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Even though being quiet is the No. 1 rule, children can still have loads of fun at the public library.

On Tuesday, Friends of the Taylor County Public Library hosted a Spring Thing - an event featuring story time, pottery painting, coloring, snacks and more.

About 12 children and several adults attended.

The Friends began hosting monthly events in January, and, according to the organization's president, Kathy Maynard, the group hopes to continue offering special events.

With prices on the rise, more consumers are looking directly to farms for their meat purchases.

Taylor County farmer Jeff Arnold said he sells about 25 cows a year directly to consumers. Some buy half a cow, while others buy a quarter.

That number can increase when retail meat prices rise, he said.

"When the price goes up at the grocery store, they kind of look at other options," Arnold said. "We also slaughter one every eight to 10 months for our own use."

Buying directly is cheaper, Arnold said, with beef prices ranging from $1.50 to $1.60 per pound.

In May, Campbellsville voters will decide whether some local restaurants can serve alcohol or not.

According to Taylor County Clerk Mark Carney, the group circulating a petition seeking to allow the sale of alcohol by the drink in Campbellsville turned in the final petition on Wednesday.

As of Thursday afternoon, which was the petition deadline, 603 signatures had been verified, Carney said - 44 more than needed. Carney said petitioners started bringing in petitions a week ahead of the deadline.

Attorney General Jack Conway announced last week that Kentucky will receive a $1.36 million settlement from CVS Caremark Corp. for defrauding the state Medicaid program.

CVS overcharged the Kentucky Medicaid program by systematically switching Medicaid recipients whose physicians had prescribed ranitidine, the generic form of the popular antacid drug Zantac, tablets to the higher-priced capsule form of the drug.