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  • Shepherdsville Police investigating vehicle break-ins

    SHEPHERDSVILLE – The Shepherdsville Police is requesting your help in the case of many recent car break-ins.

    Over the past two weeks several cars in the local area have been broken into and various belongings have been taken.

    These break-ins have taken place all over the city and primarily in the industrial park area.

    The suspect vehicle is a late model (possibly 90s) Ford Explorer or Chevy Blazer. The vehicle is dark in color, possibly green. The vehicle is usually occupied by more than one white male and has a possible decal on the driver's side.

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  • Few voice opinions on MW rate hike

    MOUNT WASHINGTON — If Mount Washington residents are concerned about the sewage treatment plant upgrade or the proposed rate hikes planned for this year and next, few have let their voices be heard.

    Mayor Joetta Calhoun and city council members were surprised that only five residents attended last Wednesday’s public hearing created to answer questions and address concerns surrounding the $15 million sewer plant expansion.

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  • BULLITT COUNTY ROADWORK: Week of March 22

    The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Highway District 5 reports the following roadwork scheduled in Bullitt County for the week of March 22:

     

     

    Bullitt County:

    Routine maintenance

     

     

    Jefferson County:

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  • Mt. Washington man killed in Saturday accident

    LOUISVILLE ee" Mount Washington resident Kenneth Scott Williams, 40, was killed in an early morning accident on Bardstown Road in Jefferson County, Louisville Metro Police Information Officer Alicia Smiley said.

    Williams' Chevrolet Cobalt was discovered around 7 a.m. near the southbound lanes ofthe 11,000 block of Bardstown Road in Jefferson County, Smiley said. Frost on the car led officers to believe the accident wasn't discovered immediately, she said.

    Smiley said Williams wasn't wearing a safety belt and was ejected from the vehicle.

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  • Growth leads to creation of new precincts

    SHEPHERDSVILLE - When budgeting, Kevin Mooney anticipated having excess fees of over $47,000 to return to Bullitt Fiscal Court.

    However, when the final settlement was determined for last year, that amount had grown by over $122,000.

    But Mooney requested fiscal court members consider storing the money away as the growth of the county has resulted in the addition of new precincts.

    With precincts exceeding the state allowed 1,500 voter registrants, Mooney is looking at adding up to 15 new precincts.

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  • Deatsville, Chapeze to be resurfaced

    SHEPHERDSVILLE - The list is not long and magistrates quickly approved the recommendations on how to spend funds from the Rural Secondary Program.

    With just over $800,000 to spend, state transportation cabinet official David Arnold recommended to resurfacing projects.

    One would resurface 5.8 miles of Deatsville Road from end to end. The cost would be $558,000.

    The other project would be to resurface the entire 2.5 miles of Chapeze Road at a cost of $247,000.

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  • Storm costs over $180,000 in county

    SHEPEHRDSVILLE - Various agencies are putting together numbers to show the costs associated with the recent ice storm.

    And, for Bullitt County government, it looks like the cost will be around $180,000.

    Emergency Management Agency director Mike Phillips said he expects the county to have over 87 percent of that cost covered through the federal and state governments.

    The county has been able to purchase a $36,000 chipper and a $15,000 generator for the Mount Elmira tower, which is used to keep radio frequencies operating.

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  • Mother, daughter indicted for fraud

    MOUNT WASHINGTON ee" Over a 10-year period, the American Red Cross may have been defrauded over $133,000 for respite care that was never administered.

    And a pair of Mount Washington women has been indicted in federal court and could face up to 30 years in prison.

    On Monday, a federal grand jury indicted Sylvia Rednour and Jennifer Roby on charges of conspiracy, mail fraud and forgery.

    They were taken into custody on Wednesday and housed in the Oldham County Jail.

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  • Five arrested in meth raid

    LEBANON JUNCTION - An investigation into activity at a remote home off Collings Hill Road has resulted in five arrests over a 24-hour period.

    The Bullitt County Drug Task Force received information about the residence at 1064 Collings Hill Road on Tuesday night.

    According to director Kenny Hardin, detectives arrived at the scene and no one was home. However, before they left, a vehicle driven by Grace M. Metcalf, 39, of Lebanon Junction, arrived.

    He felt she might have lived at the home at one time or another.

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  • MW police uncover adult abuse case in Twelve Oaks subdivision

    MOUNT WASHINGTON -- An unusual case involving the alleged abuse and neglect of two developmentally disabled individuals has landed two men in jail.

    Daniel Thomas Clemons, 57, of Mount Washington, and Mark E. Heitzman, 44, of Louisville, were arrested by Mount Washington police Friday after an illegitimate adult care-taking business was discovered, according to a MWPD media release.

    "(Clemons) was running a business out of place that he didn't even have a business license for," said police chief Tom Rosselli.

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