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Somewhere in Haiti, there is a little girl who may soon call Taylorsville home. When she arrives, she’ll be welcomed into a loving family and surrounded by a community that has shown their love and support for her even before they learn her name.

Chad and Wendy Goodlett are in the process of adopting a child, they just don’t know who she is or when she’ll arrive.

“We haven’t been matched with a child yet,” said Chad. “We only know (somewhat for sure) that it is a girl between the ages of four and ten,” he said.

Last year, 834 people died on Kentucky highways, the state police and Kentucky Office of Highway Safety announced Thursday.

That’s up from 761 traffic deaths in 2015, a 9.6 percent increase. The most recent year when there were more than 800 traffic fatalities in Kentucky was 2008, when 826 people died.

Spencer County Public Schools is sponsoring the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). The SFSP is a state-sponsored program that collaborates with non-profit organizations to provide a free, nutritionally balanced breakfast and lunch for children less than 19 years of age.

AMVETS Post 129 is preparing to attend the Kentucky  AMVETS State Convention in Louisville in June. Pictured from left to right; Ed Schroering, Hobert Judd, Donald Cook, Jerry Thornton (Cmdr), Morgan Day, Patrick Armstrong, Robin Buchter, and Jeremy Buchter.  Not pictured; Merial Barker, Dutch Elder, Marty Nemes, and Darrell Stevens Post 129 meets the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Spencer Co. Cooperative Extension Service Office.