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  • Main Street goes parallel

    Main Street traffic could soon be a little less cramped.

    During a special meeting Monday, Campbellsville City Council gave the OK to convert diagonal parking spaces along one side of Main Street to parallel spaces.

    "It's a huge problem," Mayor Brenda Allen said. "Every day someone calls and complains."

    Diagonal parking spaces between the old Merchants Hotel and South Central will be converted within the next two weeks, Allen said.

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  • Man charged with assaulting officer

    A Campbellsville man has been arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer.

    James Michael O'Banion, 54, of 810 Page St. was arrested at 12:51 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28.

    O'Banion's arrest citation states Campbellsville Police received a call that a man was laying in the road on Indian Trail.

    Upon arrival, Campbellsville Police Officer Sam Knopp found O'Banion lying in the street. The citation states O'Banion was intoxicated and couldn't stand up. Court records state O'Banion told Knopp that he had been drinking vodka and smoking crack.

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  • By the numbers

    Four letters have been mailed but no fines have been issued since an ordinance requiring house numbers to be posted went into effect on Oct. 1.

    "The ones that we have sent letters to have put numbers up," said Bonnie Childers, Campbellsville/Taylor County E-911 address coordinator. "Everyone has been really good about putting the numbers up."

    The ordinance allows any home, business or rental property owner who doesn't have address numbers posted so they are visible from the road to be fined up to $100.

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  • Snow hits area

    The snow has arrived. Campbellsville was expected to see up to 6 inches of snowfall by Saturday, according to the Taylor County E-911 Center.

    Dispatcher Jake Hedgespeth said Friday that Taylor County would begin to see snow and ice in the next few hours with accumulation of between 3 and 6 inches.

    Taylor County School officials canceled classes Friday because of the approaching winter storm. Campbellsville Independent Schools had previously canceled school for professional development.

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  • Court expected to approve jail budget

    Magistrates are expected to consider approving the first-year budget for Taylor County's new jail tomorrow night.

    The budget was approved by Taylor County Detention Center Committee members at a special meeting Feb. 28.

    As expected, according to budget figures presented by Taylor County Jailer Rick Benningfield, the County may face a shortfall of nearly $300,000.

    The budget includes nearly $1.6 million in estimated revenue for the jail's 2008-2009 fiscal year.

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  • Alcohol petition making its rounds

    With two weeks left, more than half the signatures needed to include an alcohol-by-the-drink question on the May Primary ballot have been gathered.

    "Right now, we have somewhere in the neighborhood of more than half of the signatures we need," said Mike Kehoe, head pro/general manager at Campbellsville Country Club, who is helping organize the petition effort.

    Last week, Kehoe said, about eight people began a door-to-door campaign to collect the remaining signatures.

    "I'm very confident at this point that there will be enough names."

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  • One injured in Marion crash

    One person was injured in a Marion County crash involving two Campbellsville women Friday.

    According to a Kentucky State Police report, at about 12:22 p.m., Dale Garen, 57, of Seymour, Mo. was driving a 2006 Peterbilt along U.S. 68, just outside of Lebanon, when he attempted to avoid colliding with a 1996 Chevy, driven by Christie Stiths, 34, of Brandenburg. Stiths had slowed her vehicle for an unknown reason, the report states.

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  • Magistrate resigns seat on Fiscal Court

    Marshall Caulk has resigned his position as Taylor County's 4th District Magistrate, citing health reasons.

    Taylor County Judge/Executive Eddie Rogers said Caulk recently sent a letter announcing his resignation to Gov. Steve Beshear.

    Rogers said Caulk has recently been unable to attend some of Taylor Fiscal Court's meetings because of illness.

    "He's been an excellent magistrate. We just hate to see him leave," Rogers said. "He's done an excellent job for his district."

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  • News anchor says he got his start at CHS

    From watching noon newscasts with his grandmother and reading the weekend Courier-Journal, Daniel Kemp's career path was forged early.

    "Some things that stick out in my mind are watching the 12 p.m. news with my Grandma when she kept me during the summer when I was young, and my dad always having and reading the weekend Courier-Journal in the mornings.

    "I remember him telling me when I was younger that I should read the paper - it's always good to know what's going on everywhere else."

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  • Clerk audit released

    State Auditor Crit Luallen recently released the annual audit of the Taylor County Clerk's office for the year ended Dec. 31, 2006.

    The audit found County Clerk Mark Carney's financial statement to fairly represent the revenues, expenses and excess fees of the Taylor County Clerk's Office.

    Luallen's audit states the Clerk's office lacks adequate segregation of duties. During the review of internal controls, the audit states, Luallen noted that the Clerk's office lacks segregation of duties involving receipts and disbursements.

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