WKYT | Lexington, Kentucky | News, Weather, Sports  Woman
Receives $8,000 Water Bill For Unoccupied Home  A Danville
family is shocked when they receive a water bill in the
thousands for a home that's not been used in years. What's worth
is they can't get an answer as to why it's so high.  The
Danville house hasn't been lived in for two years not since
Lurlene Gray went to a nursing home. Now her granddaughters are
saddled with a huge water bill for $8,000 for part of January
and February. But the city's water company wants them to pay up.
Sherlene Tucker paid the last bill she received, a reasonable
amount, about $35 to cover the period from October 9th through
December 11th. The ground around the house isn't saturated and
there are no apparent signs of a leak.  The family says they've
called and gone to city hall for an explanation. When
27NEWSFIRST went there the women at the pay-desk immediately
knew why we were there.  We decided to go directly to the city
manager's office where officials were behind cl