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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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  • Tax time is here

    With tax season well underway, local tax preparers are fielding one common question, "How much will I get?"

    But people aren't asking about tax refunds. Instead, they are curious about the federal Economic Stimulus Act, which is expected to offer 1.8 million Kentucky families a tax rebate.

    "I'm getting a lot of questions about it," said Charles Phillips of Phillips Tax Service. "People need to understand that if you do nothing, you lose $300."

    That's one thing some people are not aware of, according to Shirley Buckner of Wise, Buckner, Sprowles & Associates.

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  • Author has ties to Campbellsville

    Those searching for a good book to read might just find themselves picking up one written by a Campbellsville native.

    Janna McMahan's book "Calling Home" was published last month, a story set in a small town in Kentucky.

    McMahan, who was born and raised in Campbellsville, graduated from Taylor County High School in 1981.

    After graduating from the University of Kentucky in 1986, McMahan married Kentucky native Mark Cotterill and moved to South Carolina. She and her husband have a daughter, Madison.

    "Calling Home" centers around McMahan's main character, Virginia.

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  • Preparing for the worst

    "Rescue. Can anyone hear me?"

    The loud voices of National Guard members searching for victims echoed throughout the area of trees, wrecked vehicles and other debris.

    National Guard members - including two from Campbellsville's unit - participated in training exercises last week to learn techniques to search for people who need rescuing.

    National Guard members met at the Kentucky Fire-Rescue Area 14 Training Center on Old Greensburg Road on Friday to participate in a day full of classroom discussion, mock rescue missions and field exercises.

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  • Reading group in the works

    Do you enjoy a good book? Would you love to have a chance to talk to others who're reading the same book? Well, you may soon get that chance.

    The Central Kentucky News-Journal is interested in sponsoring a community book group. With help from the Taylor County Public Library and the Taylor County Extension Office, the group would meet once every few months.

    There is no membership or required attendance or even dues ... just a group of people getting together to talk about a great book.

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  • Long-time community leader dies

    Frances Clinkscales often told strangers she loved them, and she meant it.

    Clinkscales, a long-time civic and community leader, known to many simply as "Miss Frances," died Wednesday at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown after an illness. She was 78.

    In February 2004, Clinkscales told the News-Journal that she truly really meant the phrases that had come to define her in the community: "Hey, pretty pretty" and "I love you."

    She said the phrases to nearly everyone she met.

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  • Man pleads guilty to theft, other charges dismissed

    A Campbellsville man has pleaded guilty to theft and other charges and has been sentenced to serve seven years in prison.

    Donald Gene Brockman, 39, of 108 Lyon St. appeared before Taylor Circuit Court Judge Doughlas M. George on Tuesday, Feb. 19.

    Brockman pleaded guilty in five separate cases to first-degree fleeing or evading police, a second-offense DUI, speeding, driving with a suspended operator's license, two counts of failure to wear a seat belt, first-degree criminal mischief and five counts of theft by unlawful taking more than $300.

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  • Campbellsville woman injured in Marion crash

    A Campbellsville woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash in Marion County on Feb. 21.

    According to a Kentucky State Police report, Robert L. Smothers, 49, of Campbellsville was driving a 1992 Honda east on U.S. 68 when he lost control on an ice covered bridge and struck a 1999 Chevrolet driven by Kimberly Fortenberry, 21, of Russell Springs. Fortenberry, who was traveling west on U.S. 68, had stopped her vehicle due to the ice-covered bridge.

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  • New date set for health Board meeting

    Taylor County Board of Health has set a new date for its annual meeting. Originally set for Feb. 22, the meeting was cancelled due to lack of a quorum.

    The new date is Thursday, March 27 at noon at the Taylor County Health Department. The health department is located at 1880 North Bypass.

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