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Today's News

  • BE's Okruch set for two sports in college

     MOUNT WASHINGTON – Bullitt East senior Andrew Okruch is ready to become an engineer – in more ways than one.

         Okruch recently made it official that he would attend Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. At the school, Okruch will work toward an engineering degree while also being an Engineer, the school’s nickname, as he will play both football and compete for the track and field program.

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  • VFW, Auxiliary install officers

     The Bullitt County Memorial VFW Post 5710 recently elected officers for the 2013-14 year.

    Danny Morrison will again be the commander, with Joe McIntosh serving as senior vice and Chris Bogacki as junior vice. Mike Bishop will be quartermaster with Dave Berry as chaplain and Buddy Waters as a three-year trustee. Mark Hall is the surgeon and David Dunford will be judge advocate.

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  • HB 308 changes firearms reporting program

      April 2013 brought a much needed change in the judicial system.  In 2011, the General Assembly passed House Bill 308 to ensure that Kentucky complies with the 2007 National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP). 

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  • NB's Stice decides to stay close to home at Spalding

     HEBRON ESTATES – Extending her basketball career beyond her senior season was not something that North Bullitt’s Reba Stice had really considered until this past holiday season.

    That is when Spalding University head coach Charlie Just started making contact with Stice and her family. After a little consideration, Stice decided that playing some more basketball while attending college was not a bad idea.

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  • Montgomery taking her inside game to Spalding

     HEBRON ESTATES – Family is important to North Bullitt senior Caitlin Montgomery and that was a big reason that she has decided to continue her basketball career at Spalding University in Louisville.

    Not only are the Golden Eagles close to home, but they also had the feel of being at home from Montgomery’s perspective.

    Montgomery also had looked into playing at St. Catharine, but in the end felt that Spalding was the best option for her.

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  • Shepherdsville native releases second book in dark series

    Shepherdsville native Bethany Griffin has always enjoyed the musings of Edgar Allan Poe. So it was only natural that she would follow in his literary footsteps.
    Her series, the Red Death Saga, is about a plague that wipes out humanity in the 1880s. She was inspired by Poe's short story "The Masque of Red Death."
    "I like that (his work is) really dark, but creepy and fun," Griffin said.

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  • Best of Coyle: 06/12/13

     This week Paul Coyle reminds everyone to come out and visit the Bullitt County Fair.

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  • Time to put all differences to side to progress

      Black and white. Vertical and horizontal. Republican and Democrat. Girls and boys. Progress and regression. Teamwork and individualism. Success and failure.

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  • Willis, Troutman will be key cogs for Kentucky

     LOUISVILLE – Bullitt County will be well represented this weekend as the Kentucky-Indiana All-Star Classic plays two games in the annual summer series between the two basketball crazed states.

    Bullitt East seniors Derek Willis and Rusty Troutman will both be looked at to play key roles in the boys’ games for head coach Allen Feldhaus Jr.’s team.

    Kentucky and Indiana will clash on Friday night at Freedom Hall in Louisville. The girls’ game will start at 5:30 p.m. with the boys’ contest to follow at around 7:30 p.m.

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  • Watkins family, scout join to repair pavilion in park

    Before Shepherdsville City Park was the city park, it was home to the Watkins family.

    James Watkins said from 1965-1998 his parents, Glenda and Lawrence Watkins, owned the land.

    “We all just call that place home,” he said.

    However, after a flood in 1997, the land was purchased by the city during a Federal Emergency Management Agency buyout to prevent future flooding and to create a city park, Watkins said.

    In 1982, the family built a gazebo on the land and today it is still there, but is now known as the pavilion.

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