Fayette County and the surrounding communities are feeling the impact of a repeated cycle of untreated mental illness and addiction leading to homelessness, leading to crime. When persons with mental illness are also homeless, they lack the support necessary to maintain their mental health with medications and therapy.  In addition to a lack of proper…

Discussion on raising the hourly wages and the morale of Fayette County employees was the first item, and one of the main topics, of the budget meeting of the Fayette County Board on Tuesday, Oct. 5. County Clerk, Jessica Barker, stated that she recently lost two new employees in her office and that, in general,…