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  • Jobless rates down in Trimble from a year ago

    FRANKFORT, Ky. — Unemployment rates fell in Trimble and 96 other Kentucky counties between December 2011 and December 2012, while 21 county rates increased and two stayed the same, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

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  • Bridge slide projected for mid-summer

    The much-anticipated “slide” of the new, wider Milton-Madison Bridge is scheduled to take place this summer, marking near-completion of the bridge replacement project. While the event is currently expected to occur in mid-July, the schedule is dependent on weather and subject to change.

    Meanwhile, work continues when weather permits on installation of the stay-in-place decking materials preparatory to pouring the concrete decking on the new bridge truss and the Milton approach ramp.

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  • Gymnasium roof, athletic complex progress reports

    The architectural firm SKC of LaGrange, who has managed the construction of the new baseball, softball and tennis facilities, as well as the replacement of the majority of the roof on Trimble County High School, made extensive reports during the Jan. 16 meeting of the Trimble County Board of Education.

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  • Residents vocal on spending cuts, tax hike

    The consensus of several visitors in attendance at Monday’s meeting of Trimble County Fiscal Court was that Judge-Executive Jerry Powell and magistrates, Stephen Stark, Nolan Hamilton Jr., Kirby Melvin and David Scott should find ways to cut the budget rather than implement a tax on insurance companies for the privilege of doing business in the county.

    Another popular idea among those who chose to address the government body was to implement an occupational tax on persons working in Trimble County.

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  • County ok’s 1st reading of tax ordinance

    Following a civil, yet sometimes loud, interaction with members of the audience in attendance, the Trimble County Fiscal Court Monday unanimously approved by voice vote the first reading of an ordinance imposing a licensing fee on insurance companies for the privilege of doing business in Trimble County. Upon approval of the second reading at the governing body’s Feb. 18, 2013 meeting, the measure would be effective beginning July 1, 2013.

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  • Thomas Shay, Trimble’s resident Bigfoot hunter

    Thomas Shay took more than a casual interest in Julie Ball Hambrick’s story about her hunt for Bigfoot in last week’s issue of The Trimble Banner. The 49-year-old Trimble resident is himself an investigator affiliated with the Kentucky Bigfoot Research Organization and has been researching unexplained, elusive creatures since 1987.

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  • Indiana man jailed after alleged rape of Trimble child

    An Indiana man has been arrested after allegedly raping his live-in girlfriend’s nine-year-old daughter, according to Trooper Brad Arterburn, Public Information Officer for the Kentucky State Police Post 5 in Campbellsburg.

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  • Farm Bill a temporary fix for dairy producers

    The potential hefty price rise predicted recently for milk will not occur anytime soon, according to local and statewide dairy leaders.

    The average gallon of milk costs about $3, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Recently, national media outlets had predicted a fear of prices as high as $7 per gallon due to issues related to a farm bill that was tied into the “Fiscal Cliff” in Washington.

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  • Water line insurance? Call Milton Water Co.

    Another company is conducting a direct mail campaign in the Milton area attempting to solicit customers of the Milton Water Company to purchase an insurance policy that protects water customers from breaks in the water line that runs through the homeowner’s property from the water main.

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