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1 week ago | 
thenewsenterprise.com | Ben Sheroan
Like most things in life, the internet is full of good and bad. Generally, it is what we make it. Thanks to search engines, mapping tools and wiki sites of all kinds, questions can be answered in seconds. Anything you have forgotten is a few clicks away — except maybe where you left your phone. kAm%96C6’D 2=D@ :>>65:2E6 2446DD 7@C 4@>A2C:D@? D9@AA:?8[ 4@?E24E:?8 AF3=:4 @77:4:2=D 2?5 H@C< 42?
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1 week ago | 
pmg-ky2.com | Ben Sheroan
A proposal to double the city’s occupational tax will be considered at the next Campbellsville City Council meeting. The city derives roughly $3.4 million annually from the tax and raising the rate from 1% to 2% would double the city’s revenue.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenewsenterprise.com | Ben Sheroan
Since childhood, I have known the significance of the first Saturday in May. That’s right. It’s Derby Day. kAmxE >:89E 36 :>A@DD:3=6 E@ 8C@H FA :? z6?EF4<J — A2CE:4F=2C=J :? E96 C2?86 @7 {@F:DG:==6 E6=6G:D:@? DE2E:@?D H:E9@FE >2<:?8 E92E 4@??64E]k^AmkAmvC@H:?8 FA[ H6 72:E97F==J @3D6CG65 EH@ 2??F2= 9@=:52JD — r9C:DE>2D 2?5 s6C3J s2J] W%92E’D @?=J 2 >:=5 6I2886C2E:@?]Xk^AmkAm%96 2EE6?E:@? 86?6C2E65 3J E96 s6C3J :D =:<6 ?@ @E96C 6G6?E] z6?EF4<J :D :?
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2 weeks ago | 
pmg-ky2.com | Ben Sheroan
Spring floods and an associated tornado damaged property, blocked roads and generally disrupted life across Taylor County. But the emergency was not enough to received a federal disaster declaration which would qualify for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenewsenterprise.com | Ben Sheroan
The buzzer sounded moments after I passed the last gas pumps on the south side of Elizabethtown. Heading down the Lincoln Parkway making a business trip to Campbellsville, a dashboard display specified the alarm’s warning. LOW FUEL. kAm{@@<:?8 2E E96 82F86D[ x 3C:67=J 4@?D:56C65 2 BF:4< EFC?23@FE] p9625 :? w@586?G:==6 2C6 D@>6 4@?G6?:6?E DE@AD 3FE 6IA6C:6?46 D2JD 7F6= :D >@C6 6IA6?D:G6 E96C6]k^AmkAm!@?56C:?8 H92E E@ 5@[ 2 >:=6 4=:4<65 @77]k^AmkAmxE’D ?@E E96 7:CDE E:>6[ x’G6 366? =@H @?
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3 weeks ago | 
pmg-ky2.com | Ben Sheroan
The next Taylor County school superintendent made note of good things happening in the local district and outlined a collaborative relationship to take steps toward expecting and achieving greatness. In his introduction at a special board meeting April 15, Robert Braden pledged to approach the job as a group working together. kAm“x?
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4 weeks ago | 
thenewsenterprise.com | Ben Sheroan
In a series of speeches recapping the 30-day General Assembly session in which more than 1,000 bills were filed, five local legislators highlighted subjects Thursday ranging from economic development and agriculture to education and support of the military. The legislative breakfast also addressed some future objectives of local legislators including a discussion of rewriting the state’s 1891 Constitution.
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4 weeks ago | 
thenewsenterprise.com | Ben Sheroan
A good story needs to be told. Sharing it gives the narrative life. A great story simply has to be told and retold. Sharing can make it a legend. kAmxE’D 366? ?62C=J `b J62CD D:?46 |:<6 (62G6C DE@@5 369:?5 9:D A:4<FA ECF4< H:E9 2 H62E96C65 A:646 @7 H@@5 2?5 56D4C:365 E96 DE@CJ @7 H92E 925 366? 2 A2CE @7 E96 DE2:CH6== :?D:56 E96 =2DE C6>2:?:?8 (@C=5 (2C xx 32CC24<D 2E u@CE z?@I]k^AmkAm%96D6 EH@\DE@CJ H@@56?
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1 month ago | 
pmg-ky2.com | Ben Sheroan
Dr. Roger Huston has a long job title which matches a big vision for rural communities like Campbellsville and Taylor County. Describing his passion for rural advancement, Huston outlined its role in community and economic development during the monthly luncheon meeting of the Campbellsville-Taylor County Chamber of Commerce last week. kAmwFDE@?
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1 month ago | 
thenewsenterprise.com | Ben Sheroan
As usual, I burst into the front door at my grandparents’ house on Red Hill Road with all the subtlety of a grizzly. The door always was unlocked at that house on Red Hill Road. It seemed to be an unspoken rule that family — and particularly grandchildren — were always welcomed, so my 7-year-old self certainly didn’t bother to knock and likely leaped inside jabbering about some second-grade activity. kAm~?
