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  • City schools name board officers for 2018

    The Campbellsville Independent Schools Board of Education started their first meeting of the year with the election of board officers.

    Current board chair Pat Hall was selected to once again be chair of the board, while Suzanne Wilson was selected to be the board’s vice chair. Superintendent Kirby Smith was selected to be the board’s secretary, and assistant superintendent/financial director Chris Kidwell was selected to be the board’s treasurer.

    Board elections are held in January of each year.

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  • Hall, Hunt named chair, vice chair of Taylor School Board

     

    With the beginning of a new year, elections for board officers with the Taylor County Board of Education took place at last Tuesday evening’s regular meeting.

    The board voted unanimously to name current chair David Hall to another term as chair of the board. Current board vice-chair DeAnna Hunt was also re-elected to her current position, also by a unanimous vote.

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  • CU plans to start on new fieldhouse in February

    Story by Jordan Alves, CU Sports Information

    The Campbellsville University athletics department received blue prints and construction approval on a new fieldhouse, Vice President for Athletics Rusty Hollingsworth announced on Monday.

    Construction on the CU Tiger Fieldhouse is scheduled to begin with a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 1:30 p.m. EST. The project is expected to take 10-12 months, meaning the fieldhouse will open in the spring of 2019.

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  • Snow storm dumps 5-7 inches on county

    Mother Nature hit Central Kentucky hard earlier this week, and in the process, she dumped plenty of snow on Taylor County.

    Ronnie Dooley, public information coordinator for Taylor County Emergency Management, said the storm brought snow ranging from 5 to 7 inches.

    “Some got more, some got less, but just about everybody had 5 inches, and we had areas in the county with as much as 7 inches of snow,” Dooley said Tuesday.

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  • Raikes shines at state DYW

     

    Taylor County’s Lexi Raikes continued the tradition of young women who excel in the Distinguished Young Women program this past weekend, bringing home the title of third runner up from the state competition in Lexington.

    Raikes, a Taylor County High School senior, is the daughter of Tiffany and Jeremy Cornish. She was named Taylor County’s Distinguished Young Woman 2018 last year, and placed as a top 12 finalist and brought home preliminary scholastic and preliminary interview awards from the state event.

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  • Bertram appointed to City Ethics Board

    The city approved an interlocal agreement for financing of the Economic Development Authority debt and appointed a new member to the City’s Ethics Committee at a special-called meeting Tuesday night at the Campbellsville Civic Center.

    Phil Allan Bertram will be the newest member of the City’s Ethics Committee. He will replace Don Bishop, who passed away last month. He will join current members Frank Cheatham, Lucy Cox, Mark Rodgers, and Carol Kirtley.

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  • MLK events scheduled for this weekend

    The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reception will be held Saturday, January 13 at 5:00 p.m. at the Taylor County Extension Services office, 1143 S. Columbia Ave., Campbellsville.

    The guest speaker will be Dr. Mandrill Taylor of Portland, Oregon. He will facilitate a forum on “Addressing the Behavioral Health Crisis” with Campbellsville Police Chief Patricia Thompson, Adanta Associate Clinical Director for Crisis Services Latisha Collins and Dr. John Chowning, pastor of Saloma Baptist Church, on the panel.

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  • Taylor County Fire Dept. to receive new equipment through grant

    The Taylor County Fire Department will receive some new equipment after the Taylor County Fiscal Court voted to approve the grant-funded purchase at Tuesday night’s regular meeting.

    The fire department will receive a cascade compressor for their air packs, according to members of the Taylor County Fire Department.

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  • Frigid temperatures results in more visits to local shelter

     

    The beginning of 2018 has brought frigid temperatures across the state, with several consecutive nights of single-digit low temperatures with wind chill temperatures falling below zero.

    The extremely cold temperatures created problems for many residents of the Campbellsville community, and Green River Ministries has been doing their best to help all those in need.

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  • Liberty couple passes away in KY 70 wreck

    A two-vehicle accident on KY 70 in the Mannsville community near Stoner Creek Road resulted in a Liberty couple passing away at the scene.

    According to a report from the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office, Dewey Sturgell, 49, was operating a 2001 Ford Pickup traveling west on KY 70 just before 2 p.m. on Friday.

    The report states that Sturgell was traveling behind a 1997 GMC pickup truck operated by 65-year-old Carey Stafford, also of Liberty.

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