NEW CASTLE — The Lawrence County Commissioners will shut down the courthouse during Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks to save the county some money.

The commissioner want workers unaffected by those closures to agree to a 3 percent wage rollback instead of taking the holiday furloughs.

The commissioners say the county must use $900,000 from its general fund for employees who would normally be paid using state funds tied up as the General Assembly fights to pass a budget. The courthouse will close from Nov. 23 to 27 and Dec. 21 to 28, and workers won't be paid for those holidays. Workers at the jail, 911 center and coroner's office are asked to take a 3 percent pay cut instead of the furloughs.