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78th District Representative Mark Hart

Hart returning to Frankfort

News Staff

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Mark Hart, Republican incumbent, easily won his race for the Kentucky House of Representative 78th District seat. While absentee ballots may still come by Friday, November 6 and the results are not official till Monday, November 9, Hart ran up a huge lead.

Heads or Tails may decide Butler City Council race

News Staff

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Even though 54 absentee ballots are outstanding, there is not expected to be one returned that will be from the Butler district.

Constitutional amendments have split support

News Staff

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Pendleton County voters were split on the two constitutional amendments. They said YES to Constitutional Amendment #1, commonly referred to as Marsy's Law, with 3,701 Yes votes and 2,429 votes.

Three incumbents continue on as Board of Education members

News Staff

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

With no opposition, Karen Delaney 1st District, Amber Beebe 3rd District and Cheri Griffin 4th District will return to the Pendleton County Board of Education. Delaney received 1,009 votes. Beebe was first appointed to the seat and won an election for the seat.

Ky Representative Mark Hart

Mark Hart easily carries Pendleton County

News Staff

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

No Democrat rose up to challenge Mark Hart for his Kentucky 78th District House of Representative seat but he did face a challenge from James Toller, Libertarian. Hart easily won Pendleton County, 5,725 to 851. Harrison County and Scott County has not yet reported.

Decision is now in Fiscal Court's hands on wet/dry issue

News Staff

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Pendleton County voters overwhelmingly chose for the county to allow alcohol sales for the entire county. Yes received 4,703 votes or No received 1,946 "I like to thank the people of PC in showing up to vote on this issue," said District 2 Magistrate Josh Plummer who championed the issue.

Falmouth has six clear cut chooses for city council

News Staff

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Falmouth residents were clear with their six choices for city council with three incumbents and three new members joining the council. Joyce Carson came two votes from an even 500 votes to be the top vote-getter with Darryl Ammerman receiving 475 votes and Amy Hurst with 434 votes.

Absentee ballot may determine the next Butler City Council

News Staff

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Eight residents threw their hat in the ring for Butler City Council and the voters have chosen the top five candidates with a tie for the sixth spot. Paul Vanlandingham was the only candidate to receive triple digit in vote total with an even 100 votes.

Fiscal Court appoints members to Code Enforcement Board

Keith Smith - Editor

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

After hiring Kevin Valentine as Code Enforcement Officer last week, the Pendleton County Fiscal Court moved forward on finalizing the Code Enforcement Board that will handle appeals and work to enforce the Nuisance Ordinance.

photo by Keith Smith

How is the voting in Pendleton County going?

Keith Smith - Editor

Friday, October 30, 2020

As of Friday afternoon, Pendleton Countians are taking advantage of the early voting and the county is approaching a 40 percent turnout of voters even with two more days of early in-person voting and Election Day itself on Tuesday, November 3.

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