Today's News

The Marion County Board of Education has scheduled a special-called meeting for 5 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at the board office, 755 E. Main Street in Lebanon.

The agenda is short, including student learning and support consent items and an executive session to discuss personnel under KRS 61.810(1)(f).

This provision allows the board to hold an executive session on matters that may lead to the appointment, discipline or dismissal of an employee, member or student. The law does allow the individual in question the right to hold a public hearing if requested. 

A Lebanon man pled guilty to third-degree rape, and two other Lebanon residents pled guilty to charges stemming from the same incident in Marion Circuit Court recently.
Dylan Humphrey, 21, of 342 Oak Street in Lebanon entered a guilty plea April 18 to third-degree rape.
Natasha M. Humphrey, 21, also of 342 Oak Street in Lebanon pled guilty April 18 to complicity to third-degree rape.
And Randall P. Smith, 24, of 627 Doctor Street in Lebanon pled guilty April 25 to first-degree wanton endangerment.

A Louisville man who is facing assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct charges in Marion District Court has filed a civil lawsuit against the City of Lebanon, the Lebanon Police Department, the Marion County Sheriff’s Department and several individual officers.
James G. Walker Jr., 47, of 7500 Farm House Lane in Louisville was arrested at 12:11 a.m. Dec. 24, 2011 at McB’s.

Five members of the Linde family have filed a lawsuit stemming from a tractor accident on the day of last year’s Warrior Dash. This is the second civil suit filed in connection with that incident.
Lawrence Linde and Christopher Linde of Louisville and Kevin, Heather and Amelia Linde of Florence are listed as plaintiffs in the civil complaint filed April 12 in Marion Circuit Court against Steven Baudendistel of 1190 Popes Creek Road in Lebanon.
In the complaint, the Lindes accused Baudendistel of “actual malice” and “gross negligence.”