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==Current events== Livingston is a community steeped in a tradition of country, bluegrass and spiritual music. On weekends, area residents gather to events downtown that celebrate their music and heritage. In August 2021, State Governor [[Andy Beshear]] appointed Donna Montgomery-Durham as Livingston City Commissioner.<ref>{{cite web |title=Appointments to Kentucky Boards and Commissions |url=https://www.lanereport.com/145463/2021/08/appointments-to-kentucky-boards-and-commissions/ |website=Lane Report |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref> In November 2023, on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, a [[CSX Transportation|CSX]] freight train [[2023 Kentucky train derailment|derailed]] in Livingston, with some tanker cars spilling molten sulfur and catching fire. With the potential for a potentially harmful [[sulfur dioxide]] release, the area was evacuated for Thanksgiving Day<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-23 |title=Kentucky residents can return home on Thanksgiving after derailed train spills chemicals, forces evacuations - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/livingston-kentucky-train-derailment-evacuees-csx-chemicals-fire/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> As Gov. Beshear declared a state of emergency and activated the Emergency Operations Center, the small town's emergency made national news. The fire was extinguished on Thanksgiving Day<ref>{{Cite web |title=CSX.com - Livingston, Ky., Response |url=https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/about-us/media/livingston-ky-response/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=www.csx.com |language=en}}</ref> and folks were allowed to return home.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raze |first=Raja |date=2023-11-23 |title=Fire extinguished at site of Kentucky derailment and residents can return home, CSX says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/23/us/livingston-kentucky-train-derailment/index.html |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Residents of Kentucky town can return home after crews extinguish derailment fire |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2023/11/23/crews-extinguish-kentucky-derailment-fire-that-prompted-thanksgiving-evacuation/71687369007/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=The Detroit News |language=en-US}}</ref>
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