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It happened just before midnight Saturday night. Deputies say Steven Christopher Followell went to a home and threatened the homeowner, forcing his way into the home. Deputies say the homeowner shot Followell sometime during the altercation.

1st day sets voting records BY NANCY MARTINEZ Times staff writer One ballot at a time, hundreds of thousands of voters in Texas rewrote history Monday, casting more votes on the first day of an early voting period than ever before, state and local officials confirmed Tuesday. Laredo's 1,577 voters Monday, described by officials as moderate when weighed against the 97,076 people registered to vote in Webb County, didn't break any records, but local officials say they're optimistic about the overall turnout. Tuesday, elections offices across the state were buzzing with calls from people seeking information on voting sites. For...

<p>By Rebecca Dial, News Editor The trial for the Campbellsville man accused of starving his horses is set to begin tomorrow morning in Taylor District Court before Judge James Avritt Jr.</p> <p>John A. Humphress, 59, of 116 Kensington Way is charged with 47 counts of second-degree cruelty to animals and three counts of failing to dispose of a carcass within 48 hours.</p>

<p>By Jan Fletcher, Faith Correspondent The removal of a Ten Commandments display from the Taylor County Courthouse more than a year ago continues to fuel discussion over whether the display should be replaced.</p> <p>A local organization is being formed to lobby the Taylor County Fiscal Court to repost the Ten Commandments, said Richard Treitz, a resident of Green County and a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Taylor County.</p>

<p>Two Kentucky fiscal courts recently lost another round with the latest federal court ruling regarding Ten Commandment displays in government buildings.</p> <p>In a Dec. 18 decision, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier court decision demanding Decalogue displays in McCreary and Pulaski courthouses and a Harlan County school be removed.</p>

<p>By Rebecca Dial, Staff Writer The former Campbellsville man who pleaded guilty last November to distributing child pornography has complied with a judge's order and his charge has been reduced.</p> <p>Jerry E. Fox, 46, of 406 W. Liberty St. in Rome, N.Y. was sentenced last week to two years' probation for facilitation to distribute child pornography.</p>

<p>By Jan Fletcher, Faith Correspondent A seven-hour drive to Montgomery, Ala., Monday, brought one Campbellsville man to the very center of the national controversy over public display of the Ten Commandments.</p> <p>Ricky Cox, a dentist and former state representative, made the decision Monday morning to leave for the showdown at the Alabama Judicial Building after his office closed at 5 p.m. He was back at work at 10 a.m. Tuesday, after participating in a vigil for three hours -- from midnight to 3 a.m. -- alongside 150 protesting citizens. Protesters vowed peaceful resistance to stop a court order to remove a 5,300-pound monument to the Ten Commandments.</p>