Courts

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - A man accused of murdering his girlfriend’s four-month-old son in early 2010 has admitted to the crime.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - In a joint meeting, Kentucky’s justices, judges and circuit court clerks gathered for a full day of education on House Bill 463, which implemented sweeping penal code reform when it went into effect June 8, 2011. Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr. invited all of the elected officials in the Kentucky Court of Justice to the education program provided by the Administrative Office of the Courts.

Layne Abell, Circuit Court Clerk, who serves Bullitt County, participated in the program August 19 in Lexington.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - Four school administrators have been cleared of civil charges in a case of a teacher and a student having sexual relations in 2009-10.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - The new sentencing phase for Michael St. Clair will be held in Bullitt Circuit Court starting in mid-October.