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Morgan flees over Ohio River, ‘great raid’ welcomes over 250

A crowd of over 250 spectators witnessed Gen. John Hunt Morgan’s ‘great raid’ in downtown Brandenburg July 12 during the start of the weekend Civil War re-enactment.

The event was the capstone for outgoing Meade County Public Library director James Mitchell, who left the position earlier this year to relocate to Georgia.

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Done deal
Fiscal Court adopts county comprehensive plan

Following a year’s worth of meetings, Meade County has a comprehensive plan.

The document was unanimously endorsed by magistrates during their July 8 meeting.

This process, which started late last year, resulted in what has been called the first revision of the county’s comprehensive plan. The document was first proposed, but not adopted, by Fiscal Court in January 2005

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Veteran receives diploma from school board; school meal prices to increase

The July 8 meeting of the Meade County Board of Education began with the awarding of a high school diploma to Vietnam War veteran Randall Bandy. Bandy had left high school in 1966 to join the military. He came home to Meade County after serving his country, but never received his high school diploma. Now, many years later, Superintendent Mitch Crump, on behalf of Meade County Schools, conferred Bandy’s diploma upon him.

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See this week's Meade County Messenger for the following articles

Fort Knox garrison leadership changes in July 11 ceremony

Changes on the horizon for Meade County’s school nutrition program

Fiscal Court awards surplus ambulance to Battletown

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