Regional/State

Approximately 15 members of the 613th Engineer Facilities Detachment will mobilize in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on June 20 at 1 p.m. from the River of Life Community Church, 1250 KY 555, Springfield, Ky.

While deployed, the unit will lead a group called the Infrastructure Training

More money is being spent in Washington County for tourism-related activities, according to numbers released recently from the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. 

Direct tourism expenditures went up $101,340 from 2010 to 2011, according to the report. Over $2.6 million dollars were spent in 2011 on hotels, meals and fuel. 

Kathy Elliott, the Springfield Tourism Commission executive director, attributes the increase to the collection of the restaurant and lodging tax and the marketing that has resulted. 

The indictment of a person by a grand jury is an accusation only, and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

A man formerly of Washington County was indicted on charges in Jefferson County in February and March.

An open records request made to Louisville Metro Police Department for more information has gone unanswered. 

The Marion and Washington county chapters of the Boy Scouts of America got a boost last week from a Hall of Fame jockey. Pat Day was the guest speaker at the Friends of Scouting benefit dinner April 24 at Centre Square.

Day won more than 8,800 races in his career. He is the all-time leading rider at Churchill Downs and Keeneland. He’s won all three races of the Triple Crown races and 12 Breeder’s Cup races. He’s also a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey.