- Garrard names new superintendent May 17, 2013LANCASTER — Garrard County Board of Education has named a new school superintendent, effective July 1. […]
- Public Record for May 19, 2013 May 17, 2013BOYLE […]
- Garrard explores refunding tax May 15, 2013LANCASTER — When Garrard County Judge-Executive John Wilson announced to the Fiscal Court last August that the county had paid off the $4.5 million hospital debt 10 years early, discussions began on how quickly the insurance premium tax, which had been burdening taxpayers while decreasing the debt, could be repealed. […]
- Attorney General: Lancaster council violated Open Meetings Act May 14, 2013LANCASTER — In a May 6 ruling, the Kentucky Attorney General’s office said the behavior of the Lancaster City Council members “fell within the zone of conduct prohibited” by the Open Meetings Act. […]
- Investigation into assault of Lancaster woman continues May 14, 2013LANCASTER — Police are still investigating the events that led to the hospitalization of a Lancaster woman Saturday after she was assaulted by a man whom police believe to be an ex-boyfriend. […]
Archive for March, 2011
A farewell to Garrard County from Ben
March 9th, 2011 | 
Author: The Advocate-Messenger has decided to move me into a new position, where I will be designing pages for the Advocate and Jessamine Journal papers full-time, which means I will no longer be the Garrard County reporter.
I will greatly miss covering Garrard. You all have been very welcoming and open with me, an outsider, and made me feel right at home. I’m glad I could serve the people of the county for close to two years, providing as much accurate info as I could on important and interesting events and happenings. I hope if you were a regular reader of the paper or this blog, you were satisfied with the coverage I provided.
Advocate-Messenger reporter Mandy Simpson will be taking over as Garrard County reporter as I step down. She is a recent graduate of Western Kentucky University who came to the Advocate in January. She has some serious reporting chops and I have no doubt she’ll be great at covering Garrard.
Sources: You can still contact me with any story ideas or information you have, and I will be more than happy to get it into the paper or pass it along to the appropriate person. You can also contact Mandy at msimpson@amnews.com.
Once again, thanks to everyone in Garrard County for letting me cover your news.
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Audit and press release from state auditor available
Crit Luallen now has the audit (pdf) of the Garrard County Court Clerk’s office available on its Web site, along with a press release about the audit:
Auditors became aware that in calendar year 2009 an employee of the clerk’s office was able to conduct transactions and then void all or part of the transaction – resulting in 170 transactions totaling $3,247 being altered during the year and deposits being reduced to match altered records.
Auditors also identified that this same activity took place during the beginning of 2010 until it was discovered in June. For 2010, approximately 717 transactions totaling $16,714 were altered.
Total amount of missing funds auditors identified is $19,961.
Full story will be in tomorrow’s Advocate.