Today's News

The Taylorsville Police Department will be hosting a drug drop off in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Agency Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Taylorsville City Hall parking lot at 70 Taylorsville Road. Residents can bring any expired/unused/unwanted pills, liquids, needles or other medications for free and safe disposal, no questions asked. Officials asked that all medications be in sealed containers. Pills should not be mixed with any liquid medications.

Taylorsville Police are looking for information regarding this van, which was shot with a shotgun in the 100 block of Main Street on April 17 between 3 and 3:45 a.m.  Police said the van’s owner lives at 126 W. Main, but the vehicle was parked in front of 136 W. Main at the time of the shooting. Anyone with information in regard to the incident should call the police department at 502-477-3231.

The water bill for the City of Taylorsville will increase next year, and by all indications, its customers will see a rate increase as a result. But how much that increase will be for customers is yet to be determined.
The Louisville Water Company, which provides water to the city for distribution, is raising its rates 6.4 percent, according to information presented during budget discussions at two special meetings last week.

Acting on tips from community members, the Spencer County Sheriff’s Department located two separate sets of methamphetamine labs in the county within two days last week.