Authorities in Montgomery County are investigating the theft of copper wire from a piece of machinery. The Sheriff’s Department says the wire was stolen from machinery belonging to Crushed Aggregate Products, LLC, of Red Oak, sometime between Saturday and early this (Monday) morning. An exact dollar amount of the loss is currently not available, but officials estimate it to be more than $10,000.

Anyone with information about the theft is asked to contact the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at 1-712-623-5107, or Crimestoppers, at 1-800-432-1001.

Matters pertaining to the Hotel-Motel tax in Shelby County will be heard before a meeting of the Shelby County Board of Supervisor’s, Tuesday.  The Supervisors and Harlan City Officials have received the Hotel/Motel Tax money from the Shelby County Chamber, which forwarded the funds to the new Hotel/Motel Tax Fiscal Agent, the Shelby County Auditor, last Wednesday. That information, however, was received five-days past the deadline set by the Shelby County Supervisors.

A sticking point with regard to the tax money, is the 3rd quarter administration fee to the Chamber. The Shelby County Chamber has submitted a bill to the Auditor for the 20% administration fee for 2012 3rd quarter dollars. Last Tuesday, the Shelby County Supervisors held a meeting and told the public the two entities’ lawyers were getting together to hammer out all the details. Tomorrow (Tuesday), the Supervisors will hold another regularly schedule board meeting. During the session, the Board will be make appointments to the Hotel/Motel Tax Committee, give a fund update, and hire an audit firm to expand the analysis of Shelby County Chamber’s management of the Hotel/Motel Tax funds, to include the time frame from September 30th, 2012 through February 14th, 2013.

The Shelby County Board of Supervisors meeting begins at 9-am on Tuesday in their Chambers at the Shelby County Courthouse.

(Joel McCall/KNOD)

Our sister station KNOD in Harlan reports Harlan Community School District’s Board Secretary and Superintendent Secretary,  Mrs. Terry Cox will be retiring at the end of the school year. According to Superintendent Justin Wagner, Cox has been with the school district for 29 years.

Her resignation is on  the agenda for this (Monday) evening’s meeting of the Harlan Community School District’s Board of Education.

The Atlantic Police Department reports two people were arrested over the weekend. On Sunday, 32-year old Jamie Willms, of Radcliffe, was arrested on a Serious Assault charge. And, on Saturday, 21-year old April Rutledge, of Atlantic, was arrested on an Adams County warrant for OWI/1st Offense. Both of the individuals were booked into the Cass County Jail and held, pending a court appearance.