Regional

The Oldham County Democratic Party’s annual fund-raising dinner promises to  
pack a punch this year with three high-octane guest speakers who will address  
issues of concern to all Kentucky democrats:
•Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear,
•State Rep. Attica Scott (D, Dist. 41-Jefferson County), and
•Ann Dickerson, who heads Indivisible Kentucky’s Northern Division 4.  
The event, which begins at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28 at the John Black  

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Matt Bevin applauded a federal court ruling last week that upholds the Constitutional right to prayer during public meetings.
The Bevin Administration had filed an amicus brief in the case of Bormuth v. County of Jackson (Michigan), which was before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. At issue was County’s practice of opening their monthly Board of Commissioners meetings in prayer.

By DAVE TAYLOR
The Trimble Banner
Buried beneath the sod near the present-day office of Mark Smith’s State Farm Insurance Agency in Carrollton is an unconventional “coffin” containing the remains of what was once a thriving restaurant on a busy Northern Kentucky thoroughfare.

The Kentucky State Police will be conducting traffic safety checkpoints in the counties of Oldham, Trimble, Henry, Owen, Carroll and Gallatin during the period of Sept. 1st through 30th. The intent of a traffic safety checkpoint is to provide for high visibility public safety service, focusing on vehicular equipment deficiencies, confirming appropriate registration of vehicles, the licensing of drivers, and detection of impaired drivers.