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Mike Stunson

Kentucky Press News Service

Neal James, better known as “The Banjo Man” and friend of “The Turtleman” on Animal Planet’s “The Call of the Wildman” died Friday, according to the Washington County coroner.

James, 55, died at the Isaiah House in Willisburg, where he had been helping people battling substance abuse, according to Coroner Len Benedict. Prior to his death, James has been in and out of the hospital with cardiac issues, Benedict said.

Kentucky Press News Service

FRANKFORT – Direct shipment of wine to consumers would become legal under a bill that advanced in the state Senate today.

“This is something we have been talking about a long time,” said Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, chairman of the Senate Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations Committee, the legislative panel that advanced the measure, known as Senate Bill 99.

A death investigation into two individuals found inside a burning car in Dyersburg, Tennessee, has connections to Campbellsville. 

According to the Dyer County Sheriff’s Office, a 2019 White Ford Edge was discovered ablaze near the I-155 exit in Dyersburg at around 2:43 a.m. Saturday. The Dyer County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the vehicle was registered to a car rental agency in Campbellsville, but it is not yet known which company the car was rented from.

Members of the community gathered together Friday afternoon at the Campbellsville Civic Center to remember the late Judy Cox, who served as the director of the Campbellsville-Taylor County Chamber of Commerce for 16 years. Cox passed away in September 2018 at the age of 72. 

The brief ceremony culminated with a ribbon cutting and dedication of a conference room at the Civic Center named in Cox’s honor.