Courts

 SHEPHERDSVILLE – Several individuals have been indicted on drug-related charges by the Bullitt County Grand Jury.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - After listening to both the defendants and several victims, Bullitt Circuit Judge Rodney Burress could not justify probating to individuals after a series of home invasions.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE – It was a project of the Bullitt County Bar Association and one of its senior members, Burlyn Pike.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - A man who entered a guilty plea on the brutal killing of eight cats in late 2010 called his actions "monstrous" on Friday morning.

And Bullitt Circuit Judge Rodney Burress must have agreed.

Alex Daniel Phelps, 26, was sentenced to five years in prison on his guilty plea on eight counts of torture of a cat causing severe physical injury or death.

Each Class D count received a five-year sentence with each running concurrently for a total of five years in prison.