Today's News

Using the Taylor County Friends of Scouting dinner as a backdrop, University of Louisville President Dr. James Ramsey said that Kentucky's economy is "doing OK."

"We're not in a recession," he said.

Ramsey, whose academic focus is in economics, bases his observation on the number of people working. It's a simple approach, he says. The more than 13,000 new jobs in the past 12 months doesn't indicate a boom, according to Ramsey, but it indicates that Kentucky may not be suffering as badly as some other states.

Faced with countless resources on pregnancy and baby health, expectant moms - initially overjoyed - can be left feeling overwhelmed.

Now the March of Dimes makes it easier than ever for moms to get the information they need.

"Moms today want reliable information about pregnancy and baby health in the most convenient way possible," said Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, president of March of Dimes. "Instead of sifting through books, magazines and Web sites, we hope moms will come to the March of Dimes first for their pregnancy and baby health needs.

Tara Nicole French of Campbellsville and Jonathon Lee Willis of Greensburg will exchange wedding vows on Saturday, March 8.

French is the daughter of Margaret French and Jay French, both of Campbellsville. Her grandparents are the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Hall.

She is a 2006 graduate of Taylor County High School and is currently a radiology student at St. Catharine College in Springfield.

One of my most treasured possessions is a letter written by my dad. Dated July 8, 1974, and written on yellowed paper from a spiral-bound notebook, it's probably the only letter my dad ever wrote. That makes it treasured.

That makes it priceless.

In draftsman's block lettering he wrote:

"Dear Nancy,

"Here we are at Catalina again. This is are third day here ... As you know, I'm not much of a letter writer, so this one well probly take about three days."