Local News

There’s a big white dog hanging out in the median of the interstate, and yes, officers from Oldham County Animal Control are aware.

The agency has received more than 300 calls in the past two weeks from people who have spotted the dog along I-71, director Barbara Rosenman said.

That amount doesn’t count the hundreds of calls fielded by employees at Oldham County Dispatch, Oldham County Police and La Grange Police, she said.

For the first time in history, a girl from outside Oldham County is Miss Oldham County Fair. Erica Lee Moore, 18, of Pleasureville won the crown Tuesday night.

An Oldham County grand jury recently handed up the following indictments:

• Janice S. Pace, 28, is indicted for failure to report change in order to receive benefits.

According to the indictment, between Oct. 1, 2007 and Feb. 28, 2008, she allegedly failed to disclose material facts to prevent or reduce payment of food stamps and Medicaid.

• William G. Devine, 62, is indicted for theft by failure to make required disposition of property over $300.

A La Grange man died Saturday after his motorcycle crashed on U.S. 42.

According to police, Matthew Huberty, 22, of La Grange, wasn’t wearing a helmet when his motorcycle crashed about 5:15 p.m. Saturday at U.S. 42 and Tobacco Road.

Witnesses told police Huberty was traveling east bound on U.S. 42 when he lost control of his motorcycle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.