A location for a new Fayette County jail and courthouse complex will be a done deal Jan. 27, according to county commissioners.

Commissioners told The Citizen last week that they plan to take a final vote on the location at their regular meeting that night at 7 p.m., bringing to a close the heated discussions with opponents of the jail's location that came to a head in a public hearing Jan. 6.

After hearing from opponents in the hearing, commissioners said they wanted to consider all that they had heard before making a final decision about the site.

Last week, commissioners told The Citizen they have considered all the arguments and, unless someone presents a new, compelling argument before then that would change their minds, they will stick with their current site selection.

— Dave Hamrick