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Today's News

  • Fairness and charter governments

    Exactly what were lawmakers thinking when they created Kentucky’s statute on charter governments?

    Circuit Judge Charles Hickman hopes to discover what transpired during that process as the case of City of Taylorsville v. Spencer County Fiscal Court continues into its second year.

    “I think it is important that we look into the legislative history,” said Hickman Friday. “What was the need for enacting the statute?”

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  • Free smoke detectors

    Taylorsville-Spencer County Fire Department plans to start going door to door installing 100 donated smoke detectors, thanks to the generosity of Wal-Mart, said TSCFD Chief Nathan Nation.

    “The goal of the program is to install smoke detectors in homes of the elderly, families of small children, lower income families and those who live in manufactured or mobile homes,” said Nation.

    If you are in need a smoke detector please call the TSCFD at 502-477-3228.

     

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  • LETTER: Voters deserve their questions answered

    As citizens, we all have the right to ask questions of our elected officials.  We also have the right to the expectations of being given an honest reply.

    It is of my opinion those that are not willing to give an honest answer have no right to run for office.

    I have a question that we should all think about: what does the federal government, the state government and our own Spencer County government all have in common? Could it be that they are all financially broke? 

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  • Dog Gone Wild Chapter 8

    Chapter 8

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  • LETTER: SCHS thanks Hometown Pizza, Dairy Queen

    Spencer County High School would sincerely like to thank the Taylorsville Hometown Pizza and manager for supplying pizza coupons for our 1st nine weeks perfect attendance awards.  Please see the 10-28 issue of The Spencer Magnet for the list of these 139 students.

    We would also like to thank the Taylorsville Dairy Queen and manager Bob Gill for donation of blizzard coupons for students on the A honor roll.

    Melita Drake

    SCHS

     

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  • LETTER: Oversupply, corruption biggest problems for dairy industry

    I would like to commend freelance writer Laura Clark for her article on dairy farming. When Ms. Clark asked what I thought the biggest, single problem was facing the dairy industry it was very difficult to answer because truthfully, nobody knows. The two most common schools of thought are oversupply and corruption.

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  • 8-point buck by Atcher

    Submitted to The Spencer Magnet

    Darby B. Atcher, age 8, took his first 8 point buck on his papaw Atcher’s farm.

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  • Shooting Stars named champs

     The U8 division ended their season with the Mike Miles U8 Invitational Tournament.  It was cold and wet, but these little soccer players endured, played, and had fun.

    This is an all day tournament which starts at 10 a.m. and plays the final game at 4:30 p.m.  It was another exciting tournament that hosted six teams and over 100 spectators, despite the weather conditions.

    One game was decided by “kicks from the mark” and several other games were very close, going down to the wire. 

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  • PUBLIC RECORD: District Court

    The Honorable Judge Donna Dutton presided over the following cases in District Court on September 18, 2009.

    Traffic:

    Mark D. Carlton (b. 1954). Charge #1, no/expired registration plates. Dismissed - proof. Charge #2, no/expired Kentucky registration receipt. Dismissed - proof. Charge #3, failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first offense. Guilty. Fined $500, $400 waived. Charge #4, failure to notify address change to Department of Transportation. Dismissed - proof.

    Misdemeanor:

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  • LETTER: Thanks for helping

    Thank you to all that helped with the recent Harvest Festival fundraiser for Ronnie Whitlock Jr. We greatly exceeded our goal.

    Special thanks to Jullian, Cora May and Darrell Edmondson for the use of their farm. God bless you all.

    Freddie and LaDonna Barrick and family

     

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