Today's News

SHEPHERDSVILLE ee" The annual Cowherd Award for Center Excellence is presented to the state’s top Youth Service Center, Family Resource Center and combination of both.

Though there are no combination centers in the county, two Bullitt centers claimed the state’s YSC and FRC awards, including Maryville/Overdale Elementary Hand In Hand FRC coordinator Betty Marshall.

SHEPHERDSVILLE -- The Bullitt County Health Department will be hosting its second novel H1N1 vaccination clinic for target groups Tuesday evening at Paroquet Springs Conference Center.

The clinic is scheduled for 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. or until the vaccine runs out, whichever comes first.

Department  Public Health Director Swannie Jett said the target groups include health care workers, pregnant women, caretakers for infants younger than six months, persons six months to 24 years of age and persons 25 to 64 years old with medical conditions.

SHEPHERDSVILLE - There really was no right or wrong answer back last winter when area high school football coaches and athletic directors were putting together schedules for the next two years.

The big question mark was that the Kentucky High School Athletic Association was giving the teams an option of playing ten straight games after two scrimmages or playing ten games over 11 weeks with only one scrimmage.

After this week, pretty much every team in the state has played six games no matter what option they took. It seems about equally divided between the two options.

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According to documents obtained by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, a standard survey conducted Aug. 5, 2008, resulted in the facility being cited for “failing to assure each resident was provided a safe environment with the supervision and assistance devices needed to prevent accidents.”

Shortly after, the facility’s Medicare and Medicaid provider agreements were terminated until July of this year.

Although the facility never closed, its enrollment fell.