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Man charged in machete attack

A Pleasureville man has been charged with an alleged machete-attack.

Donald Austin Broughton, 26, was arrested Thursday, May 9, by Kentucky State Police with the help of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in connection with the assault of a Bethlehem man.

KSP Det. Tim Moore and Deputy U.S. Marshal Jim Mitchell found Broughton at his brother’s house in Shelby County.

KSP holding training session at HCHS Saturday

The Kentucky State Police Post 5 and Henry County Sheriff’s Office will hold a joint active shooter training session Saturday, May 11, at the Henry County High School.  

The training is designed to improve law enforcement’s response to school shootings.

Get off the couch or share the blame

The makeover of Eminence seems to be on everyone’s minds these days.

This paper has provided a good deal of coverage on the demolition of the old buildings and the coming of the new.

It is, as it should be, a big deal—these changes will drastically affect the appearance of the town as well as its economy. Some folks are fine with what’s going on. Some are not.

Warriors fall to Bardstown, CAL

The Eminence Warriors baseball team played two games last week. On Wednesday they lost to Bardstown 19-0 at home and on Thursday they traveled to Louisville to take on Christian Academy and lost 4-1.

CAL 4, EHS 1

The Warriors got a strong pitching performance from Trevor Payton and Travis Bell but could not muster enough offense for the win.

H.C. man hit by machete

An unidentified assailant attacked a Henry County man with a machete at his home Monday morning.

Christopher Cooper, 29, of Pleasureville said he didn’t know who attacked him at about 4:30 a.m.

Gov. orders Medicaid expansion

Thousands of Henry Countians will have access to health coverage beginning in 2014, when the Commonwealth expands Medicaid as directed by Governor Steve Behsear.

Beshear announced last week that he would expand the Medicaid health program for 308,000 Kentuckians in concert with the Affordable Care Act. The expansion will create an estimated 17,000 new jobs, $15.6 billion positive economic impact on the state.

Former Cats have mini-comp

 

 

Two former Henry County Wildcat athletes have made the Derby mini-marathon an annual mini-competition between themselves.

ACT glitch delays testing

School districts throughout the state changed their year-end testing schedules last week after an online glitch prevented students from completing tests.

Nancy Rodriguez, spokeswoman for Kentucky Department of Education, said students across the state will finish with paper and pencil.

“Tuesday and Wednesday several districts reported they were having problems,” Rodriquez said. “The vendor notified us that the problem would be corrected but by Friday we were told that wouldn’t be the case.”

Sheep attacked by dogs

A pack of dogs attacked a Henry County couple’s sheep herd May 4, killing seven.

Adriana Plum received a call from her husband Saturday after he witnessed a pack of dogs attack sheep near their home and farm on Jackson Road. Plum said the dogs traveled in a pack frequenting an open field near their farm.

Boot camp takes sustainability into the kitchen

The James Beard Foundation hosted a chef boot camp in Louisville this week focusing on regional food systems and taking the sustainability issue into the kitchen where Henry County farmers’ products matters most.

Two Louisville chefs, Kathy Cary of Lilly’s and Levon Wallace of Proof on Main will join a dozen other chefs from across the nation to participate in the boot camp.