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The Dry Ridge City Council lost one of its own last week.
Joni Pelfrey died at age 54 on July 12 after battling health issues. She was born Sept. 22, 1962 in Owenton and was the daughter of the late Harold Edward and Anna Lee Barnett Pelfrey.
Funeral services were held July 15 at the Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home in Williamstown. Burial was in the Williamstown Cemetery.
Joni was in her second two-year term on the Dry Ridge Council after taking her seat in January 2015.

Williamstown city officials are hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst ahead of discussions regarding a potential lawsuit with the Ark Encounter.

City attorney Jeff Shipp sent a letter to the tourist attraction on June 29 rejecting their request to be exempt from the safety assessment fee that establishes a 50-cent charge on three admission-based businesses in Williamstown.

 Citizen Foster Care Review Boards in 71 Kentucky counties are seeking volunteers to make a difference in the lives of local children in foster care and other out-of-home care.
The boards are in need of volunteers to review cases of children placed in care because of dependency, neglect or abuse to ensure they are placed in safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible.

Kentucky will begin to address its structurally deficient infrastructure system with a data-driven list of statewide transportation projects released by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet on June 26.