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Today's News

  • Grand opening

    Wishy Washy laundromat celebrated its grand opening on Monday Aug. 4. Owner Dan Heath, his wife and four children recently moved to Campbellsville from Utah and say they have been overwhelmed with the hospitality shown them since they settled in. Wishy Washy is a full-service laundry offering drop-off or do-it-yourself services. It's located at 108 W. Main St. next to Extreme Fitness. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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  • Democratic State Rep candidate chosen

    Democrats have a new State Representative candidate.

    Billy Joe Fudge of Adair County has been appointed to fill the November ballot vacancy. Fudge will replace Doug Mullins, who withdrew after doctors discovered he had lung cancer.

    Earlier this month, Mullins stated in a press release that radiation and chemotherapy treatments would hamper his ability to run an effective campaign. If elected, he stated, his illness and the treatment would prevent him from serving effectively during the first year of his term.

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  • Why can't we all do good deeds?

    I am a pain in the butt to my friends sometimes. I know it. They know it.

    In this techno world we live in today, there are way too many easy scams out there. So when my friends forward e-mails to me, I nearly always question them with a quick Google or Snopes search.

    This past weekend, however, I had to eat my words. And I was quite happy to do so. The e-mail I was received was a story about a 4-year-old girl who wrote a letter to God after her dog died.

    The letter read:

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  • Coomer-Hunt

    Donnie and Judy Coomer of Greensburg and Freddie and Sandy Jolly of Glasgow announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Kaye Coomer, to Michael Garland Hunt, son of Gary and Marlena Hunt of Campbellsville and Ricky and Kathy Morgan of Greensburg.

    Coomer is employed at Crossroads Family Medicine of Campbellsville.

    Hunt is employed by TransCorr Inc. of Indiana.

    The private wedding ceremony will take place at noon ET on Saturday, Aug. 30 at the Old Courthouse in Greensburg.

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  • CU employs Garrison in theology

    Shane Garrison of Alexandria, Ky., an alumnus of Campbellsville University, has been employed as an instructor in educational ministries at his alma mater.

    Garrison has recently served as associate pastor of Main Street Baptist Church in Alexandria. He has served on four church staffs in Kentucky and Texas in various capacities from youth, children and adult education to pastoral care and counseling.

    He has also served as the chief administrator of a Christian preschool and grammar school.

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  • Bookmobile Schedule

    Monday, Sept. 1 - Labor Day. Closed.

    Tuesday, Sept. 2 - Speck Ridge.

    Wednesday, Sept. 3 - Greenbriar and Windsor Gardens.

    Thursday, Sept. 4 - Forest Hills, Foxwood, Crescent Hill and Jackson Tower.

    Friday, Sept. 5 - Stoner Creek.

    Monday, Sept. 8 - Day cares, Taylor County Elementary, Lake Cumberland Head Start, Campbellsville Baptist Church and Howell Street.

    Tuesday, Sept. 9 - KY 210 and Social Band Road.

    Wednesday, Sept. 10 - Meadowcreek and Hathaway Drive.

    Thursday, Sept. 11 - No route.

    Friday, Sept. 12 - No route.

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  • King of the Castle

    Doug Quinn remembers riding by the castle on Versailles Road in Lexington many times. And for all those times he saw the castle, he never thought he'd find himself inside. But, today, that's exactly where he is.

    Quinn, an account executive for Wholesale Hardwood Interiors, is serving as WHI project manager on the castle restoration.

    WHI is providing all of the moldings, doors, ceiling work and other woodwork.

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  • CU announces new staff members

    Campbellsville University's new staff members include, from left, front: Kristin Rucker Sexton, Vernon Humphress, Margie Walker, Kaysee Graham Murrell, Jenny Houk, Annette Males, Kerri Fathergill and Lisa Bailey. Middle: John Honeycutt, Alicia Carter, Jennifer Richerson, Ellen Goff, Joe Woosley, Miranda Denney, Jim Hardy, Jackie Emerson and Oscar Vaughn. Back: Perry Thomas, Tim Rogers, Kyle Caven, Joe Stockton, John Ellis, Ron Bernard, Kyle Davis, Joe Walters, Shelley Morris and Deedra Bray.

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  • From the Heart in concert

    From the Heart will be in concert at 6 p.m. on Sunday at Palestine Baptist Church. For more information, call 403-4034.

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  • Jobless graduates wonder why

    Laura Edwards thought she was starting her job search too soon. After all, it was January and she wasn't set to graduate until July. She soon discovered she might have started too late.

    "It's discouraging," said Edwards, who received her degree in business administration from Campbellsville University.

    "There are not that many opportunities around here. Everything I've applied for, they either had someone in mind or someone's [family member] was taking the job."

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