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  • History Museum extends Thursday hours

    The Bullitt County History Museum is happy to announce that it has increased its operating hours.

    Thanks to the County Sheriff’s office now being open until 6:00 p.m. on Thursdays, the museum will also be open.

    The museum is happy for this long-sought opportunity to provide better hours for people who might otherwise be unable to visit or do research work.

    Museum operating hours are now 8 a.m. to 4p.m. weekdays, except holidays, and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays.

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  • Porter sworn into office as new district judge

    Jennifer Porter was sworn into office Tuesday at the First Baptist Church of Mount Washington by retired Jefferson County Judge Tom McDonald.

    Porter, joined by her husband, Keith Griffee, will serve as district judge for the next two years.

    She was joined by family and friends for the special ceremony.

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  • Four indicted in burglary, assault at local home

    SHEPHERDSVILLE - Four individuals have been indicted for allegedly breaking into a home and threatening three occupants.

    The Bullitt County Grand Jury has indicted James A. Deel, Tabitha Begley-Andriot, Andrew Johnson and Daniel Schott Jr. on the charges of complicity to commit burglary, complicity to commit assault in the first and second degree.

    According to the indictment, the four allegedly broke into a home on Aug. 24, 2008, armed with a deadly weapon.

    Once inside, the four allegedly struck a man with a deadly weapon causing serious physical injury.

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  • Sunday sales back on Shepherdsville council's plate

    SHEPHERDSVILLE -- Four months to the week after the original bid to extend alcohol sales was defeated, Shepherdsville officials again have the proposal on the plate.

    A vote could come at the Monday, Dec. 9, meeting.

    For a second time in the past five months, the Shepherdsville City Council will have two proposals that would allow the sale of malt beverages, wine and distilled spirits in certain locations on Sundays.

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  • Parade kicks off the holiday season

    SHEPHERDSVILLE - As the calendar rolls over the December, holiday activities will begin in full force this week.

    The largest of the events will be the Light Up Shepherdsville and its parade.

    For the second year, Liberty Tax Service and the American Red Cross will team up to sponsor a parade to kick off the Shepherdsville Light Up ceremony.

    Several dozen parade units will start at Bullitt Lick Middle School at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5, and will go down Buckman Street.

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  • Gasoline storage rules may be altered

    SHEPHERDSVILLE — Sunbelt Rentals would like to open a store in Bullitt County.

    However, as part of the store’s layout, it would like to have an above-ground storage facility for gasoline and diesel fuel.

    When The Carolina Group, which is handling the transaction, applied for a conditional-use permit, it was denied the above-ground storage of gasoline since it is currently not allowed in the county’s planning regulations.

    Attorney Eric Farris hopes a text amendment would solve that issue, at least in the city of Shepherdsville.

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  • Former coach also faced domestic violence complaint filed by wife

    BARDSTOWN – Two weeks before being indicted, a former instructor and coach in the Bullitt County Public School System had a domestic violence report filed against him in Nelson County.

    On Nov. 6, the wife of Larry Brent Childress filed a domestic violence petition in Nelson District Court.

    On Nov. 18, Childress was indicted by the Bullitt County Grand Jury on three counts of rape and sodomy dating back to an incident starting in 1993.

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  • Old business resurfaces again for Shepherdsville City Council

     SHEPHERDSVILLE – Some old business resurfaced and tempers again flared.

    But city officials stood firm in their belief that the drainage issue in The Pointe would be handled in a proper manner.

    For a second meeting, John Eddington Jr. approached the Shepherdsville City Council about statements made by mayor Sherman Tinnell and city attorney Bill Wilson over a drainage project in his subdivision.

    The resident contends that the city did work on one property without any formal agreement or easement in place.

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  • Hillview makes big strides as audit reports growth

    HILLVIEW - A few years can make a big difference when looking at the financial stability of a city.

    Several years ago, Hillview was looking at tight budgets and little carryover to the next fiscal year.

    With the infusion of several larger employers, the economic picture has changed for the better.

    Art Henson made his annual audit presentation to members of the Hillview City Council and the numbers were certainly looking better.

    The lone concern is the continued loss suffered in the operation of its sewer plant on East Blue Lick Road.

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  • MW police to work on emergency plans for response at schools

    MOUNT WASHINGTON — It’s a situation that no police officer ever wants to encounter: A school emergency where students lives might be in danger.

    But dangerous scenarios have become a reality at schools across the country, in small and large towns alike.

    Mount Washington Police Chief Tom Rosselli recognizes that his officers need to be familiar with all the city’s schools if a problem arose, so he is working to create a departmental school emergency response plan.

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