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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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  • Man files suit against Taylor jail

    A Greensburg man has filed suit, claiming he was unlawfully fired from his job at Taylor County’s jail.

    Elizabethtown attorney Larry Ashlock filed a complaint on Jerry Fields’ behalf in Taylor Circuit Court on April 12.

    Named as defendants are Rick Benningfield and Eddie “Hack” Marcum, Taylor County’s former and present jailer, respectively; magistrates Dr. James Jones, John Gaines, Tommy Corbin, Matt Pendleton, Ed Gorin and Richard Phillips; and Eddie Rogers, Taylor County’s judge/executive.

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  • New Taylor County Public Library dedicated

    It was once where people went to buy lumber. Now, it’s where they go to read stories.

    “Good afternoon,” the librarian says, “and welcome to the new Taylor County Public Library.”

    After many years of planning and months of construction, the new public library opened in March.

    On Thursday, the building was dedicated to the people who call Taylor County home.

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  • Local tourism on the rise

     

    Tourism in Taylor County has reached an all-time high, with visitors from all over Kentucky and surrounding states taking advantage of natural resources and historic sites the area has to offer.

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  • Local high schools announce graduation details

     

    Summer break is just days away for local high school students.

    Seniors at Campbellsville and Taylor County high schools will put on graduation caps and gowns this week and next, respectively. In all, more than 300 students are expected to graduate.

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