Barren County News

Workers from Scott & Murphy Inc. work at the Hwy 31 w. overpass near Park City. The widening of Interstate 65 south of Elizabethtown would get a major boost under Kentucky Governor's Steve Beshear's highway plan that would spend 143 million over the next two years for the project.

Local Attorney John B. Gardner has announced he is a candidate for Commonwealth's Attorney in the May Democratic primary election.

A judge who dealt jail sentences to Amish men who refused to pay traffic fines in a dispute over the use of reflective safety triangles on their buggies handed down an unnecessary punishment, a lawyer for the men says, noting the Kentucky Supreme Court will hear their appeal.

A judge who dealt jail sentences to Amish men who refused to pay traffic fines in a dispute over the use of reflective safety triangles on their buggies handed down an unnecessary punishment, a lawyer for the men says, noting the Kentucky Supreme Court will hear their appeal.

An ongoing drug investigation leads to one arrest in Barren County, and a warrant is issued for a second person.