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  • Local man charged with sodomy, sexual abuse

     

    A Taylor County grand jury has charged a Monticello man with sodomizing and sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl.

    The grand jury indicted Wesley "Wes" W. Gann, 30, of 54 Victory Drive, on Tuesday on two counts of first-degree sodomy of a child younger than 12 and two counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a child younger than 12.

    According to Gann's arrest warrant, he allegedly engaged in oral sex with the girl and fondled and digitally penetrated her while a 6-year-old boy watched.

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  • Springfield man avoids prison after failing terms of diversion

     

    A Springfield man charged after a Taylor County crash left his passenger dead has been sentenced to probation instead of a prison time for failing the terms of his diversion.

    Michael A. Barnett, 23, of 301 Hagan Lane, was indicted twice in 2008, with each of the indictments stemming from a September 2007 crash after which Aaron W. Couch of Springfield was pronounced dead.

    A Taylor County grand jury first indicted Barnett in December 2008 on a charge of reckless homicide, a Class D felony punishable by as much as five years in prison.

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  • Educators hear about performance-based education

     

    He was almost a high school dropout. Now, he is superintendent of Taylor County High School.

    Roger Cook shared how he exceeded his own expectations at the Kentucky Leads the Nation Round Table meeting on Friday at TCHS.

    "We are not a product of our environment, we are a product of expectations," Cook said to the audience of educators, local and state government officials and superintendents from districts throughout Kentucky who gathered to learn about the district's performance-based education program.

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  • Programs will help veterans pursuing ag careers

    Veterans pursuing careers in agriculture might benefit from two programs launched earlier this year by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.

    Commissioner of Agriculture James Comer said Kentucky Proud Homegrown by Heroes and Jobs for Vets are aimed at paying back the men and women who served in the military.

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week that the unemployment rate of post 9/11 veterans saw some improvement last year, but still hovers at about 9.9 percent.

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  • Illegal alien to serve federal sentence

     

    The man who operated a prostitution ring in Taylor County has been sentenced to serve seven years in federal prison for his crimes.

    After serving his sentence, he could be supervised by probation and parole staff members for the rest of his life.

    Adulfo De Aquino-Cancino, 28, was indicted last May in U.S. District Court on a multiple-count federal indictment.

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  • Welcome Home

    They keep coming. And coming.

    A line forms of people holding stacks of books. As they wait, they take a moment to check out the new digs.

    Taylor County Public Library officially opened its new building to the public last Wednesday morning. And staff members say they estimate that about 350 people came to check it out. Many checked out books and got library cards, while others came to take a peak at the new home.

    Debbie Parson, adult services librarian, said patrons seem excited about the new building.

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  • Schools to test for kindergarten readiness

    Public school systems will soon have another tool in their arsenal to determine whether kindergarten students are ready for school.

    According to a news release from Kentucky Governor’s Office of Early Childhood, public school systems will be required to implement a kindergarten screening next school year to test whether students are ready.

    Local preschool and head start officials say they currently test students to determine whether they are ready for kindergarten, and they believe students perform well.

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  • St. Baldrick's set for Saturday at CU

    Having proudly served his country and now as the retired Chief of the Pyramid Lake Department of Safety in Nevada, Michael Johnson has grown comfortable with short hair.

    And, as a charter member of the “shavee club” for Campbellsville’s St. Baldrick’s fundraising effort, he is also right at home with a skinned head.

    “I don’t start out with a lot, but it’s the most satisfying hair cut of the year for me,” Johnson said.

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  • TCHS Show Choir to perform "Songs from the Stage and Screen"

     

    Taylor County High School’s Show Choir will be singing and dancing its way through the decades with classics from Broadway and Hollywood in a spring performance that begins tonight and runs through Saturday.

    TCHS Choral Director Lisa Gupton said the theme “Songs from the Stage and Screen,” was selected for the graduating seniors.

    “The senior members have done mostly current songs in their past shows, so I wanted them to be exposed to a good variety from Broadway and Hollywood,” Gupton said.

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  • Another suit filed against Medco

    A Columbia woman’s estate has filed suit against a local nursing home, alleging it is responsible for her death.

    In response, the nursing home has asked that the complaint be arbitrated, not taken before a judge or jury to decide.

    Lexington attorney Lisa E. Circeo filed a complaint on behalf of Dorothy Lowe and Lisa Anderson, as co-executrixes of Margaret S. Gumm’s estate, in Taylor Circuit Court on Jan. 31.

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