Today's News

Trick or Treat photos available for pickup
If you purchased a photo (or two, or three) at Trick or Treat on Main Street, the photos are available for pickup at the Spencer Magnet office, 100 W. Main St. in Taylorsville.
Our office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Board of elections to meet
The Spencer County Board of Elections will meet Thursday at 3 p.m. in the County Clerk’s office.

SCHS cheerleaders to host ‘competition for a cause’ Saturday

Four individuals arrested in mid July on multiple drug-related charges have been indicted by a Spencer County Grand Jury.
Raymond Birdsong, 62, and Margaret F. Tingle, 75, both of the 100 block of Hardin Court in Taylorsville, were indicted on one count of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, cocaine; one count of possession of drug paraphernalia; and one count of possession of marijuana. The trafficking charge is a class C felony, while the others are misdemeanors.

Editor’s note: This is the second article in a two-part series about how Spencer County Public Schools faired in the first-round of the new Kentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress — known as K-PREP — assessment. The K-PREP assessment replaces the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System, and, according to state and local educators, has raised academic expectations for public school students across Kentucky. This week’s story takes an individual look at how each school within the district performed.

For many, Nov. 11 is just another holiday—a day to think about our soldiers, the vague concept of “freedom,” and how war has impacted our country. Most people don’t know what it’s like to leave for work in the morning and not know if they will be coming home. Most people don’t know what it’s like to be away from their family for months; to celebrate their birthday in Middle Eastern sand; or to endure the unpredictable strain of post-traumatic stress disorder.