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They met their goal. Not only did more people participate, they also raised more money to help fight cancer.

Taylor County’s annual Relay for Life events were Friday and Saturday at Taylor County High School’s track.

Jamaal Stiles, chair of this year’s events, said the goal was to raise $40,000. As of last weekend, about $37,000 had been collected with more donations expected.

Last year, he said, about $32,500 was raised.

“We’re so happy,” Stiles said.

The city of Campbellsville is now nearly $750,000 richer, thanks to a state grant to help pay for a new water storage tank.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear was in Taylor County on Tuesday afternoon to announce that the city has received a $746,000 grant to help fund a water tank project in the industrial park.

At the ceremony, Campbellsville Mayor Tony Young welcomed the many local and state officials and residents who attended.

“You all, this is a good day,” he said.

Taylor County Public Library hosted pajama parties, complete with stories, crafts and dressing the part, for participants in the “Dream Big ... READ!” summer reading program last week.

A Campbellsville man has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl.

Nathan Jay Bradshaw, 24, of 420 Kenny St., was indicted last August by a Taylor County grand jury and charged with first-degree sexual abuse of a girl younger than 12 and being a second-degree persistent felony offender.

Bradshaw appeared before Taylor Circuit Court Judge Dan Kelly in March and entered a guilty plea to first-degree sexual abuse. The persistent felony offender charge was dismissed.