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When she walks across the stage at the end of this month to receive her diploma from Spencer County High School, it will mark the second graduation Adrian Gregory has completed in recent weeks.

A Taylorsville man indicted earlier this month on several felony charges — including first-degree rape — entered a not guilty plea in Spencer Circuit Court on Thursday.
Robert Michael Howard, 42, appeared for his arraignment Thursday morning with his attorney, Jason Fowler, who asked the court to consider lowering Howard’s bond.
Howard’s bond was set at $100,000 cash.

A Taylorsville woman accused of stealing money from a senior citizen and “prescription shopping” could face 10 years behind bars after entering guilty pleas in Spencer Circuit Court on Thursday.

School security improvement talks that originated among Spencer County Board of Education members following December’s tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings are starting to yield some results.
Board members voted at the May 20 meeting to purchase wireless audio/video buzzer entry systems like the one at Spencer County Elementary School for the preschool, Taylorsville Elementary, the middle school and high school. The SCES system requires entrants to buzz in and be viewed before building access is granted.