Pulaski County Circuit Court Clerk J.S. Flynn is currently on paid administrative leave in connection to a complaint received by state court officials.
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In this October 2010 photo, Circuit Judge Jeffrey Burdette (right) surveys some of the security equipment at the newly opened Pulaski County Judicial Center.
A veteran judge is turning in his gavel, at least in terms of the daily docket.
Jeffrey T. Burdette, Chief Circuit Judge for the 28th Judicial Circuit, has announced that he is retiring after 30 years of public service. His last day on the bench will be March 16.
But Judge Burdette isn t totally done with the law. He has been asked by Kentucky Chief Justice John Minton Jr. to become a Special Judge and will travel across the commonwealth to hear various felony cases and civil mediations when home-based judges aren t available.