Today's Features

  In celebration of National Travel and Tourism Week and the United States’ $2 trillion travel industry, the Shepherdsville-Bullitt County Tourist and Convention Commission and Bullitt County’s Interstate 65 Welcome Center are hosting a series of free public events this week.

 FRANKFORT — Artwork created by students at 30 Kentucky schools will be featured as unique art installations on the grounds of the Old State Capitol during the Governor’s Derby Celebration, May 4 in downtown Frankfort.

 After finishing the regular season by winning seven first-place awards at the Station Camp High School Drill Meet in Station Camp, Tenn., the North Bullitt JROTC unit is headed to national competition.

They competed against 12 other drill units at Station Camp.

In Daytona Beach, Fla., the North Bullitt cadets will compete in the 31st annual National High School Drill Team Championships, May 4-6.

Less than 5 percent of the high school drill units are accepted. Over 150 units and 4,000 cadets will participate.

 Middle School 4-H delegates from across the state recently attended the 8th annual Kentucky 4-H Summit at the Lake Cumberland Leadership Center in Jabez, Ky.

The conference is held annually for those youth in grades 6-8 who want to learn more about what Kentucky 4-H can offer.  The program is designed to encourage youth to continue their involvement in 4-H as they transition from middle to high school.