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Local News

  • Mount Eden post office faces closure

    The United State Postal Service is considering closing its Mount Eden office, but Mount Eden residents are doing everything they can to make sure that doesn’t happen.

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  • Racing to graduation

    When asked about the legacy Spencer County High School’s Class of 2011 will leave behind, class president Arden Gregory said her class will be remembered for its spirit, friendliness and academic competitiveness.

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  • Local student wins national essay contest

    Jacob Summerhill, a fifth-grader at Taylorsville Elementary School, got a visit Thursday from the daughter of one of Major League Baseball’s greatest players.

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  • Judge to pull his support of EDA

    In an announcement made to a less-than-likely audience, Spencer County Judge-Executive Bill Karrer said last Wednesday that he will not support the county allocating $30,000 in the next fiscal year to help keep the Taylorsville-Spencer County Economic Development Authority afloat.

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  • Storm wreaks havoc in Mount Eden

    Erica Barnes woke up around 4:30 Monday morning to a feeling and a sound unlike any she had ever experienced.
    “You could feel the pressure on the house – like something just sat down on it,” Barnes said of a storm that ripped through Mount Eden. “It literally sounded like a train.”

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  • POLL: Should the EDA be disbanded?

    Do you think the Economic Development Authority should be disbanded?

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  • School board approves next year’s staffing plan

    Fluctuating student populations at three of the district’s five schools will cause two certified staff positions to be eliminated and one certified staff position to be created for the 2011-2012 school year.

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  • Nixle gets nixed

    The service that provided Taylorsville residents with text message and email alerts of emergency situations has been at least temporarily discontinued.
    The web-based service, called Nixle, had been provided free of charge to the Taylorsville Police Department.
    However, because it has been so successful, Chief Toby Lewis told city commissioners at last week’s meeting that the company that provides it has decided to start charging a yearly fee.

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  • EDA funding in jeopardy?

    The Taylorsville-Spencer County Economic Development Authority is at risk of losing its funding if the most recent city commission and fiscal court meetings are any indication.
    The EDA is requesting $30,000 in funding from both the city and the county, for a total of $60,000.
    When the city’s portion of the funding was discussed at an April 26 special meeting of the city commission, Commissioner Larry Waldridge questioned how long the city would continue financially supporting the EDA.

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  • Bancroft pleads guilty to murder

    Gary Bancroft is almost certain to spend at least the next several decades in prison after pleading guilty to murder and associated charges Tuesday morning in Anderson Circuit Court.

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