General

Some financial maneuvering should allow one of Leitchfield’s park to reopen shuttered playground equipment in coming weeks.
Equipment at James D. Beville and B.G. Dewitt parks was closed in August, after a state inspection determined much of it needed repairs, upgrades or to be replaced.
State inspector Terri Wilkerson was called in after concerns were raised about the condition of the jungle gym at Beville Park.

Concerned about waiting the roughly six months for equipment to become available from a Kentucky firm, Leitchfield has agreed to buy a garbage truck from Jeffersonville, Ind.-based The Larson Group.
During the Oct. 1 city council meeting, Public Works Superintendent Wesley Shull recommended buying a 2019 Peterbilt 337 truck from the firm for $148,516.

Overall, Grayson County schools scored well in the Kentucky Department of Education’s 2017-18 Assessment and Accountability assessments, released in late September.
Kentucky is in the second year of a three-year transition to a new accountability system that reflects changes in state and federal laws under the Every Student Succeeds Act. Schools are no longer ranked or categorized as proficient or distinguished. Instead, those categories are used for individual achievement.

A Leitchfield man was killed in a head-on collision Monday afternoon on Leitchfield’s South Main Street.
The accident happened about 3:30 p.m. near the Western Kentucky Parkway interchange.
According to Kentucky State Police, John Riggins, 40, of Bowling Green, was headed north on South Main in a pickup, pulling a trailer. Preliminary investigations indicate he crossed into the southbound lanes and collided head-on with a smaller pickup being driven by Howard Elmore, 75, of Leitchfield.