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  • Step out for your faith

    A reading from the Gospel of St. Matthew 1:18-25:

  • There is dangerous beauty in the...

    The beauty outside the window on a snowy winter’s day is hard to deny. The white blanket that covers everything seems so soft, while the frigid cold makes things appear crystal clear. To walk outside and hear the winter silence broken only by the crunch of snow underfoot and the soft hiss as the wind blows the snow along can be intoxicating.

  • Share the joy of your salvation

    by Ned Way

  • Snow, plants and the effect of...
  • 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.

  • SAVVY SENIOR: Do you need to file a...

    Dear Savvy Senior,
    What are the IRS income tax filing requirements for retirees this tax season? I didn’t have to file last year, but I picked up a little income from a part-time job in 2014, and I’m wondering if I need to file this year.
    Part-Time Retiree

  • Student-loan debt not as bad as...

    The respected research group Brookings Institute has released reports that cast a disturbing eye on student-loan debt -- at least on the surface. The bare stats might look more grim than the reality.
    Between 1989 and today, graduate students have left school with debt that has risen from $10,000 to $40,000. At the bachelor-degree level, the debt has risen from $6,000 to $16,000. However, because of having degrees, the lifetime income of those students also has increased enough.

  • Sleep medication linked to falls

    DEAR DR. ROACH: You’ve discussed sleep aids and your belief that it is best to get off all of this type of medication. I am healthy, 75 (take no meds), exercise with weights, do swimming and running regularly, and since 2007 have been taking an over-the-counter sleep aid called doxylamine nightly with no apparent side effects. Do you see a problem with continuing? -- A.B.

  • SAVVY SENIOR: Who should buy long-...

    Dear Savvy Senior,
    Is there a good rule of thumb on who should buy a long-term care insurance policy? My wife and I have a few assets we’d like to protect but we hate the idea of paying expensive monthly premiums for a policy we may never use.
    Planning Ahead

  • The mountains we travel

    By Ned Way

  • The wonder of water

    We all use water much more than we think. We shower, brush our teeth, we flush it down the toilet, we drink it and use it to fix our meals and even to wash the salt off our cars! Around here it is one of those things we usually just take for granted. The Environmental Protection Agency claims that the average American family uses 400 gallons of water a day, the US Geological Survey suggests that the average person uses about 100 gallons a day.

  • The story of the transfiguration
  • Students get into the groove of...
  • Chamber learns about Options during...
  • Nick Burns fundraiser nets over $14K
  • Alpaca fiber plant set to open

    By Nick Schrager

    Landmark News Service

  • Skunks are on the move

    We just returned from Taylorsville and on the drive home Andy remarked, “Wow, we have passed four dead skunks!” We don’t see them on the farm as much as we used to because of the dogs, although I have been getting whiffs of them for about a week now. The lightbulb moment: it is mating season for skunks and they are on the move.

  • HISTORIC PATHWAYS: The years 1948-...

    A lot happened in Spencer County during 1948-49. Of course, things happen around these parts every year, but for some reason, the here-to-fore mentioned two-year period included events that beg for recollection.
    This writer was a mere 9-year-old Taylorsville town brat in 1948 who took in everything going on and was duly impressed by major items, although not understanding the significance of many of them.
    My father, Orville “Tape” Watson, was mayor of Taylorsville after serving on the city commission.

  • BACK IN TIME: Burley Growers To...

    50 years ago

  • Dollars and Sense: There are...

    Not only are gasoline prices falling, the prices for cars that use the gas are predicted to fall as well. So says the NADA Used Car Guide in its 2015 market forecast.
    The availability of late-model used cars is predicted to rise by 8 percent, which means that consumers are out there shopping for new vehicles and leaving those used cars behind.