Today's News

 SHEPHERDSVILLE – With the help of a co-worker, Bullitt Central senior Kaitlyn Morrison will be able to continue her soccer career at Spalding University.

 FRANKFORT – Every legislative session, the General Assembly looks for ways it can improve the lives of our children, both in the classroom and when it comes to their safety.

This year, the House and Senate passed several new laws that further both of these goals.

One of the more widely publicized will establish a permanent, independent panel to review those cases in which a child either died or was severely injured as a result of abuse or neglect.

 The Bullitt County Public School System will hold pre-registration for its preschool program on April 24.

All four-year-old children whose family income is no more than 150 percent of poverty (free or reduced lunch) or, for three-year-olds and four-year-old children with developmental or speech delays, regardless of income, are eligible.

The age cutoff is Oct. 1, 2013.

At the time of registration, each child will be screened in the following areas: cognitive, motor, language, social/emotional, self-help/adaptive.

 MOUNT WASHINGTON - Through January and February, the Mount Washington chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons collected a number of school supplies.