Statehouse candidates emphasized different priorities: incumbents touted recent tax cuts and infrastructure funding while challengers focused on education funding and local control over large developments such as data centers.

Forum participants debated use of Flock cameras and ICE detention contracts. Candidates urged clearer rules, public reporting and limits to minimize misuse while acknowledging public-safety benefits in some cases.

Dozens of local candidates outlined priorities on education, infrastructure, economic growth and public safety at a fall 2026 Oldham County candidate forum. Themes included school funding and staffing, managing large-scale development, and transparency around law enforcement technology.

Across magistrate races, candidates said the county needs earlier public engagement, stronger zoning tools and clearer online information to evaluate large developments such as data centers. Some candidates framed the projects as threats to green space and water resources.

Oldham County Planning & Zoning Commission voted 11‑0 to recommend rezoning about 66.8 acres on Commerce Parkway from PUD to I‑1 and to approve a preliminary development plan for two speculative warehouses totaling roughly 923,200 sq ft. Staff cited stormwater, stream mitigation and left‑turn‑lane geometry as details for construction review.

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Relief funds, shelters and damage surveys launched as multiple High Plains wildfires burn and strong winds continue into Friday.

The commission discussed a development plan for 72 apartments aimed at supporting individuals with disabilities.

The Oldham County Planning Commission approved a preliminary plan for Summit Creek Apartments, a 196-unit development on 20.31 acres straddling Oldham and Jefferson counties, with binding elements including a $300,000 contribution toward intersection improvements and a 75-units-per-year limit for the Oldham portion.

Ryan Lloyd of the KIPDA Area Development District told Oldham County Fiscal Court the regional Hazard Mitigation Plan (covering six counties) is about 85–90% complete, is updated on a five‑year schedule and will be submitted to state review and FEMA in late September–mid‑October; he invited county input and noted FEMA funding eligibility depends on plan currency.

After extended presentations and more than two hours of public testimony raising traffic, dam safety and environmental concerns, the commission approved Camden Ridge (67 lots) with binding elements including a $211,000 letter of credit for South Camden Lane improvements (developer to construct if county cannot start), a 29‑permit/year phasing limit, and prohibition on direct‑discharge home sewage treatment units; vote 10–0.

Developers proposed 94 apartments on Allen Lane; county engineering, LaGrange Fire & Rescue and utility agencies flagged stormwater, access and utility issues, while neighbors questioned drainage, tree loss, and safety near the railroad. The TRC recorded comments and will forward the file to Planning Commission for binding elements and further review.

At first reading, Judge Vogel proposed removing the words 'large' and 'hyperscale,' capping data‑center power at 10 megawatts in certain districts, raising medium building size to 110,000 sq ft, and requiring property owners within 1,000 feet be notified by first‑class mail two weeks before neighborhood meetings; the court approved the amendments on first reading.

Judge Executive David Vogel told fiscal court that Speaker David Osborne and Senate President Robert Stivers have convened a work group of clerks and election officials to examine GIS boundary discrepancies after hundreds of residents received notices moving them out of Oldham County.

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The Planning Commission approved a PUD revised development plan to add 13 new single‑family lots within Norton Commons Hamlet Section 3C, subject to binding elements limiting annual building pace and requiring street‑tree and stormwater controls.

Oldham County approved a 64‑lot preliminary subdivision (Rose Allen Glen) on roughly 102 acres, adopting multiple binding elements — including road improvements, stormwater controls, nondisturb buffers and a reduced build intensity limited to 10 building permits per year — after extended testimony about sewer access, Rose Island Road safety, floodplain and drainage.

The commission approved a major amendment to the Norton Commons Hamlet Section 1 development plan (PZ-26-018), increasing Section 1 from 111 to 114 single-family lots and from 5 open-space lots to 7 on ~48.6 acres; staff and the county engineer said stormwater and connectivity impacts are manageable and will be addressed in plan submittals.

County leaders credited a coalition of local organizations and opioid-abatement/settlement money, plus a fiscal court allocation, for enabling Oldham County's kit distribution program and related community events.

Officials demonstrated how to use the naloxone included in the one-box kits and said the county will offer public overdose prevention education and naloxone training at a free event called 'Summer Vibes Saving Lives.'

Attorney General Russell Coleman said Oldham County's jail distribution of one-box opioid kits shows a pragmatic approach that pairs law enforcement with treatment and prevention, and he cited local overdose figures to underscore the need for such programs.

Oldham County officials announced that the Oldham County Detention Center will distribute a one-box opioid response kit — including two doses of Narcan and PPE — to people as they leave the facility, part of a broader county and state effort to reduce post-release overdoses.

The applicant proposed a mixed‑use rezoning at 13120 West Highway 42 with CN along US‑42 and multifamily (R4) behind it, roughly 56 units. Staff identified missing site data and probable traffic assessment and stormwater/permitting requirements; adjacent homeowners asked about woodland clearing near Herod's Creek and whether access roads would change.