Thursday, February 18, 2021

Sizing up the courthouse situation

A previous courthouse that was torn down in 1960.
After sizing things up, there is renewed hope that Crittenden County’s proposed new justice center can be downtown.

Perhaps even more compelling is that some of the preliminary designs are taking into account historic features from one of the town’s earlier courthouses.

The six-member Justice Center Project Development Board met last week and chose architectural firm Sherman Carter Barnhart of Paducah to develop plans for the projected $12 million facility. Funding for the project was announced about 10 months ago, yet it could be another two years or more before the facility is done.

One thing that’s almost certain is that county government offices that exist in the courthouse now – such as sheriff, judge-executive, county clerk and property valuation administrator – will be ... for the rest of this article see the Feb. 18, 2021 full edition, go here.