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A local businessman has been arrested on an out-of-state fugitive warrant and charged with writing a nearly $200,000 cold check to an automobile dealer in Michigan.

James R. Rattliff, 42, of 122 Cambridge Way was arrested by Campbellsville Police Officer Bart Gilpin at 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 4 at Ratliff Motors.

Court records pertaining to Rattliff's arrest, however, were not filed at the Taylor Circuit Clerk's office until Thursday, Feb. 7.

Taylor County could be a lot cleaner by the end of the year.

Officials have identified 10 illegal dumps in the community and, with $75,750 in state funding, Solid Waste Coordinator Debbie McNear believes those dumps could be gone by year's end.

"We still have to match the grant 25 percent," McNear said.

However, the match can be cash or in-kind work.

Last month, Gov. Steve Beshear announced that more than $2.9 million in illegal open dump grants would be distributed from the Kentucky Pride Fund for cleanup of 293 illegal dumps in 52 counties, including Taylor.

Though magistrates took the first step toward having County-wide subdivision regulations last month, Taylor County residents aren't any closer to having to abide by those regulations just yet.

On Tuesday night, magistrates voted to form a committee made up of local real estate personnel, surveyors, contractors and other officials to study the issue and report back to Fiscal Court.

Magistrates also had first reading of an ordinance formally amending the County's current road system requirements to state that gravel roads will no longer be accepted.

Two Campbellsville residents were injured in a three-car collision Monday morning in Columbia.

According to a Kentucky State Police report, at about 9:14 a.m., William A. Murrell, 72, of Columbia pulled into the southbound lane of KY 55 in a 2001 Chevrolet pickup when a 2002 Mazda, driven by Marilyn Neuman, 54, of Campbellsville, struck his vehicle in the rear.

Neuman's vehicle flipped several times, went airborne, and struck a 1997 Dodge being driven by Ricky Collins, 43, of Campbellsville. Collins was traveling north on KY 55.