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Campbellsville Elementary School has released its honor roll for the third nine-week grading period.

Students listed follow.

All A's

Lauryn Agathen, Fatimah Alabusalim, Abie Angel, Ben Arachi, Savanna Brockman, Malachi Corley, Zaria Cowan, Tahler Franklin, Hanna Hall, Arren Hash, Gracyne Hash, Kaleigh Hunt, Gavin Johnson, Cole Kidwell, Aleah Knifley, Laura Lowe, Sierra Lynch, Madison Lyons, John Orberson, Braydon Phillips, Grant Rinehart, Bailey Smith, Kameron Smith, Shelby Smith, Bailey Thompson, Alli Wilson and Sydney Wilson.

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program’s crisis component paid out less this year than last.
This year, $93,710 in crisis payments went to 557 Taylor County households. Last year, $217,401 in crisis benefits were paid to 1,145 Taylor County households.

Administered by Lake Cumberland Community Action, the crisis portion of LIHEAP helps people who have received an electricity/natural gas disconnect notice or who are within four days of running out of coal, fuel oil, propane, kerosene, wood or coal.

Taylor County Public Library plans to host movie nights.
At its regular meeting Monday, the board approved a four-year movie licensing agreement that would allow the library to screen movies from several major film studios.

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has called on Congress to approve his legislation, The Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2012, which requires the director of the Bureau of Prisons to be appointed by the president, by and with the advice and consent of the United States Senate.

Currently, the director of BOP is appointed by the U.S. Attorney General from within the executive branch and is largely insulated from congressional accountability.