From the News Edge: Transportation officials are reporting a traffic backup along the westbound lanes of I-24 in the work zone from near the Kentucky-Tennessee State Line to the Fort Campbell Boulevard exit. The contractor is pouring concrete as part of ongoing pavement rehabilitation work around the 89-mile marker, near the Pembroke-Oak Grove exit. While concrete trucks are moving in and out of this work area delivering material, the traffic backup appears to be more related to heavy traffic along the westbound lanes today. Westbound I-24 traffic in this work zone is backed up about 3 to 4 miles at this time with traffic slowed to about 35 mph in the area. To help reduce traffic congestion in this area, regular commuters who normally travel this section of I-24 westbound are being asked to seek an alternate route, if possible...............................................................................................................................A Night With The Blues is Saturday night at the Alhambra Theatre. The show will feature the music of blues band “Willie Sugarcapps.” VIP tickets are $50 each and included reserve seating and an "eat, meet, and greet" with the band before the show. General admission tickets are $25 each. Proceeds benefit the Pennyroyal Arts Council. To get tickets, call the Pennyroyal Arts Council, or go to pennyroyalarts.org

Posted: Sunday, 20 January 2013 11:40PM

Liabilities Fall Back On School Districts

An institution Kentucky schools have relied on for years has gone under and school districts across the state are having to pay to cover its outstanding liabilities. The Kentucky School Board Insurance Trust will go out of business in June and local districts will have to pay their part of 60 million dollar in past insurance claims. Neither Trigg nor Christian County has been told how much their district is going to be required to pay but some larger districts like Fayette and Jefferson will have to pay upwards of 1 million dollars.

Trigg County Superintendent Travis Hamby says while they haven't been told how much they owe they did used the program in the 2000's.

Christian County Superintendent Mary Ann Gemmill says they've been given options on how to repay whatever they owe.

Officials say about 40 percent of Kentucky's 174 school districts used KSBIT for workers comp and general liability.

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