Today's News

The latest Marketbasket Survey, conducted by the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation in December 2011, indicates that average retail food prices in supermarkets across the state have decreased by 1 percent during this last quarter. According to the survey, the total cost of 40 basic grocery items was $115.90. This reflects a decrease of $1.16, or 1 percent, from the same list of items reported in the previous quarter.

The following cases were heard by Judge Linda Armstrong in Spencer District Court Dec. 2, 2011:

Traffic:
Zachary C. Bennett (1993), speeding 16 miles over the legal limit, guilty, state traffic school, $143 court costs to be paid in installments.

Lindsey N. Hayden (1986), speeding 10 miles over the legal limit, guilty, paid $163 in fines and court costs.

Ebbie L. Jones (1992), speeding 21 miles over the legal limit, guilty, paid $186 in fines and court costs.

According to a news release, The Spencer County Sheriff's Department will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints over the New Year's holiday at locations approved by the sheriff's department policy and procedures manual.
Special traffic enforcement and saturation patrols will also be dispatched to high collision areas.

This article is courtesy of the History of Kentucky by Lewis Collins and J.A. and U.P. James, published in 1847. It was reprinted by the Henry Clay Press, Lexington, Ky., in 1968.
Because so many Spencer Countians were once Shelby Countians before the division of Shelby in 1824, it seems quite appropriate to offer this biography. Remember, this was published in 1847. Because of its length, The Spencer Magnet is presenting the article in two parts. Make sure to check out next week’s edition for the second half of the story.