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 “For something to get done, you have to monitor what is being done and look for ways to do it better,” Assistant Superintendent Bill Hogan said, prefacing his explanation of a new system of evaluating class work during the Oct. 22 meeting of the Carroll County Board of Education.

The new system of evaluating lesson plans and goals, the use of technology in the classroom and what type of information is being taught is accomplished through what Hogan called “eWalk.”

The northbound exit ramp for I-71 Exit 44 was closed for several hours on Thursday, Oct. 22 due to an overturned semi, according to Director of Emergency Management Ed Webb. The I-71 northbound entrance ramp remained open.  

At about 9:40 a.m., an ASA Recycling truck tipped over while driving along a curve on the ramp, spilling its cargo of scrap metal in the road, along the guardrail and in the grass.

The Trimble Banner   An LG&E official says the company intends to make repairs to stone walls that front Bedford Cemetery on the north and south sides of U.S. 42. Portions of the walls were damaged Oct. 4 when a tractor-trailer hauling equipment to LG&E’s Wise’s Landing site allegedly had trouble negotiating the tur

Inspections are underway this week to determine if one of the miter leaf gates was damaged when the downstream lock gate on the 1,200-by-110 foot chamber failed during operation Sunday, Sept. 27.

The second of the two leaves is resting on the bottom of the lock chamber. The other inoperable lock leaf remained affixed to the lock chamber and required stabilization after what was termed a “catastrophic failure,” by officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District.