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    STUDENTS SALUTE VETERANS

     Bullitt County Public Schools are saluting area veterans and military personnel with various Veterans Day celebrations and services.

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    Bullitt Health Department provides...

      It takes just about an hour out of 8,760 hours-a whole year, but the benefits can lengthen your future immeasurably. 

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    Early detection key to treating...

      FRANKFORT - The Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) is continuing to encourage women to get screened for breast cancer.

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    Preventative screenings, early...

     SHEPHERDSVILLE - There wasn’t a quiz but there were plenty of questions asked and answered on this particular evening.

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    Women must demand more in treatment

     SHEPHERDSVILLE - Elaine Walker was raised by a fighter.

  • Applications to be taken for LIHEAP...

     SHEPHERDSVILLE - Applications will be taken starting on Monday, Nov. 5, for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

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    And the Old Mill voters say...

     MOUNT WASHINGTON - Old Mill Elementary students recently received a valuable education in American civics.

    Twenty days before the general election, Old Mill students were given the opportunity to exercise a privilege most Americans take for granted. 

    Students were allowed to choose which of the two major party's candidates they wanted to be elected president during a school-wide mock election.

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    Hard work pays off as Cedar Grove...

     CEDAR GROVE - Play time is better at Cedar Grove Elementary thanks to the efforts of the school’s Parent Teacher Organization.

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    Sharp gets to experience an '...

     WASHINGTON - It was one of the most emotionally rewarding days of their lives.

    That's what World War II and Korean War veterans said about their Oct. 6 Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., which was sponsored by Salt River Electric and Kentucky's Touchstone Energy Cooperatives.

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    Homemaker Week in Bullitt County

     Bullitt County Judge/Executive Melanie Roberts proclaims this to be Homemaker Week.

    She is joined by Reba Mills, president of the oldest homemakers club in Brooks; homemakers president Linda Ellis; and Ruth Chowning, extension agent for family and consumer sciences.

  • Tricky fall fire burning laws are...

     FRANKFORT – The Kentucky Division of Forestry (KDF) is once again preparing for an active wildfire season as lack of rain this summer and  increased fuel loads from spring storms could pose problems for fighting fires. 

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    Some make-up work at Bullitt Central

     SHEPHERDSVILLE - Bullitt Central students received an opportunity to complete some make-up work.

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    Marine monument stops in LJ

     LEBANON JUNCTION - While the Marine Aviation Memorial Bell Tower now stands in it permanent home in Pensacola, Fla., the 30-foot monument recently visited a small town in southern Bullitt County.

  • Website to show highlights of fall...

     FRANKFORT – Fall has arrived, and with it the 2012 edition of the ColorFall program promoting travel to peak foliage viewing areas and autumn events around Kentucky.

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    Ag Commissioner Comer makes stop at...

     FRANKFORT - Agriculture Commissioner James Comer visited award-winning Wight-Meyer Vineyard and Winery in Shepherdsville on Sept. 17.

    “I enjoyed getting to visit with my friends Jim and Sandy Wight and see their operation,” Comer said. “Wineries such as Wight-Meyer are putting Kentucky on the map among the nation’s leading wine-making states.”

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    A NEW LOUNGE? Bullitt Lick Middle...

     SHEPHERDSVILLE - When Bullitt Lick Middle School teachers arrive at that moment of the day where they can relax, they go the old science classroom.

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    The Long Road Home: Bikers bring...

     CLERMONT - For many military veterans, the journey home means a longer than expected recovery more than it means returning.

    Many veterans bring home extra baggage in the forms of physical or mental disabilities due to a wide variety of stress-related reasons.

    Bullitt County was located along the road for a handful of veterans now raising awareness of such issues as part of The Long Road Home Project.

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    Eastside cheerleaders go on mission...

     MOUNT WASHINGTON - Between going to school and practicing four to five times a week, it's hard to imagine Eastside Middle School cheerleaders have time for anything else, much less community service. 

    But somehow these youngsters manage to balance it all and they recently stepped up their service efforts. 

    In light of National School Spirit Week and the Universal Cheerleaders Association's Community Service Week Eastside cheerleaders participated in a number of service initiatives. 

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    NOTHING COMICAL ABOUT BULLYING:...

     SHEPHERDSVILLE - Students at Shepherdsville Elementary may have fresh ink all over themselves...but don’t you dare pick on them!

  • Local wineries earn top honors in...

     LOUISVILLE - Continuing a standard of excellence over the past five years, Bullitt County wineries dominated the 2012 Kentucky State Fair Commercial Wine Competition.