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Today's News

  • 4-H program brings Japanese exchange student to Taylorsville

    It’s safe to say that the Hanik family was just as excited to learn from Ayu Hosimi as Ayu was to learn about America and the culture in Kentucky.

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  • Middle school student attends academic summer camp

    Tamara Humphrey, a student at Spencer County Middle School, attended the 30th annual Summer Camp for Academically Talented Middle School Students (SCATS) June 10 to June 22, hosted by The Center for Gifted Students.
    Humphrey was one of nearly 200 in attendance.
    Located on the campus of Western Kentucky University, SCATS provides enhanced learning opportunities for academically talented sixth, seventh and eighth grade students.  

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  • PHOTO: Watson and Hardin attend reunion

    Tom Watson and Tom Hardin of Taylorsville attended a recent reunion of former WAKY and WKLO news and disc jockey personnel in Louisville. Watson was a news director and newscaster at WAKY for 12 years. Hardin was a personality at WAKY. Watson led a news teams that won several national awards and teamed with Mike Summers for award-winning documentaries. Watson was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame in 2009. Watson, right, is pictured with Mike Summers and Mason Lee Dixon.

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  • Henderson completes basic training

    Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Charles H. Henderson graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.
    The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
    Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

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  • City police department joins national crackdown to reduce impaired driving fatalities

    If you drink and drive in Taylorsville beware, the Taylorsville Police Department is joining with law enforcement throughout the nation for the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign Aug. 17 to Sept. 3.
    The strong nationwide impaired driving crackdown will include high-visibility enforcement, high-profile events, and will be supported by national paid advertising, creating a comprehensive campaign to curb alcohol impaired driving from Aug. 17 through the Labor Day holiday weekend.

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  • Long-term debt could stop effort to dissolve Taylorsville

    A Spencer County citizen approached the Taylorsville City Commission at its meeting last week, saying he has the signatures needed to put the question of dissolving the city on the ballot.
    However, a few words in the statute that sets forth the procedure of dissolving a city leave a question mark as to whether Taylorsville is a city that can be dissolved.
    According to Kentucky Revised Statute 81.094(2), “A city, except for a city which has long-term debt, or any debt in excess of the assets of the city, shall be dissolved by the following procedure...”

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  • Judge extends deadline for bonding agency to respond in civil case against former county clerk

    The county’s case against former Spencer County Clerk Judy Puckett will not move forward until September as Judge Charles Hickman granted a motion for enlargement of time Thursday to Liberty Mutual Insurance/Ohio Casualty Insurance Company.

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  • A Brush with Kindness

    When Taylorsville resident Rebecca Maddox tragically lost her husband in January, suddenly the household to-do list became less important.

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  • Election 2012: Filing deadline has passed

    At the end of the day Tuesday, six names were submitted as candidates to run for the four available seats on the Taylorsville City Commission, two candidates will run unopposed in their respective Board of Education districts while one district remains vacant, and four incumbents are seeking reelection as Soil and Water Conservation District supervisors.
    Two current city commissioners — Beverly Ingram and Kathy Spears — are seeking to extend their service on the commission.

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  • Services set for victim of fatal accident

    Funeral services have been scheduled for the victim of Tuesday's fatal accident on Ky. 55.
    Jason Scott Thompson, 36, of Mount Eden, was pronounced dead at the scene of a three-vehicle accident near the intersection of Ky. 55 and Ky. 1633.
    Visitation for Thompson is set for 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Hall-Taylor Funeral Home in Taylorsville.
    The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hall-Taylor.

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