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The Pulaski County Advisory Plan Commission (APC) met on Sept. 11 to host a special session and a public hearing regarding the proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) moratorium. President Abby Shidler-Dickey explained that the moratorium is being proposed so the APC has time to research and...
Brandi Larkin came before the Pulaski County Commissioners on Sept. 15 to ask the board about next steps after the originally planned town hall for Sept. 6 was canceled. Larkin said she is coming to the board on behalf of a large group on Pulaski County residents to ask if the commissioners would...
Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation (EPCSC) Superintendent Dara Chezem spoke about the current challenges they have been facing with bus driver shortages. Chezem explained during a regular school board meeting on Sept. 8 that several drivers have expressed interest in retiring, have went...
September 7, 1895, was surely a day of celebration when the Pulaski County Board of Commissioners officially took custody of the current Pulaski County Courthouse property from the architects and builders. Now, 130 years later, the Pulaski County community is celebrating once again with the...
The regular county council meeting on Sept. 8 was recessed so a public hearing could be held on the proposed 2026 Pulaski County budget. Auditor Teresa Bryant said that the total 2026 budget for Pulaski County is $26,738,507. Grants make up approximately $5 million of this budget. The line item...
The town hall that was scheduled to be held on Saturday, Sept. 6 was canceled due to concerns with an email that was sent to several elected officials on Friday, Sept. 5. According to the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, the email stated that certain elected officials would be injured or killed in...
Elementary principal Shawn Walsh and middle and high school principal Mike Carlson shared updates on the successful start to the year and outlined goals for the coming months during a regular school board meeting on Sept. 4. Principal Walsh said that the elementary students and teachers have...
A group of passionate alumni and Medaryville community members have formed a group, the Friends of the Medaryville Gymnasium, with a mission to preserve and rehabilitate the historic Medaryville High School gymnasium building to its former glory. The building has been most recently used as the...
A proposed merger between the building and zoning department and the community development commission (CDC), introduced at last month's joint session by Don Street, President of the Board of Commissioners, was met with disapproval from Commissioner Jenny Knebel. Further discussion on the topic...
At the Sept. 2 regular commissioners meeting, it was suggested by President Don Street that they look into potentially privatizing the Pulaski County Recycling and Transfer Station. President Street said that he emailed Auditor Teresa Bryant and she provided the station’s financial information from...