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Former Sheriff Steve Coulter is set to appear in circuit court next Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Coulter, who is charged with tampering with public records and official misconduct, is on the docket for a disposition hearing.
Though still a Spencer County case, the hearing will take place in Shelby County before Judge Stephen Mershon.

Taylorsville-Spencer County firefighters responded to two serious house fires in two days last week, one of which resulted in the total loss of a home.

Real property tax rates will remain the same in the city of Taylorsville this year, and personal property tax rates will drop 20 percent.
The Taylorsville City Commission approved an ordinance establishing the rates on second reading Friday afternoon at a special meeting – one day after hearing the ordinance on first reading at a meeting on Thursday.
The real property tax rate will stay at 14.8 cents per $100 of assessed value for the fifth consecutive year, according to documents provided by the city.

Property owners in Spencer County won’t have to deal with an increased tax rate if the Spencer County School Board heeds Superintendent Chuck Adams’ advice to implement the compensating tax rate at Thursday’s board meeting.