Today's News

Census 2010 is just around the corner and Spencer County School children need your help, as well as residents of Spencer County. 

Spencer County residents willing to take 10 minutes to answer 10 simple questions will reap the benefits for the next 10 years. In schools, grant opportunities are greatly impacted by census data.

Snow days.

They seem like a good idea at the time, yet cause nothing but headaches for school officials when it comes time to make them up.

Superintendent Chuck Adams was having one of those headaches last week when he was trying to decide where to plug in the district’s seventh – and hopefully last – missed school day.

The dilemma was that with six days already tacked on to the end of the school year,  adding one more would require that graduation be pushed back a week.

The tragic death of Marsha Dennison has spurred a great deal of conversation among local officials about keeping Taylorsville pedestrians safe.

Dennison, 76, was struck and killed by a propane truck Feb. 8 while trying to cross Jefferson St. in her motorized wheelchair. In the month that has passed, many officials have cited their long-standing concerns for pedestrians – both old and young.  Some are even looking for solutions.

In 2009, the emerald ash borer turned up in Kentucky. Bluegrass state residents knew they probably couldn’t dodge the bullet forever but still hoped to keep the devastating insect pest at bay for as long as possible.

“Now that the EAB is in Kentucky, it’s likely here to stay,” said Amy Fulcher, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture extension associate for nursery crops. “Entomologists anticipate that seedling ash trees in unmaintained areas in and near infested urban areas will sustain EAB populations.”