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  • MW police charge two in recent robbery

     MOUNT WASHINGTON— On Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 10:20 p.m., an armed robbery occurred at Pearl’s Food Mart, located at 10180 Highway 44 East in Mount Washington.

    According to Det. Dan Kelty, the robber stole an undisclosed amount of money, cigarettes and cigarillos.

    Through a team effort, the agency caught the juvenile within 24-hours.

    The juvenile is charged with robbery in the first degree.

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  • Mount Washington Council Meeting Cancelled

    The following message was sent out by the City of Mount Washington at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017:

     

    PURSUANT TO KRS 83A.060(6) DUE TO A LACK OF QUORUM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE CANCELLED 2-27-17

     

    At this time, no reschedule date has been set. The next regular council meeting will be on Monday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m. in Fick Hall, formerly known as the Annex Building, off Branham Way. The public is invited to attend.

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  • UPDATE: Siren test moved to Friday

     UPDATE: (Feb. 27, 10:37 a.m.: Kentucky Emergency Management announced Monday that the Kentucky Statewide Tornado Drill scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 28, has been postponed due to pending weather.

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  • Sheriff to retire effective Tuesday

     SHEPHERDSVILLE -- There could be a new sheriff in town as early as Wednesday morning.

    Shortly before 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon, Myrtle French, the office manager for the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office, delivered a letter to Bullitt County Judge/Executive Melanie Roberts.

    It contained the letter rumored to be coming from Sheriff David Greenwell.

    “To whom it may concern: February 28, 2017, will be my last day as sheriff of Bullitt Co. I will be retired starting March 1, 2017. Thanks, Sheriff David Greenwell. P.S. Jesus Knows!”

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  • ROADSHOW for the week beginning February 26, 2017

     Inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstances may occur, so the information below is strictly of an advisory nature and is subject to change with no notice.

     

    Pothole patching, sweeping, drain & ditch cleaning, pavement marking, and maintenance crews may work on major interstates in the Louisville Metro area only during non-peak daytime hours and at night.  Motorists should watch for roadside maintenance and pavement marking crews on interstates and highways throughout the rest of the district on a daily basis.

     

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  • Work begins on homeless shelter

     SHEPHERDSVILLE - Since the disbanding of The Shepherd’s Shelter, Bullitt County’s primary resource in the struggle against homelessness, other organizations have attempted to step up and meet the needs.

    Those local organizations have been working together, with assistance from Metro United Way, to develop the Bullitt County Housing First Coalition, attempting to combine all local efforts toward a common goal.

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  • Dollar Sunday collections through March

     The Bullitt County Housing First Coalition, dedicated to ending homelessness in the community, is raising funds for a new county homeless shelter facility as well as for short-term homeless-related needs.

    The group is hosting its first fund-raising event, known as the Dollar Sunday Initiative, through all area churches.

    Every church is asked to designate one Sunday service through March 26 to ask each member to donate $1 toward the coalition.

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  • Spring Forest fire season now in place for Bullitt

     FRANKFORT – The Spring Forest Fire Season is now in effect through April 30 in every Kentucky county. 

    This law prohibits any person to burn between the daylight hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. 

    The Kentucky Division of Forestry (KDF) urges residents across the state to exercise caution when burning debris during this season.

    The KDF has responded to 78 wildland fires since January and nearly 40 percent have been attributed to debris burning.

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  • Local BOAT agency receives another Naloxone donation

     The Bullitt Opioid Addiction Team (a local Non Profit) received another generous donation of EVZIO naloxone auto-injectors from Kaleo, the Richmond, Virginia-based pharmaceutical company.

    The Bullitt Opioid Addiction Team uses the donated EVZIO to build Overdose Rescue Kits to combat the increasing numbers of overdose deaths throughout communities.

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  • Kingston Davis plays soccer with some of world’s best

     MOUNT WASHINGTON—Pleasant Grove Elementary third grader Kingston Davis got the experience of a lifetime when he was chosen to train with some of the world’s best soccer coaches in Barcelona last November.

    Davis attended a week-long camp last summer and received his invitation to join the FC Barcelona Camp  a few weeks later.

    According to Davis’ dad, Brian, only about 7 percent of the kids who try-out get the invitation.

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