Local

Local farmers, listen up. If you grow it, or maybe want to grow it, they will come. ‘They’ are food distributors that want and need more local food for their clients.

Louisville Farm to Table and Washington County Cooperative Extension are teaming up to put food distributors that need locally grown food in the same room as folks in the state that either are or are willing to consider growing it.
To set the table, a meal of locally grown food will be prepared for those attending the conference.

After months of no official news from the Washington County Fire Protection Association, news came on Monday during the regular scheduled fiscal court meeting.

John Parker Wharton spoke on behalf of the committee made up of members of the fiscal court, the Washington County Fire Protection Association (WCFPA), himself and Washington County Attorney Hamilton Simms.
Wharton said the committee has not had regular meetings because ‘there has been work going on trying to solve items that have stopped us from moving forward.’

A project that rolled out in late March is finally reaching its intended audience.

Project Lifesaver,  which helps caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients and autistic children, has been available for county residents since then.
Randall Chesser, the seven-year-old autistic boy that went missing for nearly two days last month, is the first person to benefit from the program.
The program includes a bracelet that resembles a wrist watch. The bracelet transmits a signal that carries over a 1.25 mile radius.