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Today's News

  • Sports Briefs

    New Castle Chiefs of HCYFL Signups

    The New Castle Chiefs of the Henry County Youth Football League are having signups at the Henry County Board of Education on Monday, July 6, at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call (502)706-0600.

    Henry County Girls’ Soccer Tryouts

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  • This is only a test; KSP holds training exercise in Pleasureville

    Staff writer/photographer

    It was a scene that had Pleasureville residents buzzing.

    Several marked and unmarked Kentucky State Police cruisers surrounded a house in Pleasureville two days in a row last week.

    The silhouette of an armed officer, gun drawn, shaded the siding next to the back door. He entered the darkened kitchen cautiously, warily. A man lay motionless on the tiles. A  pistol lay next to the prone figure, and an empty 40 ounce beer bottle stood on the floor.

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  • Wait a minute, what did he just say?

    General Manager

    One of the things I consider to be interesting about what I do for a living is covering meetings.

    Oh, they’re not necessarily fun, but they are very important. And I learned a long time ago that sometimes people will say the darndest things in public meetings. Usually it results in spectators saying, “Wait a minute, what did he just say?”

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  • Work to begin on U.S. 421, I-71

    Construction will begin the week of July 13 on U.S. 421 at the bridge over the CSX railroad near Campbellsburg. The bridge will be closed during construction.

    Also, beginning this week, lane closures and delays will be possible between mile markers 22 and 28 in Oldham and Henry Counties as the Kentucky Department of Transportation resurfaces the interstate, which should be completed by fall.

    The speed limit will be reduced to 55 MPH in the work zone.

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  • Spring Fling committee deserves a thank you, better coverage

    I am very upset that New Castle Spring Fling did not get the billing (it deserved). It is one of the most important festivals of the year.

    They work hard for five months to get the bands and singers, the food booths, and flea markets, all the games and the silent auction, parade. They work very hard to give you a nice day to enjoy and have fun.

    I think we should give a big thank you to them.

    Mary K. Henson

    New Castle

     

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  • Realtors earn new designation

    Steven L. Woods, Lyndon B. Johnson and Hannah Way of Re/Max Preferred Realty have earned the prestigious Certified Distressed Property Expert designation, having completed extensive training in foreclosure avoidance and short sales. This is invaluable expertise to offer at a time when the area is ravaged by “distressed” homes in the foreclosure process.

     

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  • My husband is no Jack Sprat

    My husband and I have always had many things in common. We share a love for books, old country music, the peace and quiet of rural living, and spending time with our children and grandchildren. For the most part, our values and outlooks on life are in sync.  Neither of us is particularly hotheaded, and we both feel a sense of humor is necessary to cope with life’s inevitable frustrations. But when it comes to dietary issues, we are exact opposites. We’re like Jack Sprat and his wife from the old nursery rhyme.

    Jack Sprat could eat no fat,

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  • Martin wins Ladies Invitational over Adcock

    Louisville’s Krissy Martin has won the Henry County Country Club Ladies Invitational for the second time in three years, finishing three strokes ahead of Eminence’s Carolyn Adcock in a 36-person field last Wednesday afternoon.

    Martin finished with a 70 for 18 holes to win the championship flight, while Adcock finished at 73 for second and Joan Waldrup finished at 81 for third. Martin won the Ladies Invitational in 2007, Adcock won it in 2008 and Martin has now won it again in 2009 in the see-saw results. Martin plays at Nevel Meade Golf Course in Prospect.

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  • Court freezes county pay

    General Manager

    After a contentious discussion, the Henry County Fiscal Court voted to freeze salaries for all employees in 2010.

    Though raises for all employees were included in the first draft of the county budget, they were removed prior to the second reading of the budget.

    Pleasureville area magistrate Jerry Beasley proposed the amendment, and said that in the current economy, with residents losing their jobs, giving raises — even if the county is in the black — wouldn’t be prudent.

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  • Finally, I have an answer

    Every year after the Bev Parrish Outstanding Female Athlete and the Ross Wallace Outstanding Male Athlete winners are named, I hear the same question: who’s Ross Wallace? And every year I have the same response: not sure. Now, after some long-overdue research, I have the answer.

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