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 MOUNT WASHINGTON - Soon the books on the Mount Washington Library shelves will be on their way to their new home -- across the street. Though the process has now hit a little snag.

In September, the Library Board of Trustees purchased the old Methodist Church Building on Main Street for $400,000. 

After some environmental studies, they found out the building contained some portions with high levels of asbestos.

“We are taking all precautions to make sure it is removed,” said new library director Joe Schweiss.

SHEPHERDSVILLE - It was a simple debate of increased student safety versus substantial and available funding.

But a pink elephant at the Shepherdsville CIty Council meeting became a lengthy discussion resulting in the approval of two new student resource officers for the Shepherdsville Police Department.

The approval came from a 3-3 tie vote by the council broken by mayor Scott Ellis.

"I'm standing up for our employees and our children and I'm voting yes," he announced.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE -- A few days into his first term as mayor of Shepherdsville, Scott Ellis may have been asking himself why he ever ran for the position.

HUNTERS HOLLOW - "Please keep your children out of the ditches in the city."

Those words were placed in a warning box on the main page of the Hunters Hollow city website.

The city commission agreed to place a warning, for resident safety, to avoid problems caused by potential overflow, part of the reason the city has sued the Bullitt County Sanitation District.

Over the past few years commissioners have discussed issues in relation to BCSD and ditches located within city limits.