FRONT PAGE NEWS

PSC holds first of three

public meetings

• Public invited to comment on proposed Kentucky American pipeline

Tensions ran high Monday night at a meeting held by the Public Service Commission.

The topic for discussion was the proposed Kentucky American treatment plant that would be constructed on the Kentucky River to treat and pump water to Lexington. The line, which would pump around 20 million gallons per day – according to PSC Chairman Mark Goss – would run through Owen County.

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Breaking Ground

• EGC Construction will begin work in the next two weeks on the site that will soon be home to new Owen County businesses

McDonald’s is coming.

A convenience store and gas station are too.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday at noon at the corner of Hwy. 127 and Hwy. 22 east, where a McDonald’s, convenient store and Texaco gas station will sit. Construction begins in a couple of weeks.

The project will be – and has been – handled by a number of people. EGC Construction will be doing the building and expects to get started within the next two weeks. LMB Associates has worked on developing the project since February of this year.  Ashcraft has worked as a selling broker.

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Cases of vandalism,

arson still unsolved

• Fires and vandalism have plagued Cubbage Avenue for several weeks

Residents of Cubbage Avenue have had a lot to deal with in the past few weeks.

In addition to several houses and a truck being burnt, there have been a number of acts of vandalism. Pools have been slashed, garden hoses have been cut, guns have even been shot through a window.

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