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Leitchfield and state officials are teaming up to try to secure federal money to build the first leg of the west side of the William Thomason Byway.

Monday, the Leitchfield City Council approved allowing Mayor William Thomason to apply for a federal BUILD, or “Better Utilizing Investments for Leveraging Development” monies for roughly $23 million project.

Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center has been designated as a Level IV Trauma Center by Kentucky’s Department of Public Health.
Designation as a trauma center is reserved for hospitals that meet stringent standards and criteria as part of the Kentucky Trauma System. TLRMC’s designation is valid through February 2021.

Organizers are trying to gauge interest in starting a new Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Grayson County.
The post would be formed in the Leitchfield area, to serve local veterans. A minimum 35 new members are needed to found the post, with those people being considered charter members. Members of other VFW posts could transfer their membership to the new post and be considered charter members.

A Leitchfield police officer has been honored for saving the life of a man who was trying to kill himself.
During the May 21 city council meeting, Officer Chase Melton received a framed Lifesaving Award for his actions on May 11, 2016.
According to a commendation read by Police Chief Bryan Langdon, Melton was dispatched shortly before midnight to a home on Claggett Drive, where a man had intentionally cut himself with a knife.