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  • Grant money available to strengthen families

    Lake Cumberland Community Action Agency is providing mini-grants for initiatives designed to strengthen families, involve fathers and prevent child abuse or neglect.

    Grant requests may range from $50 to $1,500. A total of $7,000 will be awarded. Lake Cumberland Community Collaboration for Children Regional Network, which is administering the grants, reserves the right to amend requested amounts to fund the maximum number of applications.

    All agencies or organizations providing services to families and children in the Lake Cumberland area are encouraged to apply.

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  • U of L president addresses scout group

    Using the Taylor County Friends of Scouting dinner as a backdrop, University of Louisville President Dr. James Ramsey said that Kentucky's economy is "doing OK."

    "We're not in a recession," he said.

    Ramsey, whose academic focus is in economics, bases his observation on the number of people working. It's a simple approach, he says. The more than 13,000 new jobs in the past 12 months doesn't indicate a boom, according to Ramsey, but it indicates that Kentucky may not be suffering as badly as some other states.

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  • No local concern over beef recall

    It may be the largest beef recall in history, but it seems to have skipped Taylor County.

    On Sunday, the United States Department of Agriculture ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of fresh and frozen beef products from a California-based packing plant under investigation for USDA regulation violations.

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  • Life after a heart attack

    There's a bond among heart patients, according to Ed McGuire. But those who participate in Taylor Regional Hospital's cardiac rehabilitation program and others like it have more in common than heart ailments. They have survival.

    "There seems to be a tendency for the victims to become morose, to become pessimistic and feel sorry for themselves," McGuire said. "What rehab does, they take you out there and they walk you through [various exercises]. They push you just a little bit more each time and that builds your confidence. That is what gets you over the hump.

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  • Campbellsville man sentenced to 15 years on burglary charges

    A Campbellsville man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to serve 15 years in prison on burglary charges.

    Cedrick William Douglas, 22, of 615 Collins St. appeared before Taylor Circuit Court Judge Doughlas M. George on Monday, Feb. 4.

    Douglas pleaded guilty in two separate cases to first-degree burglary and criminal attempt to commit second-degree burglary.

    In exchange for his guilty plea, two counts of being a second-degree persistent felony offender were dismissed.

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  • Drug court offers prison alternative

    Those facing drug-related charges now have another alternative to paying their debt to society behind prison bars.

    Taylor, Green, Marion and Washington counties now offer a court program designed specifically to address drug addiction.

    A new Drug Court to serve adults in the four-county area began in mid-January with two participants, according to a press release from the Administrative Office of the Courts, the operational arm of the Kentucky Court of Justice.

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  • Smoking committee holds off on recommendation

    The City's smoking ban committee has opted to hold off on recommending a smoking ban until after the Lake Cumberland District Board of Health considers the issue.

    Committee Member David Nunery told the Committee on Monday that he heard that the health department could make a decision on the issue soon.

    "Support for a smoke-free policy" is on the agenda for Taylor County Board of Health's regular meeting tomorrow. The meeting is at noon in the health department's conference room.

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  • Man charged with third DUI after collision

    A Campbellsville man has been arrested and charged with DUI after he was involved in a motor vehicle collision.

    Anthony H. Gillespie, 58, of 121 London Drive was arrested at 8:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 12.

    According to Gillespie's arrest citation, he was involved in a motor vehicle collision and appeared under the influence of intoxicants. Records state results of Gillespie's blood test are still pending.

    The citation states the arrest was Gillespie's third DUI offense.

    Campbellsville Police Officer Ben Riggs investigated.

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  • Five injured in KY 55 collision

    Five people were injured Tuesday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision.

    According to a report filed by Taylor County Sheriff's Deputy Robert VanCleave, April A. Helm, 32, of Broadway Street in Corydon, Ky., was attempting to turn her 2005 Mazda left onto Lone Valley Road from KY 55 south at about 5 p.m.

    The report states Mark A. Jones, 39, of Underwood Street in Campbellsville was traveling north on KY 55 south when Helm turned into his path and caused him to strike Helm's passenger side door.

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  • Jail won't open until August

    Taylor County's jail likely won't open until August, nearly three months later than originally planned.

    At last week's regular Fiscal Court meeting, Magistrate James Jones told the Court that rain and other winter weather has slowed construction.

    On behalf of the Court's Detention Center Committee, the Committee overseeing construction, Jones told magistrates that the completion date of the center is now expected to be Aug. 11.

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