TAYLOR MILL, Ky. (WKRC) – Police in a Northern Kentucky city need help: Less than a week after it welcomed back a hometown country music star, a sign honoring her, disappeared.

A crowd cheered on country music star Carly Pearce just last Thursday. The Taylor Mill native, recently inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, was honored by her hometown.

Mayor Dan Bell led the ceremony.

“It was a no-brainer for the city to give her some accolades for her success,” Bell said.

Pearce now has her own day in Taylor Mill, she got a key to the city and became a Kentucky Colonel.

Also, anyone who drives into Taylor Mill will see a new sign with Pearce’s name on it. Taylor Mill Police Chief Steve Knauf said the sign was put up at the south end of the city on Pride Parkway.

“She was nice enough to take pictures with a lot of the police officers that helped protect her that day. Unfortunately, just yesterday morning, somebody had stolen that sign,” Knauf said.

Someone removed the bolts and ripped it off the metal poles.

“They purposely put it up high so people could see it but also to deter theft. We are thinking it was probably a two-person job,” Knauf said.

The city already replaced it with a second sign that was supposed to go up in the north end of the city.

“We were hurt, especially with the time involved in making this day a special day for her and a special day for the city,” Bell said.

Police have no leads on who could have taken the sign. They hope someone saw it happen.

“Or, oftentimes, people want to talk about things when they get a nice prized possession like this. Hopefully, maybe somebody said something to somebody,” Knauf said.

Call Taylor Mill Police at 859-581-1192 with any information.