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  • Local charges dismissed, Bolter faces federal child pornography charges

     

    A former Campbellsville man has had a local charge against him dismissed, but now faces federal child pornography charges instead.

    The man was charged in January with more than 2,000 crimes after nearly the same amount of images depicting children in sexual situations were found on his computer.

    Brian Pickard, a detective with the Taylor County Sheriff's Office, arrested Michael William Bolter, 42, on Jan. 29. He has been lodged at the Taylor County Detention Center since.

  • Farmers can help soil quality

    The Natural Resources Conservation Service's Conservation Stewardship Program will provide about $175 million in funding for up to 12.6 million additional acres enrollment this year.

    Although applications are accepted all year, farmers, ranchers and forestland owners interested in CSP should submit applications by June 14 to their local NRCS office to ensure they are considered for this year's funding.

  • Crusade for Children

     

    Residents donated nearly $27,600 to the annual Crusade for Children fundraiser at roadblocks over the weekend.

    Campbellsville and Taylor County Fire & Rescue personnel and volunteers manned the roadblocks.

    Money used will go toward helping special needs children in Taylor County and across the state.

     

  • Campbellsville Police get grant for body armor

     

    Campbellsville Police officers won't have to worry about affording body armor for several years to come after learning recently that they were awarded a grant from the Law Enforcement Protection Program administered by the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security.

    The department received $12,100, the cost to supply body armor for its 22 officers.

  • Durham murder trial delayed again

     

    Jesse Durham won't face a jury in October after all.

    Durham, 21, the Campbellsville man accused of killing his great-grandmother with a hammer and assaulting a jail deputy while incarcerated, appeared in court on Tuesday for another hearing in his murder case.

    At the hearing, Public Defender C.B. Bates, who is representing Durham, told Taylor Circuit Court Judge Allan Bertram that the public defender's investigator has resigned.

  • Riggs pleads not guilty to murder

     

    Dressed in all orange, the man glances at his family as he walks back to a holding cell. The chains keeping him locked in custody clink together as he moves.

    The family members stand as he is escorted out of the courtroom. They then leave the room themselves.

    The man who allegedly shot and killed another Campbellsville man has been denied a request for his $500,000 cash bond to be lowered, which would have given him a chance at freedom while his murder case moves forward in court.

  • Jury trial set in infant murder case

    Their peers are expected to decide in October whether Dale and Brianna Brucker murdered her 3-month-old baby.

    Brianna Brucker, 20, of 109 Mill St. in Campbellsville, was in court on Tuesday to ask a judge to schedule a jury trial in her murder case.

    Brucker and her husband, Dale, 26, also of 109 Mill St., are charged with murdering 3-month-old Charles Brett Hayden Jr., Brianna's son and Dale's stepson.

  • Aldridge discusses Medicare with Sen. Rand Paul

     

    Teresa Lynn Aldridge of American Mobility in Campbellsville recently met with senators and representatives in Washington, D.C., to discuss Medicare issues.

    Aldridge traveled with other Kentucky Medical Equipment Suppliers Association members.

    She was recently elected to serve on the association’s board for the state of Kentucky.

  • Porter's Playhouse opens

     

    Porter’s Playhouse, owned by Gary and Tammy Porter, recently opened at 906 Lebanon Ave.

    The daycare center is open Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and is for children ages 5 through 12.

    For more information, call 849-2025.

  • Following the Trends

     

    Horizontal stripes aren't flattering, the old fashion saying goes. But that's just not true, according to the owners of two Main Street clothing boutiques.

    They also say gold and dresses are back and it's OK to mix patterns and stripes.

    About 25 people heard makeup and fashion tips from Pam Richardson and Mashonda Lanier of Merle Norman and Brianna Burden and Cherrish Sharlow of Awaken Boutique.

    The four taught a free fashion class last Thursday at Taylor County Public Library.

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