Lifespring, the community mental health center serving Clark, Floyd, Jefferson, Washington, Scott, and Harrison counties, regrets to announce that due to a significant decrease in projected revenues for next fiscal year, it will be abolishing approximately 50 staff positions.

The votes have been counted and most of the general election field has been set in Harrison County.

The most hotley contested race in the county was for sheriff.

Gary Gilley was the runaway winner to represent the Democrats in Novemeber. Gilley collected 60.42 percent of the vote. The closest competitior was Marty D. McClanahan with 16.29 percent of the the vote. Gilley will square-off against Republican winner Rodney Seelye. Seelye won handily over Thomas Bube. Seelye had 65.85 percent of the vote and Bube had 20.51 percent.