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Today's News

  • Had it with snow

    Quick show of hands. Who’s had it with snow?

    Spencer County woke to yet another cold, white blanket Tuesday morning bringing this winter’s total accumulation to 19.9 inches – nearly the height of this 23-inch newspaper (including the margins). Since the New Year, four days have seen snow fall roughly three inches or more with February 9 leading the way with 6.5 inches. Monday’s storm will go down as the second highest with 3.9 inches – if residents are lucky.

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  • Point guard play was "wonderful for teammates"

    John Wall meet Bob Cousy. Godfather of point guards who was defining take charge play and being The Game’s prime take-over-guy before Wall’s dad was out of diapers.

    Wall, Devan Downey and other gifted and cocksure playmakers would do well to look up the gold standard man. Point guard who pioneered the way to fame and fortune awaiting today’s take-over game types.

    A showman from Gotham City to Beantown, Cousy was cut from a high school team once and encouraged at Holy Cross College to minimize the fancy stuff.

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  • Talley signs with University of the Cumberlands

    Spencer County High School track star Chelsey Talley signed to run competitively for University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Ky.

    On hand to help Talley celebrate her partial athletic scholarship to the university were her parents, Shelley (front, left) and Bill (front, right) Talley. Also in attendance at last Thursday’s event were U of C track and cross country coach Floyd Stroud (seated, second from right), SCHS Principal Jocelyn Lyons and Assistant Principal Dale Kleinjohn.

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  • What's Happening: Spencer County's community calendar

    Knights of Columbus Lenten fish fry

    The Knights of Columbus Lenten fish fry begins Friday, February 19 and will continue every Friday for six weeks at All Saints Catholic Church located at 410 Main Cross. Serving times are 5 until 8 p.m.  The Knights will offer a variety of fresh seafood and side dishes.

    Commodity breakfast rescheduled

    The FFA Commodity Breakfast scheduled for Monday was cancelled due to the weather.  The event has been rescheduled for March 15.

    SCES Dance Team Benefit

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  • Bears hit a rough patch in season

    It would take a pessimist of the first order to call the 2009-10 season anything but a success for the Spencer County Bears boys basketball team. But those who dwell on the negative can point to the past couple of weeks to make their argument as the Bears have dropped five of their last six games, including their last three.

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  • Lady Bears drop close game to Henry

    The Spencer County Lady Bears aren’t sporting an impressive record, but they continue to battle through a tough season and on more than one occasion have come up just shy of notching a few more victories.

    Friday night was just another example as they fell in a 54-51 decision at home to Henry County.

    Spencer County built an early four point lead after one quarter, 12-8, but the two teams battled basket for basket the rest of the way. Henry County was able to cut into the lead and trailed by just one at the break, 21-20.

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  • LETTER: Ag Commodity Breakfast

     You are cordially invited to the Spencer County FFA  Agricultural Commodity Breakfast at the Spencer County High School on February 15 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

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  • Fire guts Greens Lane home

     Firefighters were alerted to a blaze around 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning and arrived to find a home nearly consumed with fire.

    Taylorsville-Spencer County Fire Chief Nathan Nation said that he believes the fire started in the south end of the home, but that the cause is still under investigation.

    Homeowner Joann Chesser, of 59 Greens Lane,  was not at home at the time of the fire. Neighbors at the scene reported that Chesser frequently spends weekends with her son in Louisville.

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  • GUEST COLUMN: Product recall alerts save children’s lives

    Parenting in today’s world can be a daunting task.  As Attorney General, I have worked hard to give parents and law enforcement the tools they need to better protect Kentucky kids. Sadly, sometimes the things we least expect pose the greatest danger to our children.

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  • Fatal accident "quick and violent"

    A fatal accident last week may lead to changes for residents who use motorized wheel chairs to travel along Taylorsville’s busy roads.

    Marsha Dennison, 76, died Wednesday morning after being struck by a propane truck at the intersection of East Main and Jefferson streets. The Taylorsville resident was reportedly attempting to cross with the light at Jefferson Street in her motorized wheel chair when Harry D. Mercer, 42, made a right turn off Main Street. Both subjects were moving eastbound prior to the accident.

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