.....Advertisement.....
.....Advertisement.....

Local News

  • ELECTION 2008: Turnout over 63 percent; look for split in precincts

    SHEPHERDSVILLE - Still seeking to have the final results completed by 10 p.m. on an election night, Bullitt County Clerk Kevin Mooney was pleased with what happened on Tuesday despite not quite making his goal.

    And a record number of Bullitt Countians came to the polls, which will result in election officials decision to start looking at redistricting for the 2010 campaign.

    Over 31,000 voters went to cast ballots on Tuesday, representing about 63 percent turnout, according to Mooney.

    Click here to read more...
  • Moratorium placed on roads taken into system

    SHEPHERDSVILLE - Meadowland Trail may have been the last road to be taken into the county maintenance program in the near future.

    Citing budgetary shortfalls, road foreman Jimmy Stivers requested the county place a moratorium on taking in any new roads.

    New roads built to county specifications would have to be accepted.

    Bullitt Fiscal Court members unanimously approved the request.

    County officials made no other comments on the decision.

    Click here to read more...
  • Four months after proposal defeated, Shepherdsville City Council again considers Sunday liquor sales

    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.

    Click here to read more...
  • Bullitt Stone to offer reward after break-in, theft

     HILLVIEW – A $1,000 reward has been issued following a break-in and theft at Bullitt County Stone.

    Superintendent Troy Inman said someone entered the private property sometime early in the week, stealing a John Deere Gator worth about $6,000.

    Inman said the Gator was removed from a locked storage shed.

    “They used a gun to shoot the power pole and the lock off (the shed),” he said.

    The main security gate along Bells Mill Road was also damaged. Inman said perpetrators slammed the gate and ran over a security keypad.

    Click here to read more...
  • Two men charged in rape outside Hillview business

    HILLVIEW - Two Shepherdsville men have been charged with a sexual attack on a woman they met at a local business on Nov. 2.

    Troy A. Keller, 38, and Larry M. Kennedy, 26, have been charged with rape and sodomy.

    According to Hillview Det. Justin Nally, police received a call early on Nov. 2 that someone had been raped in the parking lot of the Hillview Lounge.

    The victim was taken to Jewish Hospital Medical Center South.

    Nally said she suffered severe injuries in the attack. DNA samples were taken.

    Click here to read more...
  • Probable Cause hearing delayed on death threats

    SHEPHERDSVILLE - A probable cause hearing on a man accused of making threats against a Bullitt District judge will be delayed at least a month.

    Defense attorney Jennifer Lowe made a request to special judge William Ryan Jr. of Jefferson County that the hearing be continued at least 30 days.

    Terry Glen Hayes, 49, of Mount Washington, was arrested on Oct. 29 after he was overheard making a comment earlier that morning about plans to kill district judge Rebecca Ward.

    Click here to read more...
  • Zoneton resident probated on federal gun charges

    LOUISVILLE – Steven W. Fox, 55, of Zoneton Road, Shepherdsville, Kentucky, in Bullitt County, was sentenced to five years probation.

    The probation is based on the condition that he cannot sell, barter or trade any firearms for 5 years, in United States District Court, Louisville, Kentucky, for failure to conduct criminal background checks on a firearms purchaser (2 counts), U.S. Attorney David L. Huber of the Western District of Kentucky announced Monday.

    Click here to read more...
  • Ogborn wins legal battle for attorney fees

    SHEPHERDSVILLE - A special judge has ordered that the McDonald’s Corp. pay a young woman over $2.4 million to pay for attorneys who represented her in a strip search civil case against the restaurant chain.

    Special Circuit Judge Tom McDonald ruled that the attorney fees and other costs associated with the representation of Louise Ogborn were justified.

    The parties were in Bullitt Circuit Court in September to argue and to justify the amounts requested.

    Click here to read more...
  • If I had a sledgehammer . . .

    BROOKS – A truck carrying sledgehammers got stuck on the train crossing around 2:30 a.m. on Thursday at East Blue Lick Road and Highway 1020. The semi-tractor trailer was then struck by a CSX railroad train. No one was injured but hundreds of sledgehammers were scattered along the tracks. It was the third collision at the crossing in the past two years.

    Click here to read more...
  • BULLITT COUNTY ROADWORK: Week of November 16

    The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Highway District 5 reports the following roadwork scheduled for the week of November 16:

    Jefferson County:

    Interstate 264 (Watterson Expressway):  Lane closures and delays possible between US 60 (Shelbyville Road) and US 42 (Brownsboro Road), mile points 19.8 and 22.2, due to construction of an interchange at Westport Road.  The speed limit will be reduced to 45 MPH in the construction zone.  Speed limit on Westport Road has been reduced to 25 MPH in the construction zone.

    Click here to read more...

Copyright © 2013

The Pioneer News Online is your source for local news, sports, events and information in Bullitt County and Shepherdsville, KY, and the surrounding area.