Today's News

 MOUNT WASHINGTON - When Mount Washington officials received word recently that Moody’s Investors Service downgraded $7.4 million in city general obligation bonds they were astonished. 

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - A youth director at a local church is behind bars in the Bullitt County Detention Center facing multiple counts of sodomy and sexual abuse.

 The summer baseball/softball All-Star action will swing into high gear later this week and as in the past, The Pioneer News needs the assistance of coaches, parents and league administrators to report on as many games as possible over the next few weeks.

 Continuing for the next several months, the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Department, in conjunction with the Mount Washington, Hillview, Shepherdsville, Pioneer Village and Lebanon Junction police departments, will be conducting DUI safety checkpoints at various locations throughout the county.

Last year, Kentucky recorded over 4,700 alcohol-related crashes, resulting in 139 deaths and more than 2,400 injuries.

For more information, contact the sheriff’s department at 543-2514.

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