Today's News

Caleb Fulkerson was awarded with the Spencer County High School Student of the Month award for February.  He was nominated by Peggy Pickett for helping with the 40 or more entries for solos/ensembles.  Without his help, the band would not have been so successful, Pickett said.

Graduation for the Spencer County High School class of 2013 will be Friday, May 31, at 6 p.m. at the Frankfort Convention Center, the Board of Education agreed Monday night.
Superintendent Chuck Adams recommended the date.
“Considering we have all but escaped the winter months with only two days of school missed as a result of inclement weather, I feel confident enough to have the [board] approve the graduation date of Friday, May 31,” Adams wrote in notes provided for the meeting.

Alert officials at Belterra Casino Resort in Switzerland County, Ind., who became suspicious of a man observed spending large amounts of cash Monday night helped to apprehend a suspect in a local home-improvement scam.

The Spencer County Board of Education on Monday night approved the use of two part-time Taylorsville Police officers to fulfill the duties of school resource officers, but it’s unlikely those officers will be in the schools before the start of the 2013-14 school year.
Board members had previously decided to look into the financial benefit of having two part-time officers versus one full-time officer before taking action on the proposal from the Taylorsville City Commission.