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Former sheriff Steve Coulter should have “receipted, recorded and deposited” fees charged for auto inspections and should have better handled donated funds during his last year in office, according to State Auditor Crit Luallen’s report for the fiscal year 2010.
The state auditor performs an audit and releases a report for each of the state’s sheriffs on a yearly basis.
The 2010 audit noted a $2,820 deficit in the sheriff’s fee account, and recommended the former sheriff eliminate it.

Nolan Thompson has a desire to help people, and that desire is helping him reach all the way across the globe to Kenya.

Nolan, a 10-year-old fifth-grader at Spencer County Elementary School, is heading up a project to raise funds for the Tumaini Center Orphanage in Kenya.

In May, Nolan spearheaded a food drive project to benefit tornado victims in Alabama, so this isn’t his first go-round.

As Denisse Escareno remains in a coma, fighting a new infection, the man accused of leaving her in that condition made his first court appearance on Tuesday.

And even as Escareno’s family and friends have continued to rally around her fight to survive being brutally assaulted three weeks ago, her community has joined in that support.

Rep. Brad Montell, R-Shelbyville (58th District), announced that he is prefiling legislation for the 2012 Regular Legislative Session that if passed would authorize a tax credit for individuals and corporate donors to non-profit agencies that provide scholarships to needy children to attend the public or private school of their choice.
“The goal of this legislation is to provide every parent with the opportunity to send their child to the school that best meets the child’s needs regardless of their family’s income,” said Montell in filing the bill.