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  • A family’s newest blessing

    Adoption for Bobby Joe and Amanda Mattingly was not something that was always in the couple’s plans. For them, the addition of 21-month-old Emma Grace to their family was the result of the opening of a door of opportunity.

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  • Next step for Robertson building

    A presentation was held on Main Street last Thursday for the awarding of the $780,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to the city of Springfield for renovations to the Robertson Building.

    The building, which was built more than 100 years ago and is included on the National Register of Historic Places, was gifted to the city in 2011 and funding for the renovation of the property was recently finalized.

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  • PHOTOS: African-American Heritage Festival
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  • Man found dead in car on Booker Road

    A man was found dead in his vehicle early Friday morning at the parking lot of the Springfield reservoir on Booker Road, according to a report released by the Kentucky State Police.

    The Washington County Sheriff’s Office was first on the scene some time after 8:30 a.m., after a resident in the area reported seeing what appeared to be a body inside the car.

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  • News briefs 7/30

    Ongoing events

    Supply list and dress code policy
    WCMS students and parents may find the 2014-2015 school supply lists and school dress code policy on the district web page at washington.kyschools.us <http://washington.kyschools.us>. If you have any questions you may email ty.howard@washington.kyschools.us or anne.taylor@washington.kyschools.us.

    Washington County Summer Feeding Program

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  • Robinson takes part in GSA

    This summer, The Kentucky Center hosted over two hundred eager young artists from every region of the Commonwealth, as The Kentucky Center Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA) took place at Danville’s Centre College from June 22 to July 12.

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  • Dr. Grundy to speak at African-American Heritage Festival

    As the City of Springfield prepares to celebrate the 11th Annual African American Heritage Festival on Friday night, Aug. 1, Dr. Gabrielle J. Grundy, MD, will return to her hometown to help celebrate this year’s theme of promoting health and wellness.

    “Dr. Gabby”, as she is called at her office in Louisville, knows all too well how important it is to take good care of your physical and mental health and is very pleased that the festival is celebrating good health.

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  • Bluegrass expands 4G network in county

    More residents in Washington County now have access to 4G LTE, the most-advanced 4G network, on their Bluegrass Cellular mobile devices. As part of a system-wide 4G LTE development project, Bluegrass announced last week that it has expanded its nationwide 4G LTE network into the Washington County community of Tatham Springs.

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  • Urgent call for blood, platelet donors

    The American Red Cross is facing a looming blood shortage, leading to an urgent need for donors of all blood types to roll up a sleeve and give.

    Donations through the Red Cross are down approximately eight percent over the last 11 weeks, resulting in about 80,000 fewer donations than expected. The number of donors continues to decline, and the shortfall is significant enough that the Red Cross could experience an emergency situation in the coming weeks.

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  • Bridge on Texas Road discussed at fiscal court meeting

    There were two main areas of discussion during last Friday’s meeting of the Washington County fiscal court.

    The first talking point centered around the closing of a small bridge on Mackville Texas Road, which is located around the 2.65-mile point northeast of Hwy. 150. On July 21, it was reported that stone one side of the bridge had fallen off, which prompted Washington County Judge-Executive John Settles to declare an emergency order due to safety concerns.

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