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Today's News

  • Overloaded circuits No. 1 cause of local fires

    It's a cold night in Campbellsville. Trying to keep his family warm, a father plugs in two or three electric space heaters. He notices the lights dim and flicker, but thinks nothing of it. An hour later, the family stands on their front lawn watching firefighters battle a blaze that has erupted in their home.

    It's a common scenario for local fire departments as the temperatures drop.

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  • CU valentine concert postponed

    Valentine's Day typically comes with a challenge of finding a meaningful gift for your significant other, and this year Campbellsville University's Chamber Choir will present a special concert featuring love songs.

    According to Dr. Frieda Gebert, Chamber Choir director, an evening of love songs, performed by CU grad student Matt Hodge and some of CU's favorite singers was scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Living Grace Church. The event has been postponed until March.

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  • Greensburg man charged with bringing drugs into jail

    A Greensburg man has been arrested and charged with bringing drugs into the Taylor County Detention Center.

    Brian Douglas Caven, 22, of 906 Bales Mill Road was arrested at 11:45 a.m. last Tuesday.

    According to Caven's arrest citation, he was allegedly found in possession of marijuana while entering the jail.

    He pleaded not guilty to the charge, which is a Class D felony punishable by as much as five years in prison, in Taylor District Court last Wednesday. Bond was set at $10,000 cash and he was appointed a public defender.

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  • Public libraries concerned about budget cuts

    "Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library."

    American Author Barbara Tuchman

    Green County Public Library is now closed on Thursdays and Taylor County Public Library staff worry that their library could be next.

    Representatives from public libraries all over the state, including Taylor County, traveled to Frankfort on Feb. 10 to discuss statewide budget cuts.

    The Department of Libraries and Archives in Frankfort has had its own budgets cut. The cuts have reduced the size of the staff.

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  • TRH to offer basic life support class

    Taylor Regional Hospital will present a Basic Life Support for Family & Friends Class on Friday, Feb. 12 from 8 a.m. to noon at the TRH Learning & Resource Center located at 125B Kingswood Drive in Campbellsville.

    The class will be presented by Richard Phillips, TRH staff development coordinator.

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  • Man charged with violating sex offender terms, selling drugs

    A Campbellsville man has been arrested and charged with failure to comply with the terms of his sex offender registration.

    Grant William Odegard, 43, of 120 S. Central Ave. was arrested last Monday at 4:45 p.m. by Kentucky State Police Trooper John Boyd.

    According to the Kentucky Sex Offender Web site, Odegard is a lifetime registrant who is a move-in offender from Michigan. The Web site states he was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct of a 27-year-old.

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  • Tiger teams sweep Georgetown at home

    Campbellsville University completed a rare sweep (women’s and men’s basketball plus football in the same season) by taking a pair of basketball games from visiting Georgetown College on Saturday.

    Coach Ginger Colvin’s Lady Tigers (23-1 overall and 8-0 vs. Mid-South Conference foes) started the sweep by racing out to a 54-38 half-time lead behind Wendi Messer’s 22 points and 18 by Whitney Ballinger.

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  • CHS wins 20th, 21st while TC uses 57 points to pull out pair of tilts

    Campbellsville won its 20th and 21st games of the season with road wins at Elizabethtown and Bethlehem while Taylor County notched Nos. 14 and 15 with a home victory vs. Grayson County and a road triumph at LaRue County.

    Taylor’s double-double (39 points, 10 rebounds) enables Eagles to win by double digits at E-town

    Bryton Taylor may have missed 11 of his 24 free throws, but the senior guard still managed 39 points as Campbellsville upended Elizabethtown 85-75 on the road Thursday night.

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  • Tigers, Lady Tigers increase MSC leads

    The Campbellsville University women increased their lead to two games while the CU men broke away from a first-play tie as the No. 8-rated squads posted road wins at Pikeville College on Thursday night.

    The Lady Tigers’ 85-67 triumph coupled with Cumberlands’ loss at Georgetown gave coach Ginger Colvin’s club a two-game lead in the Mid-South Conference race.

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  • Book signing at LWC to raise money for shelter

    A Southcentral Kentucky native will host a book signing Thursday, Feb. 11 at Lindsey Wilson College to raise money for a Kentucky homeless shelter.

    Dr. Jann Aaron will talk about her book "Open Heart: Returning Home to Practice Medicine" and she will also do a signing. All proceeds raised from sale of the book will be used to support The Healing Place.

    Aaron's talk will be at noon ET in the Lindsey Wilson Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center.

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