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  • Commanders open football season tonight

    The Washington County Commander football team hosts Shawnee tonight in the regular season opener. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. at Bennett R. Lewis Field.

    Look to next week's issue of The Springfield Sun for complete coverage!

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  • Local men witness in Brazil

    The purpose of any church mission trip is to reach out to people who need to hear the gospel and to help change lives. But the trip takes on a even greater meaning when the lives of the witnesses are also transformed by sharing the message. That is what two local men found out during a recent trip to South America.

    Kyle Claunch, pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Springfield, and a member of his congregation, Zachary Purdom, spent 10 days helping to start churches in an impoverished section of Brazil.

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  • Holy Rosary homecoming, African American Heritage Festival are a hit

    On the first weekend in August each year, people come from all over the county, and for that matter, all over the country, to visit Springfield for the annual homecoming celebration hosted by Holy Rosary Catholic Church.

    “It’s been taking place for 50 or 60 years, at least,” said Deacon Gus Cooper, pastor of Holy Rosary Catholic Church.

    Jimmy Churchill, one of two chairs for the homecoming celebration, said it’s probably been even longer than that. He said his mother, who is 81 years old, recalls attending homecoming when she was a young girl.

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  • Grand jury indicts five, including alleged sexual abuser

    A Washington County grand jury has returned indictments against five people, including one charged with the sexual abuse of a child under 12 years old.

    Justin Murray, 30, of Maplewood Avenue in Springfield, is charged with four counts of sexual abuse of a victim under the age of 12, a Class C felony, and one count of being a persistent felony offender.

     According to the indictment, the offenses allegedly took place between February and May of 2010 in Washington County.

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  • No change for county tax rates

    During Monday’s meeting of the Washington County Fiscal Court, the court voted to keep county tax rates the same for the coming year. The current rate for real estate and personal property is 7.5 cents per $100 of the assessed value. For automobiles, watercraft and aircraft, the rate will remain at eight cents per $100 of the assessed value.

    For real estate and personal property, the court had the option to go with a 7.8 percent compensating rate, but elected to keep the current rate. The county could see a drop in revenue from personal property taxes.

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  • Burglars nabbed in E-Z Stop break-in

    An Elizabethtown man and a Washington County woman have been charged in the latest burglary at E-Z Stop convenience store near the Blue Grass Parkway.

    Theodore Charles Lewis, 20, of Elizabethtown, and Jennifer White, 19, of Gordon Ford Lane in Willisburg, have been charged with their alleged roles in a break-in at E-Z Stop store on Thursday, Aug. 5.

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  • WC football scrimmage will start at 7:30 p.m.

    The Washington County High School football scrimmage game against North Oldham High School will start at 7:30 p.m., rather than the original start time of 7 p.m. Follow the Commanders each week in The Springfield Sun!

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  • SCC celebrity event celebrates 20 years

    Golfers participating in the 20th annual St. Catharine College Celebrity Golf Tournament on Saturday will unwind at the 19th Hole after playing a round of 18. But even though there are a lot of unique items offered at both the golf tournament and the auction gala on Friday night, the real prizes are the numerous scholarships provided by the annual fund raiser. Nobody knows that better than the event’s chairperson, Robbie Polin.

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  • Springfield man arrested in Lexington;allegedly sent nude photos to minor

    A Springfield man is in jail after allegedly sending text messages containing photos of himself in the nude to a Gravel Switch juvenile.

    Charles Lee Hardesty, 35, of Springfield, was arrested Wednesday, July 28, by the Lexington Division of Police on charges of unlawful electronic communication with a minor.

    For complete details on the case, see the print edition of this week's Springfield Sun!

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  • Coleman sentenced to 53 years in Tennessee murder case

    A Knox County, Tennessee judge on Friday rejected the notion that the lone female suspect in a January 2007 torture slaying was a young innocent under the domination of brutal killers.

    Instead, Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner deemed Vanessa Coleman, 22, a street-savvy woman in firm command of her actions and callously indifferent to the consequences.

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