Today's Opinions

I applaud the four [new] candidates who have stepped forward to run for the office of commissioner for the city of Taylorsville. It is so good to know there are people willing to step forward to contribute to this community and who have the vision to see the great potential for growth and enrichment of Taylorsville while still maintaining its small town charm.

Rumors in small towns spread like wildfire, and in some ways, it’s the job of the local newspaper to put those fires out.
My first case in point is discussed at length in this week’s newspaper. At its last regularly scheduled meeting, the Spencer County Board of Education voted not to allow students to have the junior-senior prom off campus.
Less than 24 hours after that vote was taken, the word on the street was that the prom had been canceled altogether.

After a visit home to the mountains of Bell County, it’s not unusual for me to come back to work and write a column about the need to value our family members and make an effort to see the ones we love more often.
And trust me, my four-day trip home provided me with plenty of examples to do just that — however, I’ll take a little bit of a different approach this time around.