Leitchfield News

News-Gazette Newly-appointed Leitchfield City Council Member Margie Decker was sworn in by City Attorney Kenneth Smart during the Monday, June 17 Council meeting.

News-Gazette Leitchfield business Circle M Automation, owned by Brian Manion , recently celebrated its tenth year in business with an open house alongside numerous City and County officials.

The Leitchfield Police Department is currently investigating a hit and run accident that left one man seriously injured.

News-Gazette Community children take a moment to cool off in the Leitchfield City Pool which opened for the summer on May 25. Pool Manager Kendra Childress said the pool has had a successful first few weeks and has stayed busy from open to close.

News-Gazette John Higdon and Laura Bruner recently opened their new business, Corner Electronics, which specializes in the sale and repair of electronic products.

News-Gazette The Leitchfield Police Department recently acquired a drug drop-off bin in which individuals can dispose of their unwanted or extra prescription drugs.

Despite the suicides of a dozen Kentucky lawyers in the last three years, members of the legal profession continue to view depression and anxiety as commonplace.

News-Gazette Dwight Embry accepted a Beautification Award on behalf of himself and Tammy Embry from Leitchfield Mayor William Thomason for the Embrys' efforts to improve the appearance of a number of properties in Leitchfield.

News-Gazette Leitchfield City Council Member Steven Elder officially announced his resignation from City Council during its Monday, June 3 meeting.

The Leitchfield City Tourism Commission recently elected to allow Grayson County Community Education to name the upcoming Leitchfield aquatic center, during its regularly-scheduled meeting on Tuesday, May 28.

There are at least a dozen lawyers in Kentucky who have committed suicide since 2010.

News-Gazette Warren RECC brought in a bounce house for its Customer Appreciation Day on Thursday, May 30.

News-Gazette Pictured: During the regularly-scheduled Monday, May 20 Leitchfield City Council meeting, Leitchfield Public Works Director Darrell Harrell presents a plaque to commemorate City Maintenance Worker Myron Weedman's April 16 retirement and sixteen years of service to the City.

News-Gazette Four soldiers, carrying the American flag and the Kentucky State flag, led the annual Memorial Day Parade from its start point behind the Leitchfield Fire House on South Main Street to its destination, the Centre on Main, on Saturday, May 25.

A number of local residents approached the Leitchfield City Council to express their concerns regarding the replacement of Council members, during the regularly-scheduled Monday, May 20 meeting.

News-Gazette Numerous city officials and local residents also gathered to celebrate the grand opening of and ribbon-cutting of the Firefighter Park's pavilion and splash pad on Monday, May 20.

The Leitchfield City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance that, if passed into law, will increase the City's monthly waste disposal bill at a rate of ten percent for four consecutive years, during the Council's regularly-scheduled, Monday, May 21 meeting.