Local News

Carrollton Utilities and Carrollton Fire Department responded to a gas leak at the corner of Hawkins and Kelley streets around 11 a.m. Thursday, March 27.

The leak was secured at approximately 4:30 p.m., however Hawkins Street remained closed at Eighth and Ninth streets for at least an hour longer, Carrollton Fire Chief Greg Beck said.

A boil water advisory has been put into effect for 16 nearby residences, Carrollton Utilities Manager Bill Osborne said. This occurs as a precaution any time there is a drop in water pressure, he said.

The Carroll County Senior Center asked Carrollton Mayor Gene McMurry to participate in “Mayors for Meals” day to help promote the Meals on Wheels program.

Meals on Wheels delivers a healthy meal, prepared in Northern Kentucky, to homebound individuals Monday through Friday, and there are several people on the waiting list, volunteer Richard Dellaquila said. He delivers food to five individuals in Carrollton and two on Mill Creek Road.

The City of Prestonville voted at their commission meeting March 18 to return the city park sign to the park site.

The sign was removed on the request of Billy Walker Sr., who believed the wording on the sign was illegal due to the fact that the sign contained the names of the previous commissioners. He expressed his concern and said, “90 percent of the people [who built the park] were kin folk” of those same city officials.