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As the Fourth of July approaches each year, we are reminded that Independence Day is about far more than fireworks and family gatherings. It is a time to reflect on the principles that gave birth to our nation and continue to guide it today: freedom, opportunity, self-government and the enduring belief that a better future is always within reach. This year carries even greater significance as our nation prepares to […]

A Maryland man was arrested early Sunday morning following a traffic stop and subsequent police pursuit that began on Lincoln Parkway and ended in Campbellsville. According to the Hodgenville Police Department, officers initiated a traffic stop at approximately 12:55 a.m. on June 22nd after observing a 2011 silver Kia Sportage speeding. The driver was identified as Deondrick K. Davis of Baltimore, Maryland. During the stop, officers reported detecting the odor […]

Area residents had the rare opportunity to hear from a Revolutionary War hero, a medical pioneer and one of the greatest American authors on Saturday, June 20, at the inaugural Mark Twain Storytelling Festival. Held at Lindsey Wilson University, the event featured seven speakers who celebrated the art of storytelling, local history and Mark Twain's ancestral ties to Columbia. Twain was born in 1835 in Missouri as Samuel Langhorne Clemens, […]

As the Fourth of July approaches each year, we are reminded that Independence Day is about far more than fireworks and family gatherings. It is a time to reflect on the principles that gave birth to our nation and continue to guide it today: freedom, opportunity, self-government and the enduring belief that a better future is always within reach.  This year carries even greater significance as our nation prepares to celebrate America’s […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 18, 2026) – Attorney General Russell Coleman announced today the indictment of a Campbellsville funeral home director on felony charges related to defrauding more than a dozen families.  A Taylor County Grand Jury indicted Donald Auberry, 53, on 13 counts of Violation of Trust Provisions/Pre Need Payments for Funeral Services (Class C Felony).  According to the indictment, between July 2021 and April 2025, Auberry defrauded families who paid for his funeral […]