Today's News

The recent wet weather resulted in many cases of target spot on young burley tobacco plants in greenhouses across the state. With more wet conditions in the forecast, growers need to watch their seedlings closely for any sign of the disease in order to manage it if it does develop, said Kenny Seebold, plant pathologist in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture.

Taylorsville mourns the passing of one of her true public servants with the death of 85-year-old J.C. Smith. He died Monday at home in the city he served.

I would like to thank Bob and Dairy Queen for being a corporate sponsor for our first Bat-A-Thon fundraiser for our youth baseball association. Although the participation and interest was not what we had hoped, it was still a huge success.

The board members and volunteers learned alot from this initial event and hope to improve on it in the years to come.

ROBIN BASS/The Spencer Magnet

Taylorsville-Spencer County Fire Department responded to an early morning fire Monday in the 1000 block of Highway to Heaven. The homeowner, who refused to give her name, stated that she was awakened by the light from the fire. After calling 9-1-1, she went out to move several horses that were corralled in the paddock near the barn. In the excitement, she suffered a minor injury to her hand and one of her horses injured his leg when he ran into a fence.  No information was available on how the fire started.