When the subject is hydraulic fracturing and injecting oilfield brine — including the water and chemicals used in “fracking” operations — the safety of groundwater resources in the area is a natural question.
According to the Division of Oil and Gas Resources, injection wells are required to have three layers of protection (strings of steel pipe) to protect underground sources of drinking water.
After more than an hour in executive session deliberating, Danville Village Council members set the wages and salaries for village employees for 2012.
The Knox County Sheriff's Office has recently taken several reports of daytime burglaries and attempted burglaries.
South Main Street in Mount Vernon, between Gambier Street and Vine Street, will be closed to traffic on Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon. Closure is to allow placement of an HVAC unit onto the roof of the FirstMerit Bank. The city and the contractor are cooperating to minimize the time South Main Street will be closed.
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