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  • Missing person found

    Campbellsville Police have found a Campbellsville man reported missing early Friday, May 17, morning.

    According to a police report, police were searching for George Maynard, a 68-year-old white male who is 5'11 and weighs 200 pounds.

    Maynard was reported as last seen at his home on Pitman Avenue at about 1 a.m. He was found at about 7:30 a.m.

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  • Up, Up and Away!

    Though there wasn't much flying to be had, children still had their heads in the clouds on Saturday.

    Taylor County Airport hosted its annual Airport Day, with games, food, miniature airplanes and pilots on standby in case the clouds cleared and they were given the all clear to offer plane rides.

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  • County's road damage lawsuit dismissed

    The lawsuit claiming a Columbia company damaged a road while working in Taylor County has been dismissed.

    The plaintiffs, Taylor County’s magistrates, can file the claim again, however, should they choose to.

    Taylor County Attorney John Bertram filed the suit on behalf of Taylor County Fiscal Court on Nov. 8, 2011, in Taylor Circuit Court. Windmill Mobile Home Center of Columbia is listed as the defendant.

    Windmill Mobile Home does business in multiple counties, including Taylor, the complaint states.

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  • County to contribute $10,000 to renaissance efforts

    The county will once again contribute $10,000 to renaissance efforts in the community for next fiscal year. That contribution, however, isn’t finalized until magistrates give final approval to the county’s 2013-2014 budget.

    Downtown business owners came to Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Taylor County Fiscal Court to ask that magistrates continue supporting them. This year’s contribution to renaissance, which is also $10,000, was discussed at a meeting of the county’s Budgets, Audits and Personnel Committee last month.

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  • Veterans Memorial Park to get new playground equipment

    Children who play at Veterans Memorial Park playground will soon get a treat.

    A new piece of playground equipment that can accommodate about 50 children will soon be installed there. And the equipment will be made entirely from recycled plastics.

    Magistrates agreed to purchase the equipment on Tuesday night at their regular Taylor County Fiscal Court meeting.

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  • Rain hampering spring planting

     

    Unseasonably cool temperatures and frequent, steady rainfall in recent weeks are taking their toll on area farmers anxious to finish spring planting.

    In Taylor County, corn producers are especially suffering from unwanted precipitation. According to Pat Hardesty, Taylor County extension agent for agriculture and natural resources, at the end of last week, only 20 percent of the expected No. 2 yellow corn crop had been planted.

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  • Public library to operate on $1.3 million budget next year

    Taylor County’s public library will operate with more than $1.3 million next fiscal year, which includes an estimated $500,000 leftover from this fiscal year.

    Board members discussed the library’s 2013-2014 fiscal year budget during their regular meeting on Monday. After their approval, the budget heads to the Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives and Taylor County Fiscal Court members.

    The KDLA must scrutinize the budget before awarding any money to the library. In the budget, it is estimated the library will receive $10,000 from KDLA.

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  • Tax revenue accounts for majority of library’s budget

    Tax revenue accounts for nearly all of the Taylor County Public Library’s budget. And library board members say they won’t set a rate this year that will generate more revenue than last year’s rate.

    A proposed 2013-2014 budget for the library was discussed at a special meeting of the board on Thursday.

    The 2013-2014 budget totals $795,100, up from $669,088 for the current fiscal year budget.

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  • Elk Horn woman indicted on charge of intimidating officer

     

    An Elk Horn woman facing charges alleging she hindered a murder investigation has been indicted on a charge of intimidating a judicial officer.

    Ruth Salyers, 58, of 824 Farmers Ridge Road, was indicted last Tuesday by a Taylor County grand jury.

    According to her arrest warrant, law enforcement officials overheard Salyers make threatening statements during a phone call she had on April 16 with her husband, David, who is incarcerated.

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  • A part of history

     

    Residents in Campbellsville will join thousands of individuals across the country to celebrate National Preservation Month this May.

    As part of the month’s celebration, Campbellsville Renaissance/Historic Preservation Commission has provided information about four historic buildings in Campbellsville.

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