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The local Knights of Columbus Council recently gave the first-annual Outstanding Public Safety Award to Lt. Adam Butler of the Taylorsville-Spencer County Fire Department for his outstanding efforts in organizing the department’s dive team.

Butler raised approximately $10,000 to equip the team and train them in underwater rescue and recovery. Butler recently lost his brother in a drowning accident.  
Presenting the award was Council Grand Knight Bill Greenwell, Fire Chief Nathan Nation and Deputy Grand Knight Gary Kehne.

By Todd Martin, Landmark News Service

The United States Postal Service says it is in dire financial straights.

Late last year it announced the closing of nearly 500 post offices and now nearly 2,000 more could be lost.

A Wall Street Journal report was picked up by several other national media outlets as the news spread early this week.
“It’s a scary thought, but I don’t have any more information than what they said on the radio,” Finchville Postmaster Sharadon Snowden said.

Five suspects — including three Taylorsville residents — are behind bars after Kentucky State Police responded to an anonymous tip last Tuesday evening leading to the discovery of two active methamphetamine production labs in the Ridgeview neighborhood.

 The name “Salt River Tom” is familiar to many Spencer County residents, but in case you don’t know who he was, here’s a primer.