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Breckinridge County Schools Superintendent Dr. Nick Carter says a productive summer has him excited for the 2025-2026 school year.

“We’ve had a great summer,” Carter said. “It’s been a busy summer, but the momentum that I feel right now in our district is just amazing. We just wrapped up our opening day breakfast ceremony at Breckinridge County High School, and the staff’s so excited and fired up to be back.”

As BCS gets ready for the first day of school on August 11, Carter is reminding area drivers to be safe around school buses. He encourages any families that have issues with their student’s bus route to inform the district.

“I’m always appreciative of our community,” Carter said. “They’re always so patient with us. It’s a big county. Our buses travel over 4,500 miles a day, and sometimes it takes a few days into the school year before we start really getting it down and making sure that we’re at those bus stops at the same time frame every morning.”

As the school year gets under way, Carter says the district is focusing on instructional efforts as students continue to grow following the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Our goal is to take that even another step further and continue to work to address those areas for learning loss, where kids suffered so much learning loss, particularly mathematics during the at-home learning stage of pandemic, so we’re going to be very focused on engagement and instruction,” Carter said.

Visit the Breckinridge County Schools website for more information and follow the district’s social media channels for updates.

The Grayson County Sheriff’s Office assisted federal officers with an arrest Wednesday.

According to a release from the sheriff’s office, on August 6 the U.S. Marshals Service requested the office’s assistance in the arrest of a fugitive wanted out of Louisiana. The suspect, Juan Chavez-Trevizo of Mexico, was staying at a residence in Leitchfield on Cave Mill Road.

The sheriff’s office says in addition to being in the U.S. illegally, Chavez-Trevizo was wanted on multiple charges including Second Degree Rape and Molestation of a Child Under 13.

Chavez-Trevizo was arrested without incident and lodged in the Grayson County Detention Center to await extradition. The sheriff’s office says two other individuals at the residence were also arrested Wednesday.

Steven Lawson has been formally sentenced for his role in the disappearance of Crystal Rogers.

A jury at the Warren County Justice Center on May 30 found Lawson guilty of Class B Felony Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Class D Felony Tampering with Physical Evidence following a four-day trial.

During the sentencing hearing Wednesday, Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III issued a sentence in conformity with the jury’s recommendation of a total sentence of 17 years in prison. Lawson was sentenced to 17 years on the Conspiracy charge and five years on the Tampering charge, with the sentences to be served concurrently.

During the hearing, Rogers’s uncle Mike Ballard said he was there to see Lawson off before a long prison sentence, and that he would do everything he can to make sure Lawson never gets parole. Ballard said “In July of 2015, you made a choice to be a part of planning the murder of my niece Crystal Rogers. You could have prevented all of this from happening if you had just gone to the police and done the right thing. If you had done that I believe Crystal would still be here today, and so would my brother Tommy Ballard.” He implored Lawson to think of Rogers’s children and said “If you do one right thing in your life, this is the thing to do: let them know where their mom is.”

Lawson will have 30 days after the sentencing judgement is entered by the circuit court clerk’s office to file for an appeal.

Joseph Lawson, who was found guilty of the same charges as his father, and Brooks Houck, who was found guilty of Murder and Tampering with Physical Evidence, will be sentenced in Nelson Circuit Court on August 21.