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January

Medley shines at state DYW

Elizabeth Medley represented Washington County well this past weekend as she brought home first runner-up honors from the Kentucky Distinguished Young Women competition.

Medley, an 18-year-old senior at Washington County High School, is the daughter of Tony and Julie Medley of Springfield. She won the local competition last year, earning the right to represent the county in state competition against 30 other contestants in Lexington at the University of Kentucky’s Singletary Center for the Arts.

Glenn Black has been a public servant his entire adult life, and after 15 years in office, he’s hanging his hat up for good.

Black, who has been the county clerk since 2003, has announced he will not seek re-election next year.

“I think it’s time to go ahead and retire,” Black said in a quiet room in the back of his office. “I’ve been in some form of public service for nearly 50 years.”

Folks who know Black from his time as clerk may not know that he was an educator for 34 years prior to that.

I am really opposed to the recently passed tax bill by the Republicans.

You can be a Democrat or a Republican but most of all I’m an accountant.

Numbers don’t lie.

You see I hold three degrees to include one in accounting and a Master of Business Administration. Before I retired, I spent decades in accounting to include a few years as an Internal Revenue Agent in government, a Director of Student Financial Aid at a nonprofit college and mostly in a manufacturing company.

A Washington County Fiscal Court magistrate was arrested for three misdemeanor charges on Dec. 16 by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, however, what actually happened that night remains unclear.

According to a uniform citation filed at the circuit clerk’s office, Magistrate Terry Tingle, 66, of Springfield was charged with reckless driving, fleeing or evading police in a motor vehicle, and resisting arrest.