Today's Opinions

To the editor:
On Aug. 17, I needed to utilize the services of the South Oldham Fire Department and Oldham County EMS.
The reason why is not important. What is important is the quality of services provided by the staff.
Initially I wanted my wife to drive me to the emergency room, but on the way, it soon became apparent that I needed immediate assistance. We stopped at the South Oldham Fire station to seek help.
That was one of the best decisions we ever made.

To the editor:
I was dismayed to read about the deplorable conditions of the Oldham County Jail — and, while I think that topic begs the question of how things were let to become so bad in the first place, the bigger question still exists of how to proceed.
The current Oldham County jail has 115 beds, and yet it houses an average of only 30-35 Oldham County inmates.
We cannot fill the existing space to capacity with just the local offenders, so why are we trying to recruit more alleged lawbreakers into our county?