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A Washington County grand jury has returned indictments against three people.

Anna Pettus, Washington County’s 2011 Junior Miss, and daughter of John and Barbara Pettus of Springfield, competed in the Kentucky Junior Miss contest over the weekend in Lexington.
While there, Pettus stayed with a host family who served as her family away from Springfield.

The annual Washington County celebration of the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of our nation’s greatest leaders for peace and justice, will take place at the River of Life Community Church from 7-8:30 p.m. tonight. The guest preacher will be Rev. Chester A. Palmer, pastor of Lexington’s Bethany Missionary Baptist Church. All are invited and welcome to attend.

Newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that household incomes and home prices in Washington County have dramatically risen in the last decade since the survey was conducted.
Despite a sluggish national economy. median household incomes for Washington County have skyrocketed from $33,136 in 2000 to about $42,995 in 2010, the report shows. That’s just above the state annual income average of $41,197.