Today's News

 FRANKFORT – The Kentucky State Police (KSP) is launching a nighttime holiday enforcement campaign designed to reduce traffic fatalities on Kentucky roadways. ‘Operation Holiday Lights: All Night. Every Night.’ begins today at 6 p.m. and extends through January 1, 2014 at midnight.

KSP spokesman Sgt. Michael Webb says the statewide enforcement effort will utilize collision analysis data to determine which counties have the highest instance of injury and fatal crashes.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - Dorothy Biddle was appearing at Bullitt Fiscal Court as part of her nursing program requirements for a course at Bellarmine University.

Little did she know that by the time she left the courthouse, there would be some changescoming to the way Bullitt County government officials deal with smoking.

And most in the public learned that there are no state or local regulations that prohibit smoking in county government buildings.

Biddle said her task was to find a local health issue and then attend a meeting to give her perspective.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - Bullitt County Attorney Monica Robinson had questions.

So did Bullitt County Sheriff David Greenwell.

To seek the answers, Robinson filed a motion to intervene into the case.

But when all the questions were answered in the final order by Circuit Judge Rodney Burress, Robinson said there is no longer a reason for the parties to intervene.

The case involving Misty Thompson drew media attention as the defendant was released without entering the county’s home incarceration program on Oct. 24.

 SANTA MONICA, California - It’s official: Bullitt Central graduate Dr. Jason McNabb is the official owner of one of the hottest records in the Guinness Book.

McNabb officially established his new record for eating the most ghost peppers in two minutes. The record was set on the TruTV show, “Guinness World Records Unleashed.”

The dentist consumed 66 grams of ghost peppers, or 2.33 ounces, or the equivalent of about 12 to 15 peppers. And he survived.