Local News

 LOUISVILLE, Ky – A Kentucky inmate was charged by a federal grand jury meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, today with threatening to take the life of and inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States and threatening to kill and inflict bodily harm upon the immediate family of the President of the United States, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.

 MOUNT WASHINGTON – After proving themselves worthy in regional competitions, cheerleaders from three Bullitt County schools departed for Florida to compete in the most prestigious cheerleading championship in the country on Feb. 8. 

  Highway 61 (N.Buckman St.) was closed to traffic Tuesday morning due to a gas leak near the Adam Shepherd Parkway intersection.

Shepherdsville Fire units and Louisville Gas & Electric crews closed 61 to traffic just before 10:30 a.m.

The leak was located in front of a residence at 500 N. Buckman.

Shepherdsville Fire chief Layne Troutman confirmed that the line break occurred in an 8-inch main natural gas line that primarily serves the Shepherdsville area.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE – It’s back to the drawing board for those who sought to build an Islamic cemetery in Mount Washington.