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School board hits impasse on...

The Spencer County Board of Education hit an impasse regarding staffing allocations for 2015-2016, as the board failed to reach a resolution on the issue Monday.
The board which is already short one member due to the resignation of Ange McKinney, had only three members in attendance Monday, as member Janet Bonham was not present.

Fiscal court declines to declare...

The Spencer County Fiscal Court decided not to proclaim Monday of last week as a snow holiday for employees, but did decide to approve pay increases for two road department staff.

PUBLIC RECORD: Court record...

Judge Donna Dutton heard the following cases on Nov. 7, 2014 in Spencer District Court:

Felony:
John Bradley Farris, (1986), public intoxication, controlled substance (excludes alcohol); drug paraphernalia - buy/possess; tampering with physical evidence amended to attempted tampering with physical evidence, guilty, two years, 365 days conditionally discharged, Kentucky Alternative Program, $253 court costs and fines.

K-9 officers out in force during...

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Magnet welcomes new staff...

 

Fire damages printing plant

 

Money is at the root of many...

Anyone who is honest realizes there are big problems with college athletics. Money dwarfs academics on the list of things that matter in college sports today and that flow of green has funded the giant hush that’s dominated the Ivory Towers of college administration buildings for decades.

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Spencer County GOP to hold meeting in March
The Spencer County GOP will be holding its monthly meeting on March 2 at the Kentucky Farm Bureau office. Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. with the business meeting to follow at 7 p.m.

HISTORIC PATHWAYS: Gunplay in...

While doing some microfilm research at the Louisville Free Public Library last week, this scribe ran across an interesting item in the Sept. 16, 1964 edition of the Louisville Journal.
The items gave details of a shooting in Taylorsville during the Civil War.
Here’s what it said:
“Deporster Killed By A Brother Guerrilla.

County departments stay on task...

Last week’s snow event closed a number of city and county offices but state, county and city road crews, as well as, emergency services personnel were in full force last week to battle the snow and help citizens in need.
Last Monday’s snow storm brought between seven and 12 inches of snow to Spencer County, and Wednesday morning brought additional accumulation which had local crews working overtime to clean roadways.