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In a month where many teen drivers are on the roads headed to proms, graduation ceremonies or even just eager to get a head start on summer vacation, Kentucky Farm Bureau cautions teens and their parents to use extra care before heading out to the next big event. A deep look into the trends behind KFB Insurance claims data revealed that May is one of the busiest months of the year for accidents among teenage drivers in Kentucky.

Work is well underway off of Taylorsville Road next to Spencer County High School for a road that will connect to what will become part of Ray Jewell Park. As part of the deal when the land was purchased, the seller agreed to provide $25,000 worth of bulldozer work to the county, Judge-Executive Bill Karrer said during the April 16 Fiscal Court meeting. A new roadway has now been excavated, and what is now being used as a walking track/cross country track will soon be easily accessible. The county may also get a new soccer field excavated within that $25,000 limit, Karrer said.

A jury awarded $2.15 million Thursday to the family of 13-year-old Jamie Mitchell, who died after crashing a vehicle that Ronald Derek Coulter, then 24, permitted him to drive June 6, 2009.

The discovery of a methamphetamine lab on Little Union Road last Tuesday upped Spencer County’s tally from two in two days to three in a span of eight.