile Parkway, approximately three miles north of Slaughters, on Monday, May 14, 2012 at approximately 10:13 p.m. Preliminary investigation revealed that Patsy I. Morseman, age 57 of Hanson, KY, was operating a 2004 Chevrolet tracker southbound on the ... (more)

But the main ones are that keeping the facility open would put the Webster County school district in the red by about $500,000, and the building itself is the oldest in the district.