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<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 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>