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Today's News

  • We Love a Parade

     Who doesn’t love a parade?

    The parade on Saturday morning is a big focal point of the annual Mount Washington Spring Festival.

    The Mount Washington Youth Baseball and Softball league uses the spring festival as its parade of teams. The Indians enjoyed the festivities on their float.

    Bailee Higgins was atop her big red tractor, which was another of the units in the parade.

  • Pay change could affect instruction

     SHEPHERDSVILLE – Last year, the Bullitt County Public School System spent over $497,000 to long-term subs under the current pay scale.

  • Shepherdsville council to consider reworking of civil service ordinance

     SHEPHERDSVILLE - When a case against a former sewer plant operator went to Bullitt Circuit Court for appeal, the judge returned the matter to Shepherdsville's Civil Service Commission.

    The reason was that the commission did not have set rules and procedures in place for the hearing process.

    Attorney Walt Sholar, representing the commission, told the Shepherdsville City Council that establishing certain provisions might prevent future similar situations.

  • County to save nearly $1 million on jail payment

     SHEPHERDSVILLE -- Over the next 15 years, Bullitt County will be able to save $50,000-$70,000 a year on its bond payments for the detention center.

  • Pleasant Grove Students take art on road

     SHEPHERDSVILLE - While some schools proudly display student artwork along their walls, Pleasant Grove Elementary takes theirs to the people.

    PGES art teacher Stacena Bohannon established art shows at various public locations for each grade level to show off their pieces. This is the second year public shows were presented.

    "It means so much more to the students when they get to display their work in public," said Bohannon. "You could sense their excitement at school beforehand."

  • County attorney reminds everyone to buckle up

     For anyone who complains about getting a ticket for not buckling up when driving or riding in a motor vehicle, here’s a crash course in reality:

    *746 people were killed on Kentucky’s roadways in 2012

    *Of those 746 killed, 592 were motor vehicle fatalities. 

    *62.5 percent of those motor vehicle fatalities were not wearing a seat belt. 

    *When worn correctly, seat belts are proven to reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat occupants by 45 percent and by 60 percent in pickup trucks, SUVs and minivans. 

  • ROADWORK: Week of May 20

     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.

  • Relay for Life set for Friday nite at NBHS

     HEBRON ESTATES - Bullitt County residents are familiar with two big event each May.

    One is on the first Saturday, the Kentucky Derby. The other is the annual Relay for Life, hosted by the American Cancer Society, scheduled for May 17 at North Bullitt High School.

    For over 20 years local teams of individual families and businesses gather together to donate funds, walk the track and socialize. Most important, they all show up to honor local cancer survivors and their caregivers.

  • Wrocklage honored for her fight to battle colitis, Crohn’s Disease

      SHEPHERDSVILLE - Shepherdsville native Ida Wrocklage began battling one her biggest foes in life, ulcer colitis or inflammation, at an early age. She was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at 13.

  • BAGGED...Overnight grocery stay expensive for man

     MOUNT WASHINGTON - A Shepherdsville man racked up a pretty hefty grocery bill Monday morning after not checking out of ValuMarket on Sunday.

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