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Tip to sheriff’s office lands two arrests in Grayson County

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A tip to law enforcement resulted in two arrests in Grayson County.

According to the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, a citizen called the sheriff’s office on April 9 to report a “wanted person” removing items from a storage building next to a business on west U.S. 62 in Leitchfield. Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins responded to the scene and saw a male subject walk out of the storage building and to a running vehicle. After being asked to identify himself, the man said his name was Shane Melton, and he produced an Indiana ID card.

Additional units arrived on scene and three more suspects exited the building. Melton was found to have active warrants out of Grayson, Hart, and LaRue counties along with an extradition warrant out of Indiana. He was also found to be in possession of a handgun and methamphetamine.

Melton was taken into custody. One of the suspects that exited the building was identified as William Sandlin of Leitchfield, for whom a warrant for Leaving the Scene of an Accident and other charges was issued a few days prior after Sandlin fled the scene of an accident on Claggett Road. Sandlin was also taken into custody, with both suspects lodged in the Grayson County Detention Center.

Hodgenville Police Department hosting sexual assault awareness event Monday

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The Hodgenville Police Department is teaming up with community partners for a sexual assault awareness event Monday evening.

Hodgenville Police Chief James Richardson says tonight’s event expands on the “sextortion” presentation the department gave to the public in late March.

“We’re going to give a presentation,” Richardson said. “It’s going to start at 6 p.m. at the Extension Office here in Larue County up on Old Elizabethtown Road, and what we will do is we’ll start out with basically what are the issues that we’re seeing here in our community and then we will talk about how HPD investigates those.”

Richardson said the event ties into April being Child Abuse Awareness Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The ultimate goal of the event is to share information and connect people with resources.

“If anybody wants to come, we encourage in-person, that way you can actually meet and see everybody,” Richardson said. “You’ll get to see some of the sexual assault investigators from the police department. You’ll get to ask questions. Any questions that we have from the community, they can email me questions. They can go on our Facebook page and message me questions that they want answered, and we’ll try to address those there in the presentation.”

The event will be recorded for anybody unable to attend in person.

BCS looking for feedback on next Irvington Elementary School principal

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Breckinridge County Schools is inviting the Irvington Elementary School community to provide feedback as the district looks to hire a new principal at the elementary school.

“We invite everyone that’s connected in some form or fashion to our district to participate in it,” said Breckinridge County Schools Superintendent Dr. Nick Carter. “You know, in the Irvington Community, Irvington Elementary School is a strong part of our community in Irvington, and we truly appreciate the input and feedback from everyone.”

That’s Breckinridge County Schools Superintendent Dr. Nick Carter.

Carter says the district has regularly used surveys to get feedback on the hiring process in order to best serve students, parents, faculty, and staff.

“This survey really is built around helping getting folks input on what’s going well, what they are feeling like is going well at the school, what are the areas that we need to focus on moving forward to take the school to the next level, and any other comments that they may have that will assist in selecting the next principal to school,” Carter said.

Carter says the district is looking for somebody with the same qualities the district looks for in all of its leadership positions

“Hard-working, 100 percent dedicated and committed to the success of all students and staff in the building, a strong focus on the academic needs of our children but also the social emotional needs of our children,” Carter said.

The survey is open until April 16 and is posted on the Breckinridge County Schools Facebook page and website. Responses can be made anonymously.

Kentucky Farm Bureau launches initiative to keep Kentucky farms in active production

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Kentucky Farm Bureau is launching a new initiative aimed at helping maintain ag production on Kentucky farms.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported in their 2022 Census of Agriculture that Kentucky has lost 17,000 farms and 1.4 million acres of farmland over the last 20 years. In order to help farm families keep their farms in active production, Kentucky Farm Bureau has launched the Kentucky Farmland Transition Initiative.

KFB says the main goal of the initiative is to preserve family farm ownership and to help families navigate the farm transition process. The initiative has three main objectives:

-increase public education about farmland transition

-gather and provide technical help and local resources for families

-pursue state and federal policy development that will help keep production agriculture at the forefront of farmland transition and reduce burdens in the process

KFB plans to expand the initiative over the coming months. For more information, visit www.kyfarmlandtransition.com.

Correctional officer arrested after investigation

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A Grayson County man working as a correctional officer at a juvenile facility was arrested this week.

Jose Soto of Leitchfield faces one count of first degree Promoting Contraband, a Class D Felony.

The Kentucky State Police says Soto is a correctional officer at the Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Bowling Green. Soto’s arrest is part of an investigation by KSP Post Three into a complaint from December of 2023 regarding employees at the detention center.

The KSP’s investigation remains ongoing.