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Bland Mason hasn’t taken a cut at a baseball since he was in Little League, but regardless, he has been called up to the show.

Mason, former pastor of Springfield Baptist Church, has been to spring training with the Boston Red Sox, and he’s ready to make his big league debut. He won’t be playing balls off the Green Monster in left field at Fenway Park, nor will he be a part of the pitching rotation. Instead, he will handle even more important duties as he counsels the players and meets their spiritual needs, serving as the team’s chapel leader.

Workers with the Davis H. Elliott company of Roanoke, Va., installed new traffic lights last week at the intersection of KY 555, US 150 and KY 55 in Springfield. The work was part of the Kentucky Department of Transportation’s routine light maintenance program, and came at an estimated cost of $20,000-$25,000. The new lights are on lines that form a square around the intersection, giving a cleaner, clearer appearance for drivers, and eliminate some problems with signal light heads bumping together.

Cell phones are one of the most convenient modern devices in the world today, but for many schools, they are also a growing problem.

Washington County High School Principal Leon Smith said his school has had some recent incidents, and many of them have stemmed from the use of cell phones and text messaging.

A federal grand jury in Louisville has returned an indictment against Kevin Buckler and Kathy Buckler of Springfield on March 18, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Candace G. Hill of the Western District of Kentucky.

The indictment charges the Bucklers with filing false federal tax returns for 2001 and 2002 in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(I). The Bucklers were arrested and arraigned in United States District Court in Louisville.