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  MOUNT WASHINGTON - Mount Washington resident Chris Brown has become the 13th Boy Scout to attain the rank of Eagle Scout in Shepherdsville Boy Scout Troop 868.  He will be formally recognized at a special Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ceremony at the Shepherdsville Community Center on Saturday, January 29.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - A Southern gospel singing group with local ties will be on Music Row in Nashville this weekend attending a release party for their new album.

    FRANKFORT - Mary Lou Hall is a master story teller.
    The stories she shares are vibrant and descriptive, recalling the life and character of those she depicts.
    Her subjects range from those she knows and loves to the historic figures she pays homage to.
    She shares these stories, not through the written or spoken word, but through the pictures she composes in paint.

    HEBRON ESTATES - North Bullitt High School librarian Mary Parker is always looking for an idea to drum up reader interest.
    That’s why she took advantage of a school band concert to promote an author faire.
    Parker invited a list of local authors to participate at the event, held in conjunction with North Bullitt’s annual Christmas concert.

MOUNT WASHINGTON – When AJ Faught heard that Kentucky Fried Chicken was returning to Mount Washington and that the restaurant chain was offering a year supply of free chicken to those first in line for the grand opening he was determined to be one of them.

Faught braved the frigid cold to become the first in line for the KFC Mount Washington grand opening on Tuesday, Dec. 14, arriving around 7:30 a.m. before anyone else.

    MOUNT WASHINGTON - In an effort to get families reading together, a family literacy event was recently held at Crossroads Elementary School for preschool and head start students of Mount Washington, Crossroads and Old Mill Elementary Schools.

    Participants heard stories, made crafts and joined in reading and counting activities. At the end of the program every child was given a new book, courtesy of the Old Mill/Crossroads and Mount Washington Elementary Schools Family Resource Centers.

     FRANKFORT – State public health officials are encouraging Kentuckians to get a flu vaccination during National Influenza Vaccination Week, Dec. 5-11, to reduce the spread of illness this holiday season.

    MOUNT WASHINGTON -- It’s a harsh truth Marsha Bergmann is all too familiar with.
    Talking with her daughter, Kelly Drescher, who’s in Afghanistan serving as a pilot with the Kentucky Air National Guard 123rd Airlift Wing, Bergmann has heard the stories of soldiers who have yet to receive packages from home and don’t expect anything this holiday season.

    SHEPHERDSVILLE - Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts from several units in Bullitt County will be collecting canned goods and other non-perishable food items on Saturday, Nov. 20.

    Scouts walked neighborhoods and distributed informational flyers in may neighborhoods this past Saturday.

    This coming Saturday, scouts will be visiting homes to pickup food donations.  Residents are asked to place items in a grocery bag, box, or sack on their front porches by 9 a.m.