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Today's News

  • Woman enters guilty plea in prostitution ring case

     

    The Campbellsville woman accused of participating in a prostitution ring has pleaded guilty to amended charges and could be sentenced to probation for her crimes.

    Kimberly Campbell, 21, of 1669 Gaddis Ridge Road, was indicted by a Taylor County grand jury last year, along with Adulfo De Aquino-Cancino, 28.

    Campbell was charged with two counts of promoting the sale of a minor who was younger than 18.

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  • Man files suit against Taylor jail

    A Greensburg man has filed suit, claiming he was unlawfully fired from his job at Taylor County’s jail.

    Elizabethtown attorney Larry Ashlock filed a complaint on Jerry Fields’ behalf in Taylor Circuit Court on April 12.

    Named as defendants are Rick Benningfield and Eddie “Hack” Marcum, Taylor County’s former and present jailer, respectively; magistrates Dr. James Jones, John Gaines, Tommy Corbin, Matt Pendleton, Ed Gorin and Richard Phillips; and Eddie Rogers, Taylor County’s judge/executive.

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  • Local tourism on the rise

     

    Tourism in Taylor County has reached an all-time high, with visitors from all over Kentucky and surrounding states taking advantage of natural resources and historic sites the area has to offer.

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  • Elk Horn woman indicted on charge of intimidating officer

     

    An Elk Horn woman facing charges alleging she hindered a murder investigation has been indicted on a charge of intimidating a judicial officer.

    Ruth Salyers, 58, of 824 Farmers Ridge Road, was indicted last Tuesday by a Taylor County grand jury.

    According to her arrest warrant, law enforcement officials overheard Salyers make threatening statements during a phone call she had on April 16 with her husband, David, who is incarcerated.

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  • Tax revenue accounts for majority of library’s budget

    Tax revenue accounts for nearly all of the Taylor County Public Library’s budget. And library board members say they won’t set a rate this year that will generate more revenue than last year’s rate.

    A proposed 2013-2014 budget for the library was discussed at a special meeting of the board on Thursday.

    The 2013-2014 budget totals $795,100, up from $669,088 for the current fiscal year budget.

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  • A part of history

     

    Residents in Campbellsville will join thousands of individuals across the country to celebrate National Preservation Month this May.

    As part of the month’s celebration, Campbellsville Renaissance/Historic Preservation Commission has provided information about four historic buildings in Campbellsville.

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  • Durham murder trial set for October

    Jesse Durham is now scheduled to face jurors in August and October.

    Durham, the Campbellsville man accused of killing his great-grandmother and assaulting a jail deputy while incarcerated, appeared in court on Tuesday for another hearing in his cases.

    Dressed in sweats and shackled with handcuffs and leg chains, Durham, 21, of 102 Eads St., appeared before Taylor Circuit Court Judge Allan Bertram for a hearing that lasted six minutes.

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  • City plans 2-percent pay raise for full-time employees

    A 2-percent raise for full-time city employees and those who work at Campbellsville Water and Sewer Co. is included in the city’s 2013-2014 budget.

    Members had first reading of the budget at the City Council’s regular meeting on Monday.

    According to Campbellsville Mayor Tony Young, raises for city employees will cost about $90,000, and raises for water company staff members will cost about $26,000.

    Young said there will not be raises for the city’s part-time employees.

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  • TRH hosts Blessing of the Hands

     

    Holding out her hands, he places drops of oil on each and asks God to bless them.

    “The lives that they touch, may they be blessed,” he said, as they prayed together.

    Beside him, another clergy member asks for God’s blessings upon a nurse’s hands.

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  • Citizen Bank is Outstanding Chamber Investor

     

    The goal is to make money, but also to give it those in need.

    Citizens Bank and Trust Co. President Mark Johnson says his business wants to be a financial success, but also show that its employees care about those in the Taylor County community.

    And it’s the bank’s commitment to helping others that earned it this year’s Outstanding Chamber Investor award.

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