School Officials File Lawsuits

{Lexington, Kentucky}…Last week, the Kentucky Board of Education voted to give management of the Breathitt County school district to the state. Charles David Napier, assistant superintendent, and Steve Banks, transportation director, filed lawsuits Monday in U.S. District Court in Lexington against former superintendent Arch Turner, former board member George Daniel Strong, board members Shirley Hudson, Ina Southwood and Bobby Gross and Melanie Stevens, who was hired as interim superintendent after Turner was jailed in May but has since been suspended. The lawsuits say those who cooperated with the FBI during an investigation into vote fraud in Breathitt County were targeted for retaliation.