By Angela Hatton
Owensboro, KY – Judges on the Kentucky Court of Appeals have selected Jeff Taylor of Owensboro to serve as chief judge beginning July 1. Taylor will replace former Chief Judge Sara Walter Combs, who gave up the leadership position but kept her seat on the appeals court. Judge Laurance B. VanMeter had been acting chief judge since Combs gave up the post in May. Taylor has served on the Court of Appeals since 2003, and is a former member of the Murray State University board of regents.