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A Taylorsville man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday after entering a guilty plea to first-degree sodomy, incest and first-degree sexual abuse earlier this summer.
Circuit Court Judge Charles Hickman announced Thursday that Robert Anthony Divine, 34, would receive 20 years on the sodomy charge, 20 years on the incest charge and 10 years on the sexual abuse charge, all to be served concurrently for a total of 20 years.

A Taylorsville Police officer was arrested early Saturday morning after bringing out a gun after a verbal altercation with his wife.

The Taylorsville City Commission voted last Tuesday to maintain audio recordings of its meetings for six months, meaning anything older than six months will soon be destroyed.
This decision, which was approved 4-0 in Mayor Don Pay’s absence, has drawn the ire of a few community members who maintain the recordings should be kept.

Caden Mills sat in his backyard lake house Friday afternoon for the first time, taking in the serenity of the water and pointing at the ducks and geese that seemed to want to swim over and visit.