Howard County voters will notice some COVID-19 precautions when they head to the polls on Tuesday. County Clerk Shelly Howell…

Howell says poll locations had already been reduced before the pandemic started.

The one issue on the Howard County ballot is a tax levy increase in the city of New Franklin to meet the cost of essential city services. There are contested school board races in the Fayette, Glasgow and New Franklin districts. There is a contested race for mayor of Fayette.