School board: Investigator hired to dig into claims against Superintendent Liggins

An independent investigator will dig into allegations against Superintendent Demetrus Liggins made by the Fayette County school budget director he suspended.

On Wednesday, school board chairman Tyler Murphy sent Ann Sampson Grimes a letter saying the board had retained attorney Leigh Latherow of the VanAntwerp law firm in Ashland to conduct an independent investigation.

Latherow will investigate allegations in the Aug. 27 letter from Sampson-Grimes’ attorney Brandon Voelker that are directed against Liggins…

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