FILE: Metcalfe County Judge/Executive Harold Stilts speaks to a crowd at the University of Kentucky Agriculture Agency in Glasgow.
(BRENNAN CRAIN/WCLU NEWS)
BY BRENNAN D. CRAIN, WCLU News
EDMONTON — Metcalfe County has joined the list of Kentucky counties with a burning ban in place.
Judge/Executive Harold Stilts issued the ban on Oct. 10, stating drought conditions there. The ban comes amid several other counties with similar bans.
According to the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, many of these counties are in southern Kentucky.
- Ballard
- Barren
- Butler
- Calloway
- Carlisle
- Crittenden
- Fulton
- Hart
- Hickman
- Hopkins
- Livingston
- Logan
- Lyon
- McLean
- McCracken
- Metcalfe
- Muhlenberg
- Todd
- Trigg
- Union
- Warren
The bans are in place until further notice. Though significant rain drenched the area on Wednesday afternoon, it remains unclear if these bans will be lifted.
