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Coroner reports rising suicides; sheriff says tax collections near complete in quarterly updates
Summary
Pat Elmore, Hardin County coroner, reported a three‑month caseload with an uptick in suicides (all by gunshot in the recent cluster) and Sheriff John Ward presented law‑enforcement activity and said the office had collected about 99.23% of property taxes by April 15 with roughly $815,000 outstanding.
At the April 27 meeting, Coroner Pat Elmore summarized the coroner’s office activity for the last three months and flagged an increase in suicides among older individuals.
Elmore gave month‑by‑month figures for the coroner’s caseload and said of the recent suicides, "it's actually all of those were gunshots," noting concern and that the office does not yet…
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