Today's News

Heavy rains and thunderstorms accompanied by lightning across Taylor County Saturday night left the county facing flash flooding, fires and property damage. And all of that was on top of a county-wide water emergency.

Much of Taylor County was without clean water over the weekend due to the storms, and that continued into the week. At 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, Campbellsville Mayor Tony Young released a statement announcing that the boil water advisory, which had been in place since Sunday, had been lifted.

I’ve always tried to be a good citizen, and I keep up with what’s going on in our country. I like to be informed, and I think it’s also part of my job.

Still, I’ve never been one to sit and talk politics at great length.

That’s why a visit from a U.S. Senator to my newspaper office many years ago turned into a good old-fashioned baseball chat. And that’s a subject I can talk about all day long.

The new field house at Campbellsville University will be larger than the one that burned down several months ago.

Architects are working on designs, and CU officials are hopeful that there will be drawings publicly available in the next month or so.

“We are looking to have a larger structure that complements the athletic complex,” said Keith Spears, CU vice president for communication.

Over the last seven years, an average of 37 children die in the U.S. per year from vehicular heat strokes, caused by being locked in a hot car with no air conditioning, according to kidsandcars.org.

The majority of these incidents are unintentional, usually stemming from a distracted parent who forgets that a child is still in the car.

Incidents like these happen at a variety of places, from grocery stores to places of employment and many others.

Especially in parking lots, an unsuspecting citizen may spot a child in a car on a hot, summer day.