Government
As of July 2011:
- Mayor: Ed Harlow
- Vice Mayor: Jim Steele
- Council Member: James R. Heaney
- Council Member: Don Ashley
- Council Member: Guy P. Odum
- City Manager: Dewey Cashwell Jr.
- City Attorneys: Ed Stout and Pete Curcio
- City Clerk: Steve Allen
- Sheriff: Jack Weisenburger
- Circuit Court Clerk: Terry Rohr
- Commissioner of Revenue: Terry Frye
- Commonwealth Attorney: Jerry Wolfe
- City Treasurer: Angel Harris
- School Board Chairman: Ronald Cameron
- School Board Vice Chairman: Randy White
- School Board Member: Randy Alvis
- School Board Member: Tyrone Foster
- School Board Member: Beth Rhinehart
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