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Today's Features

  • Moorman named to UC dean’s list

    In recognition of their academic performance, the Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs has announced the students that have been named to the University of the Cumberlands dean’s list for the 2013 spring semester.
    The spring 2013 honoree from Taylorsville is Marissa Moorman.
    To be eligible students must have achieved a grade of “A” in convocation while maintaining a minimum cumulative scholastic standing of 3.5.

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  • Three earn academic honors at CU

    Campbellsville University Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Frank Cheatham recently announced the academic honors list for the spring 2013 semester.
    Jonathan Craig Edwards, a senior, of Mount Eden, was named to the president’s academic honors list.
    Jessica Elise Carver, a sophomore, and Courtney Danielle Cox, a sophomore, both of Taylorsville, were named to the dean’s academic honors list.

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  • PHOTOS: Kindergarten class takes walking trip around town

    DeVona Hickerson’s kindergarten class took a community walking trip before the end of the school year. The class visited the Taylorsville Fire Department, the Taylorsville Police Department, the Tea Cup and the Spencer County Public Library. ‘We noticed other important businesses and government agencies in town while walking,’ Hickerson said. ‘We had a great trip. I want to thank each entity for taking time to share with TES students how important your jobs are in the community.’

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  • Seventh grade band students participate in Solo and Ensemble competition
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  • Students participate in all-district band
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  • Conservation Reserve Program sign-up continues through June 14

    Shelbyville Farm Service Agency reminds farmers that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is conducting a four-week Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up beginning May 20 and ending on June 14. FSA also recently announced the restart of sign-up for continuous CRP. Sign-up for continuous CRP began on May 13 and will continue through Sept. 30, 2013.

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  • Dealing with insect carpenters — bees and ants

    I absolutely do not approve of killing bees. In fact, we are in a bit of a crisis with a diminishing population with the suspected cause being the use of pesticides, notably neonicotinoids. I do not fear bees, I am not allergic, and I can happily co-exist — except that they are eating my house. Or, rather they are tunneling into the wood that makes up my house so they can lay eggs and have lots of babies.

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  • Where’s the beef? UK experts weigh in on lowest beef supply in 60 years

    Just as the summer grilling season is heating up, beef supplies across the country are down, meaning it might cost a little more to host that backyard party. In fact, the number of beef cattle in the United States is reportedly less than 30 million — the lowest number since the early 1960s. And when numbers go down and feed prices go up, consumers end up paying more at the grocery store.

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  • Simple television remotes designed for seniors

    Dear Savvy Senior,
    Can you recommend some easy-to-use television remote controls for seniors? I got my 74-year-old mother a new HDTV for her birthday, but the remote control is very confusing for her to operate.
    Shopping Son

    Dear Shopping,

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  • Significance: We all have it

    The column this week can be one of the most important, yet can be painful if you are or know someone who feels, “I just don’t fit in ... they just don’t like me.”
    Having been an elementary teacher for one year before I became a school psychologist in the public school system, I experienced some of the visual pains that were displayed in some of the faces of some of the nicest kids I worked with. I felt some of them when I was a child, as well.

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