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Spencer County’s radio tower, located at the county’s road maintenance barn on Fairgrounds Road, underwent remediation work last week to make sure the tower’s anchorage points could perform correctly and safely.
The work came as a result of a report issued by Qk4, an engineering company in Louisville. Antennas Unlimited, the company that installed the county’s antenna, commissioned the report, paid for the review by Qk4 and paid for the remediation work.

Following multiple fights last week at Spencer County High School and rumors that students might bring knives and possibly a gun to school Monday, local law enforcement set up backpack and pocket checks going into the high school Monday morning.
Members of the Taylorsville Police Department, the Spencer County Sheriff’s Department and the Kentucky State Police searched backpacks and had students empty their pockets into searchable pans as they came through the front doors of the school, Taylorsville Police Chief Toby Lewis said.

Mount Washington man ejected in fiery crash Wednesday morning
A Mount Washington man was airlifted to University of Louisville Hospital after being ejected from his vehicle in a fiery crash last Wednesday morning.

Spencer County Elementary School Principal Dale Kleinjan doesn’t like talking about the past. He would rather focus on the present, look to the future and greet his students with high fives in the hallways each morning. But it’s hard to ignore the impact he has made upon the local education system.