Pike County anticipating high price for death penalty trials

Every Pike County department head received a letter stating the county is switching to quarterly budgeting. Because revenues are down, cuts might be possible, and that doesn't even include the costs associated with trying members of the Wagner family for the Rhoden family killings. "When revenues are down and expenses are up, you have to make cuts where you've got to make them," Montgomery said. "It's never popular. It's tough decisions, but we're there."