Government

Oldham County voters will have a chance to select nominees for federal and local offices when they head to the polls in one week.

Voters will select the two nominees for U.S. Senate, as well as a host of countywide offices. In the U.S. Senate race, the two main GOP hopefuls are challenger Matt Bevin and U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell. On the Democratic side, the nominee is likely to be Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes.

For many voters this primary, heading to the same polling place they always have will be a wasted trip.

That’s because many precincts have changed locations, while four new precincts were created in Oldham County as a result of redistricting and the 2010 Census, County Clerk Julie Barr said.

Both magisterial districts and state House lines are redrawn every 10 years after new census results come in, Barr said. After both of those lines are drawn, it’s up to the clerk to make sure precincts line up with the new maps.

The process to find a new county road superintendent is officially underway.

The Oldham County Fiscal Court accepted the resignation of former superintendent Lance Lashley at its May 6 meeting. Lashley resigned on April 25 amid an investigation into the misuse of materials at the road department.

In the meantime, Mark Husband, formerly an assistant superintendent, has been approved as the acting superintendent until a new one is hired. The Fiscal Court approved a raise in pay for Husband due to his new responsibilities.

The City of La Grange is pleased to announce that Oldham Public Bus will have a special bus run on Election Day, May 20, so people without transportation and the physically impaired can to go the polling places to cast their votes.

The bus will serve the following precincts: C-102 and D-106 at the La Grange Fire House, C-103 and C-106 at La Grange Elementary School and D-101 and F-101 at La Grange Baptist Church.